diff --git a/src/Camera/QGCCameraControl.cc b/src/Camera/QGCCameraControl.cc
index f46f974d5c46c3db191fc8a91b79b4034b9b1634..a03ecc01387cdc865248cd48a3418e00c39ff9b5 100644
--- a/src/Camera/QGCCameraControl.cc
+++ b/src/Camera/QGCCameraControl.cc
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ QGCCameraControl::_setVideoStatus(VideoStatus status)
         emit videoStatusChanged();
         if(status == VIDEO_CAPTURE_STATUS_RUNNING) {
              _recordTime = 0;
-             _recTime.start();
+             _recTime = QTime::currentTime();
              _recTimer.start();
         } else {
              _recTimer.stop();
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ QGCCameraControl::_setVideoStatus(VideoStatus status)
 void
 QGCCameraControl::_recTimerHandler()
 {
-    _recordTime = static_cast<uint32_t>(_recTime.elapsed());
+    _recordTime = static_cast<uint32_t>(_recTime.msec());
     emit recordTimeChanged();
 }
 
@@ -1524,7 +1524,7 @@ QGCCameraControl::handleCaptureStatus(const mavlink_camera_capture_status_t& cap
     //-- Do we have recording time?
     if(cap.recording_time_ms) {
         _recordTime = cap.recording_time_ms;
-        _recTime = _recTime.addMSecs(_recTime.elapsed() - static_cast<int>(cap.recording_time_ms));
+        _recTime = _recTime.addMSecs(_recTime.msec() - static_cast<int>(cap.recording_time_ms));
         emit recordTimeChanged();
     }
     //-- Video/Image Capture Status