Can a Canon 60D record video directly to a Mac over USB?
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I have a Canon 60D with Canon's software installed on a MacBook Pro. Can I record video over the USB cable and save it straight to the computer instead of the camera's SD card? I need to capture about 18 minutes of video, and right now I only have an 8GB class 2 SDHC card.
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Apparently not. You can shoot video in tethered mode, but it first records to the memory card and then transfers to the computer when the recording has finished.
From the EOS Utility 2.9 for Macintosh Instruction Manual (EOS 60D):
You can control your camera from EU [EOS Utility] and shoot movies from your computer screen. You cannot shoot movies without a memory card in your camera [p. 41].
...image data will be downloaded from the camera's memory card to your computer image data. [p. 43].
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No. On the Canon 60D, Canon EOS Utility can control movie recording from the computer, but the camera still records the video to the memory card first. After recording stops, the file can then be transferred to the computer. The 60D cannot record movie files directly to a Mac over USB, and it also requires a memory card to be in the camera to shoot video.
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