cannon camera won't allow to recored long videos

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do you know what might be the problem?
is there a limit for 15 minutes or something?
can i change it?

The max recording time is 12 minutes. It is a firmware limitation to prevent the camera from overheating. Most of their DSLR's are weather sealed preventing them from venting out the heat generated by recording videos.

tnxx

your name here reminds me yet another name,

the guy from the film 'it's a beautiful life' that owns a pharmacy

does it really true that this film is broadcasted each christmas?

ronpl: Where do you live? If you live in the EU, there is a limit of 29m 59s because of those lovely people in Brussels (the bastards). My non-EU FZ150 does not have this recording limitation.

israel
so you are saying the camera do has a capability to recored long but there is a firmware limitation?

Why not just stop, then restart your recording at an appropriate point and edit the sections together elsewhere?

Depending on the resolution you're recording at, you'll eventually hit a recording duration limit imposed by the FAT32 filesystem used on flash cards - the largest single file possible on FAT32 is 4GB, so you'd end up with a break in the recording anyway.

i understand

Also, I think the intention of recording video on a DSLR was intended more as a nifty add-on capability for short bursts of video, and not to provide a full-blown video recording device - so for "real" video recording, it's better to use a "real" video recorder.

No, what I'm saying is that those cameras produced for the EU market have a firmware limitation built into them. On FAT32 cards, there is another in-built limitation as well. On my Panny FZ150 camera, there is no limitation and I can carry on merrily recording until my battery runs out.

it is a nice "ad-on" but it isn't intended for long play, get the best mem. card you can, and make sure it's level 10 that is the most important part

Check your SDHC card. Compatibility.

I think the file size is the real limit. On my camera 15 minutes takes up approximately 4GB in high definition mode. It isn't a big deal if you have a big memory card because you can just restart it and combine the clips later using software. If the video is H.264 compliant there's usually freeware you can find on the internet to edit clips together. It's just kind of a pain to learn.