Canon R10 video specs (practical guide)
This page summarizes what the EOS R10 can record (4K/1080/HFR), the key limits, and the SD card performance guidance Canon includes in the official manual.
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Table of contents
Recording sizes and frame rates (headline)
- 4K UHD: up to 59.94p / 50p
- Full HD: up to 119.88p / 100p
- Movie format: MP4
Manual source: Movie Recording Size (UG-05_Shooting-2_0040)
Clip length + key limits (Canon)
- Normal movies: max 2 hours per movie
- High Frame Rate movies: max 30 minutes per movie
Manual source: Movie Recording Time Limit
Image area + additional cropping
Canon notes the movie image area varies depending on the recording-size setting, and also warns that enabling Movie digital IS will crop the image further around the center.
Manual source: Image Area
Cards that can record movies (manual guidance)
- Canon recommends formatting cards in-camera for best performance before recording movies.
- Canon explicitly says: use high-performance cards with writing speed sufficiently higher than the movie bit rate.
- Canon notes a specific 4K prep tip: before recording 4K movies, format cards using [Low level format] in the camera.
Manual source: Cards That Can Record Movies
Movie files exceeding 4GB (manual detail)
This is one of the most practical workflow details Canon includes:
- SDHC formatted in-camera (FAT32): movies over 4GB are split into multiple files.
- SDXC formatted in-camera (exFAT): the camera can save the movie as a single file even if it exceeds 4GB.
Manual source: Movie Files Exceeding 4 GB
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