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Digital Camera Functions
Selecting the Image Quality/Size
You can select the image quality of still images, and the image size of still images and
movies.
Still images are compressed and recorded in JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group).
Movies are recorded in Motion JPEG.
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 a memory card:
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 compliant 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. in 320 x 240 and
35 min. in 160 x 120.
Image Size
Image Quality
No. of Images
File Size
per Image
Supplied
card
128MB
256MB
L
1632X1224
Super Fine
9
85
175
1360KB
Fine
14
135
275
880KB
Normal
25
250
500
480KB
M
1280X960
Super Fine
15
140
280
850KB
Fine
20
215
430
560KB
Normal
40
395
795
300KB
S
640X480
Super Fine
75
690
1380
176KB
Fine
105
955
1900
120KB
Normal
170
1525
3040
72KB
Image Size
Recording Time
File Size per
Second
Supplied card
128MB
256MB
320 x 240
50 sec.
8 min.
16 min.
250KB
160 x 120
1 min.
17 min.
34 min.
120KB
