

So instead of adding support for larger file size using a different filesystem (the camera can read and write to the exFAT filesystem that supports larger files), the engineers simply decided to make video recordings stop at the 4GB limit.Īs a result, I later moved on to other DSLR cameras that can record any length of video necessary for my needs thus putting the t3i aside and unused for years. It just so happened that 12 minutes of 1080p video uses up 4GB of space. The filesystem has a limit of 4GB file sizes. The card gets formatted with the old an outdated FAT filesystem. The "limitation" was not a camera problem, but a "filesystem" problem.

After all, there must have been a good reason as to why I could only record 12 minutes of 1080p video. At the time, I sort of just lived with it.
