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How much can I store on a microSD card?
That depends on a few things. First, how big is your SD card? Secondly,
what are you recording, and at what quality?
The resolution and quality is going to have a huge impact on how
much you’ll be able to record. Seriously - check it out:
Quality & Resolution Settings: Video
Low
Medium
High
720p
4007kbps
(30 min per GB)
6270kbps
(20 min per GB)
8334kbps
(15 min per GB)
1080p
8109kbps
(15 min per GB)
10284kbps
(11 min per GB)
12361kbps
(7 min per GB)
Photo Quality
Dimensions
Size (approx)
3M
2048 x 1536
1.5MB (600+ per GB)
4M
2592 x 1728
2.1MB (475 per GB)
5M
2592 x 1944
2.6MB (385 per GB)
8M
3200 x 2400
3.5MB (285 per GB)
12M
4000 x 3000
4.8MB (208 per GB)
What happens when you lower the Quality?
Basically, the camera tries to use less data to represent the same image.
This means the
compression
needs to work harder. 720p @ LOW quality
uses only half the data of 720p @ HIGH quality, and it looks about
half as sharp. However, you’ll be able to store twice as much to your
microSD card.
It becomes more noticeable when you pause the video. Even at low
quality, during real-time playback, the video still looks reasonable
(and better than, say, most videos on
YouTube
or similar online video
services).
Showing your Quality
