General Performance, Recording Conditions, Memory Card
- Q4
- What is the recording capacity of the camera in terms of number of images and movie recording time?
- A4
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The following shows the number of image and the movie recording time capacities for built-in memory and a memory card. Note that these values are approximate, and may be different depending on individual file size. 
Snapshots : JPEG (Exif Ver.2.3) Image Size
(pixels)Image
QualityApproximate
Image File SizeBuilt-in memory*1
Recording CapacitySD Memory Card*2
Recording Capacity20M
(5152 x 3864)Fine 7.04 MB 3 shots 2208 shots Normal 4.67 MB 5 shots 3329 shots 3:2
(5152 x 3432)Fine 6.22 MB 4 shots 2499 shots Normal 4.13 MB 6 shots 3764 shots 16:9
(5152 x 2896)Fine 5.20 MB 5 shots 2990 shots Normal 3.46 MB 8 shots 4493 shots 10M
(3648 x 2736)Fine 3.38 MB 8 shots 4600 shots Normal 2.27 MB 12 shots 6849 shots 5M
(2560 x 1920)Fine 1.72 MB 16 shots 9040 shots Normal 1.22 MB 22 shots 12744 shots 3M
(2048 x 1536)Fine 1.25 MB 22 shots 12439 shots Normal 820 KB 33 shots 18962 shots VGA
(640 x 480)
Fine 290 KB 95 shots 53616 shots Normal 240 KB 115 shots 64786 shots Movies : AVI(Motion JPEG) Image Quality (pixels) Approximate Data Rate
(Frame Rate)Built-in Memory *1
Recording CapacitySD Memory Card *2
Recording CapacityHD
1280×72030.2 Megabits / second
(30 frames / second)9 seconds *3 17 minutes
9 secondsSTD
640×48010.6 Megabits / second
(30 frames / second)18 seconds 29 minutes * 1 Built-in memory capacity after formatting (Approx.28.0MB) * 2 Based on a 16GB SDHC memory card (SanDisk Corporation). The number of images you can save depends on the type of memory card you are using. * 3 The data transfer rate of built-in memory is not sufficient for HD movies. Whenever possible use an Ultra High-Speed Type memory card. • Snapshot and movie recording capacity values are approximate and intended for reference only. Actual capacity depends on image contents.
• File size and data rate values are approximate and intended for reference only. Actual values depend on the type of image being shot. • When using a memory card with a different capacity, calculate the number of images as a percentage of 16GB. • Each movie can be up to 29 minutes long. Movie recording stops automatically after 29 minutes of recording. • A single movie shoot with the "For YouTube" scene can have a maximum file size of 2048MB or a recording time of up to 15 minutes.