600D video length limit - am I doing something wrong here

[ralphrwatson]

I have a Canon EOS 600D which I purchased from a friend specifically to shoot good quality video for my Youtube channel. However, it appears to have a limit of about 12 minutes and I can't find anything in the menu to extend or change that.

Am I doing something wrong or is there some kind of update I need?  I'm a total dummy here so if anybody can give me the idiot's guide to sorting this I'd be very grateful.

many thanks

[Andy600]

It's Canon's way of telling you it's not a video camera. The record time limitations are for legal reasons.

However, you could always install Tragic Lantern and format your card to exFat

Make sure you install Magic Lantern 2.3 first and check that it's working before swapping to Tragic Lantern.

[Datadogie]

Here's a link for Tragic.   

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1232870

[kmx_07]

You can disable sound and/or change the Bit Rate in ML to make it run longer. It can go as long as 30min or 4gb, whichever comes first is when it cuts off.