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Video settings, in depth

What are the right video settings on the EOS R50 — formats, HDR PQ, and true slow motion?

https://camerasdecoded.com/camera-select/canon/r50/video-settings.html
THE ANSWER
The one 4K size — full width at 29.97, because there is no 4K 60 on this body at all — HDR PQ for footage that will be graded (there is no Canon Log here), Full HD 119.88 for quarter-speed slow motion, and the day planned around a 1-hour per-movie cap, roughly an hour of 4K per battery, and heat you manage with breaks.
Movie rec. size: 4K UHD 29.97 · Wide range: Shooting → HDR shooting → Enable (HDR PQ, 10-bit) · High Frame Rate: 119.88 fps → 1/4-speed playback, no sound · Per movie: 1 hr max · Card: UHS Speed Class 3 is the top ask
Pro lesson — the deep steps are in the guided run.
DECISION 1

One 4K size, one speed limit

MENU→Shooting→Movie rec. size

Every normal movie is MP4 in IPB (Standard) or IPB (Light). The one 4K size, 4K UHD, records from the same full image area as Full HD at 29.97p and 23.98p — there is no crop variant, and no 4K 60 on this body in any form; 59.94p exists only in Full HD. ALL-I exists here only for time-lapse movies. Canon’s steepest card ask is UHS Speed Class 3 — there is no V60 tier on this body.

DECISION 2

No log here — HDR PQ is the wide door

MENU→Shooting→HDR shooting

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. Shipping ungraded SDR? Leave it off. The HDR Movie recording mode is a different tool: it merges frames to hold contrast.

DECISION 3

Quarter speed, and silent

MENU→Shooting→Movie rec. size

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 15 minutes. 119.88 fps is this body’s ceiling.

DECISION 4

Plan breaks, not settings

MENU→Shooting→Movie rec. size

A single normal movie can run up to 1 hour, and Canon rates the LP-E17 at about 1 hour of 4K recording per charge — about 2 hours in Full HD — 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.

TRY IT NOW

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.