Video settings, in depth
What are the right video settings on the R10 — formats, HDR PQ, and true slow motion?
Two 4K sizes, two jobs
Every normal movie is MP4 in IPB (Standard) or IPB (Light). 4K UHD records the full width at 29.97p and 23.98p — the quality default. 4K UHD Crop reaches 59.94p from a narrower area of the sensor — this body’s only 4K 60, paid for in width. Full HD covers the rest up to 59.94p. ALL-I exists here only for time-lapse movies. At 4K in 10-bit (HDR PQ), Canon’s card requirements ask for V60; 8-bit 4K asks for UHS Speed Class 3.
No log here — HDR PQ is the wide door
This body has no Canon Log — the words appear nowhere in its menus. Its wide-range color is HDR PQ: [HDR shooting] → Enable records movies in the PQ format of the HDR standard (ITU-R BT.2100) at 10-bit — made to be graded or delivered as HDR, at 170 Mbps in 4K UHD and 340 Mbps in 4K Crop 59.94. Shipping ungraded SDR? Leave it off. The HDR Movie scene mode is a different tool: it merges frames to hold contrast.
Quarter speed, and silent
High Frame Rate recording reaches 119.88 fps in Full HD, written as a 29.97 fps file — playback is 1/4 speed with the slow motion already in it. Sound is not recorded in High Frame Rate movies, and one clip can run up to 30 minutes. 119.88 fps is this body’s ceiling.
Plan breaks, not settings
A single normal movie can run up to 2 hours, and Canon rates the LP-E17 at about 2 hours of Full HD recording per charge with Movie Servo AF off. Heat is managed by behavior — the 10-level temperature indicator’s flashing red icon means the camera is about to shut off — and there is no [Auto pwr off temp.] setting on this body to raise any limit. Long days are planned in spare batteries, shade and breaks.
Shoot the same 20-second scene three ways — 4K UHD with HDR shooting off, HDR PQ enabled, and a 119.88 fps High Frame Rate take — and compare what each decision asks of you.