General Performance, Recording Conditions, Memory Card
- Q1
- What is the recording capacity of the camera in terms of number of images and movie recording time?
- A1
-
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) Approximate Image File Size Built-in
memory *1
Recording
CapacitySD Memory
Card *2
Recording
Capacity12M
(4000 x 3000)4.13 MB 5 shots 2286 shots 3:2
(4000 x 2656)3.62 MB 6 shots 2728 shots 10M
(3648 x 2736)3.38 MB 6 shots 2728 shots 5M
(2560 x 1920)1.72 MB 9 shots 4283 shots VGA
(640 x 480)290 KB 61 shots 26809 shots Movies : MOV (H.264/AVC) Image Quality
(pixels)/(Audio)Maximum
File SizeApproximate Data Rate
(Frame Rate)Built-in memory *1
Recording CapacitySD Memory Card *2
Recording CapacityFHD (1920×1080)
(Monaural)Maximum
Movie Size:4GB
(or 29 minutes)14.2 Megabits/second
(30 frames/second)18 seconds 36 minutes
23 secondsHD (1280×720)
(Monaural)10.9 Megabits/second
(30 frames/second)24 seconds 47 minutes
35 secondsHS240 (432×320)
(No audio)40.0 Megabits/second
(240 frames/second)6 seconds 12 minutes
58 seconds* 1 Built-in memory capacity after formatting (Approx.34.9MB) * 2 The above values are based on use of a 16GB SDHC memory card (SanDisk Corporation). The number of images you can save depends on the type of memory card you are using. • 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. • The time it takes to play back a high speed movie will be different from the time it takes to record it. If you record a high speed movie for 10 seconds, it will take 80 seconds to play it back. • A slow memory card can take too much time to record data when shooting a movie, resulting in breaks in the image and/or audio.