From the course: DSLR Video Tips: Cameras & Lenses
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Legal limits for video recording
From the course: DSLR Video Tips: Cameras & Lenses
Legal limits for video recording
Robbie Carman: Believe it or not, there are a couple of reasons for why recording length limitations exist on DSLRs, and the first one is something that you would say to yourself, really? They really did that? And that first one is sort of a legal limitation, right? In lots of different markets across the world, devices, electronic devices such as cameras are classified for tax reasons, right? So if you have a camera that is a photo camera, it's taxed differently than say a video camera. And in a lot of regions across the world, that demarcation line is how much video or the length of video that a camera can record. So in certain markets, manufactures like Nikon and Canon, Sony and that kind of stuff have purposely handicapped and purposely limited the recording length for tax reasons. So they can make more money is basically what it comes down to. Rich Harrington: Well, and the thing that you have to realize is that finally enough people gave them feedback that they are starting to…
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