Canon R100 specs (practical spec sheet)
This is a practical spec sheet for the Canon EOS R100. Instead of dumping brochure bullets, it focuses on the workflow constraints Canon documents in the manual: SD card prep, recording time limits, and how the camera behaves once movie files exceed 4GB.
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Table of contents
Storage and SD card support
- Card types: SD / SDHC / SDXC
Video workflow gotchas (Canon manual)
Cards that can record movies (reliability)
- Canon recommends formatting the card with the camera before recording movies.
- Canon advises using cards with writing speed sufficiently higher than the movie bit rate.
- Before recording 4K movies: Canon advises formatting cards using [Low level format] in the Format Card menu.
Manual: Movie Recording Size — Cards That Can Record Movies
Movie files exceeding 4GB (SDHC vs SDXC)
- SDHC formatted in-camera (FAT32): files over 4GB are split into multiple movie files.
- SDXC formatted in-camera (exFAT): movies can be saved as a single file even if they exceed 4GB.
Manual: Movie Files Exceeding 4 GB
Recording time limits
- Non-High Frame Rate movies: max 1 hour per movie
Manual: Movie Recording Time Limit
Bottom line
The R100 is a simple, affordable RF APS‑C entry body. The practical success factors are boring but real: use a decent SD card, format it in‑camera before important shoots, and plan around recording limits and file-splitting behavior for longer recordings.
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