Memory card for Canon Rebel T3i?

[Billberg]

Just got the new camera and it turns out the video feature only lasts around 12 seconds before cutting out.

It turns out that the memory card I have is incompatible with shooting longer videos. Anybody know which memory cards can support the video feature with this cam? Thanks.

 

[escher]

I recommend 60MB/sec cards at a minimum. If you're using Magic Lantern to up your encoding bitrate, go with 90MB/sec cards.

 

[JakeSully]

I recommend 60MB/sec cards at a minimum. If you're using Magic Lantern to up your encoding bitrate, go with 90MB/sec cards.

Are you talking CF? Cause the t3i takes SD cards, and I think they top out at 30mb/s (class 10)

 

[escher]

If SD cards cap out at 30MB/sec you might be in a bit of a bind.

 

[JakeSully]

Canon recommends cards with a Class 6 rating or higher for video.
I have shot video in Class 4 cards, but I would trust that. Just get a class 10 SD card and bedone with it.

 

[harmonica44]

I got two class 10 cards, one 4GB and one 16GB. The 16 holds 45 minutes of 24fps 1080p video, including the sound recording. If you have a laptap you can keep switching back and forth and dumping data off into the laptop during takes.

 

[zim9000]

Transcend class 10 - 16 to 32gig will work. SanDisk class 6 and up will work as well since they are the best. I dont trust Patriot memory as I had a issue that sounds just like yours with them. Make sure to disable auto lighting features as well on the camera. Hope that helps.