Specifications

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Advanced Functions Digital Camera Functions
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Digital Camera Fu nctions
Selecting the Image Quality/Size
Still images are compressed and recorded in JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group).
Movies are recorded in Motion JPEG. You can select the image quality of still images, and
the image size of still images and movies.
The number of still images and maximum recording time of movies that can be recorded
on a memory card vary according to the recording condition. The estimated figures are as
follows:
Number of still images that can be recorded on a memory card:
Maximum recording time of a movie on an SD memory card:
* When using a MultiMedia Card (MMC) the maximum recording time of movies is 10 seconds
(at 320x240) or 30 seconds (at 160x120).
 Depending on the number of images on the memory card, you may not be able
to download images to a computer (Windows: more than 1800 images;
Macintosh: more than 1000 images). In such case, use a card reader.
 Connection to a PictBridge compatible printer will not work when the memory
card contains more than 1800 images. For best performance, we recommend
to keep the number of images on the memory card less than 100.
 Users of Windows XP: When you plan to connect the camcorder to a computer
using a USB cable, keep the length of one movie shorter than approx. 12 min.
at 320 x 240 and 35 min. at 160 x 120.
Image Size Image Quality
Number of Images
File Size
per Image
16MB 128MB 512MB
L 1152x864 Super Fine 20 195 790 608KB
Fine 30 290 1115 416KB
Normal 55 540 2150 224KB
S 640x480 Super Fine 75 690 2740 176KB
Fine 105 955 3770 120KB
Normal 170 1525 6035 72KB
Image Size
Recording Time
File Size per
Second
16MB 128MB 512MB
320 x 240 50 sec. 8 min. 32 min. 250KB
160 x 120 1 min. 17 min. 67 min. 120KB