I know this would result in a video with an enormous file size. I only have a Fujifilm Finepix t I borrowed a few memory cards from buddies and I tried to record a 4-hour concert, but the camera overheated after 3 hours and it could not save any new recordings.
I've heard camcorders might do the job, but I am not familiar with them. Can a GoPro record for such a long time? What would you pros out there suggest I go after? How much money would I need to invest in my idea? To start, I've no experience with using a GoPro and have no plans to, it's just not a camera for me. A GoPro can record for a long time provided you have a large enough memory card and you can supply it with external power via the USB port the GoPro's batteries aren't its strong suit.
I have around USD, but I'm willing to save up it costs a bit more. If your objectives involve any sort of treachery, vengeance, or harm, please cool down. Inconceivable that anyone would want to record a continuous sixteen hours of anything, unless if were to record some potential theft or misbehavior. Perhaps you are Mr. MacGregor and want to see whether it's Peter Rabbit or Benjamin Bunny that has been raiding your vegetable patch.
A bare-bones security camera kit will include capacity to record perhaps 24 hours SD video with various cameras, or perhaps HD using fewer cameras. Read the reviews first, though. Or you could buy a dog that yaps and frightens away whatever haunts you.
A non-lethal "Have a Heart" animal trap may work too, but beware if it happens to trap a Pepe le Pew, whether he is a simple skunk or the rascal who made you a cuckold. Some animals, thieves, or illicit paramours operate nocturnally. A security cam with infra-red night vision may be essential.
I'm really not getting what you and Lance are concerned about. Sure, it's his first post, but everyone has to start somewhere, and it's certainly not a troll or a product placement. As an on-again, off-again amateur astronomer I can imagine one use right off the bat - capturing footage of a meteor.
Where I live you get 16 hours of darkness and timelapse won't work because meteors are fast - a time lapse image will at best show a streak of light rather than the actual visual movement you see with the naked eye. Sure, you'll throw most of the footage out, but you need to capture a lot in order to have a decent chance of capturing something worthwhile. And there's the total lunar eclipse that's coming up tomorrow evening.
It doesn't last 16 hours, but it does last several from start to finish. But my plan is to use time lapse, weather permitting. I do wonder a little if the OP has considered the idea of using time lapse instead for whatever it is that he has in mind.
Therefore any camera which doesn't have the minute time restriction and can take SDXC cards should be able to do this. The biggest issue I see is battery life, which you can circumvent by running the camera off AC power or by using a larger external battery which supplies the correct voltage.
Try blowing a small 6v fan at it and see if that helps. Mount it on a block of aluminum to heat sink it. Use two cameras, shoot for 2 hours each and let one cool down. Camcorders would be better for long form shooting. Multiple cheaper cameras may be the easiest solution and modify your workflow.
I record videos of gaming tournaments that are sometimes many hours long. I shoot with a GH4, so I'm going to use it as an example, but it applies to any situation really. The first thing that is important is power.
Your batteries will die. Even if you have a big pile of batteries, and you keep recharging them, you will have short periods of time with no video. Maybe that's ok for your scenario. For me, it isn't. The DC coupler is basically a fake battery with a wire coming out of it. It allows me to plug the GH4 into the wall for infinite power.
If your camera can't be plugged in, get one that can be. Then I took the battery out of the GoPro. That let me power it forever, as long as it stayed plugged in.
If you need power on the go, use a car or a gas powered generator that you can keep going forever. You can also get battery packs that hold multiple batteries and let you swap them out individually without losing power. There are plenty of creative ways to get power that doesn't stop. The next thing is storage. All that video is going to take up space. Since you are taking a long video, you'll want to go as low quality as you can tolerate. If you insist on 4K video or p with a high frame rate or bitrate, you are just going to hurt yourself.
If you can tolerate p, or even i, go for it. As low as you can. Every level of quality you give up will save you orders of magnitude in storage. If you don't mind there being gaps in your video, just stock up on memory cards and swap them when you swap the battery. Make sure you label the cards so you keep them in order. Also, if you are willing to do this, you really only need two cards. While one is recording, copy the data from the old one onto some safe storage in your computer, then once you are sure it's safe, format the card.
Then cycle back and forth. Personally I would have a few extra cards beyond two, just in case. If I had to record non-stop, there is only one solution. You need to have a video output cable from your camera, usually HDMI, plugged into an external recorder. Most external recorders are quite expensive, and then you have to fill them with hard drives. There are some cheaper solutions, though, if you are willing to lose some quality.
If you have reliable non-stop fast Internet connection, one thing you can do is stream the video on YouTube. Then download the video from YouTube after they are done encoding it! You'll lose a lot of quality in the process, but save a ton on storage costs. Another thing you can do is get some sort of video capture card for your computer. It's meant for streaming video games, but you can also use it to record the output of an HDMI cable to your computer's internal storage.
If you have enough hard drives plugged in, or perhaps some large external drives Drobo? Again, quality is lost due to encoding. You're basically building your own external recorder out of PC parts to save some money. With this solution, reliability can also be an issue. You have to keep an eye on it to make sure it doesn't mess up.
I use one of these, so far so good. I'm having the same problem. It's a request I see very very often but I never see a solution to it. I've been looking into this for about eight years now and have been receiving the same pointless perpetual condescending attitude as if I'm asking for directions to drown bunnies.
The endless narrow assumptions that long recordings could only be used for nefarious purposes or for security. I found an electronics company online called Adafruit it has some online forums filled with other people trying to resolve similar problems by building their own. So far because there are lots of beginners and children on these forums sometimes the responses and tips you get are quite elementary and would require expanding on them to make them better but they also have lots of highly advanced users as well.
I was told Elon Musk was until recently one of the makers that frequented that site. I'm not meaning to do any product placement or anything here I'm just trying to tell you where you might be able to received resolution too long recording times. Mine was achieved by building a camera with 2 card slots so that I can change memory cards while it's still recording. I like you would prefer to just go to the store and buy a camera that would record for a whole day. I find it very difficult to even get an audio recorder it will record continuously without requiring qualified human intervention to keep recording.
I do have a canon vixia hfr camcorder that can hold a card that can catch a few hours if it is pluged into power but finding memory cards that work properly can be a little confusing however they do have charts in the instruction manual that explain the details.
You should be able to check all of those specks before you actually purchase a device if you go that route. Now that I've just said that, I think I'm going to make a SD card with wires comming out of it that captures my video from the SD card slot of my camera to a larger memory device.
I've been looking into this for about eight years now. Are you yourself IncendiaryWrath? He made a single posting on Oct. Is the fact that you find this dormant thread, over six years later, pure coincidence?
Exactly what is your objective? How can anyone offer serious help if there is a refusal to describe an objective, or a refusal to accept the most common solutions for a particular need? If you did want to drown bunnies, it would be easy to say without any condescension to use a bucket of water. Extended video recordings, for the sake of property surveillance, are not nefarious, but merely a necessary response to nefarious facts of life, in some cases.
There are dedicated devices for such purposes. Many are cheaper and better than what one could buy in I recommend getting a used t2i for this type of use. These bodies are cheap now.
Thanks a lot to you for sharing video-recording-limits-in-mirrorless and dslr cameras here, these kind of ideas are were much needed. I really appreciate that you have provided the data too, really appreciative and useful blog for us. Looking for more!! Eric, HDMI just exports whatever the camera sees. It doesnt even need to be recording. Its like if you record on a PC from a webcam — the webcam also doesnt record anything.
If you record to video card, I think you have a 30 minute hard stop. If you output hdmi through an elgato cam link device, say, for recording to computer or livestream ING, do you have the same 30 minute limit? Yes, recording time limits are in effect for any video recording, including streaming through a cam link.
Do you have an update on this recording limit? The Canon R5 still seems to have the 30 min limit. Your email address will not be published. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. Our mission at BorrowLenses is to advance photographic and cinematic dreams by providing access to superior, cutting-edge gear and expert advice. Ready to get to work?
Order from your desk, have gear delivered to your door, and take on your next project. Overcoming Current Limits The reason why this is being questioned is the 30 minute video recording limit is just not necessary. Kellan Reck is a video editor and cinematographer for the Boston Red Sox, producing and building content for the team's social media platforms and Fenway Park's video boards. Additionally, Kellan runs a YouTube channel where he shares tutorials, tricks, and more that help other filmmakers develop their skills.
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