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)	Image Quality	Approximate Image File Size	Built-in Memory^*1Recording Capacity	Memory Card^*2 Recording Capacity
16M (4608 x 3456)	Fine	10.71 MB	3 shots	1072 shots
16M (4608 x 3456)	Normal	5.57 MB	5 shots	1654 shots
3:2 (4608 x 3072)	Fine	9.43 MB	4 shots	1214 shots
3:2 (4608 x 3072)	Normal	4.92 MB	6 shots	1873 shots
16:9 (4608 x 2592)	Fine	7.83 MB	5 shots	1466 shots
16:9 (4608 x 2592)	Normal	4.1 MB	7 shots	2221 shots
10M (3648 x 2736)	Fine	6.4 MB	6 shots	1787 shots
10M (3648 x 2736)	Normal	3.38 MB	9 shots	2728 shots
5M (2560 x 1920)	Fine	2.99 MB	10 shots	2990 shots
5M (2560 x 1920)	Normal	1.72 MB	14 shots	4283 shots
3M (2048 x 1536)	Fine	2.0 MB	15 shots	4669 shots
3M (2048 x 1536)	Normal	1.25 MB	22 shots	6533 shots
VGA (640 x 480)	Fine	430 KB	67 shots	19683 shots
VGA (640 x 480)	Normal	290 KB	91 shots	26809 shots

Movies^*5: MOV (H.264/AVC)

Image Quality (pixels) / (Audio)	Maximum File Size	Approximate Data Rate (Frame Rate)	Built-in Memory^*1Recording Capacity	Memory Card^*2 (Maximum recording time per recording)
FHD (1920×1080) (Stereo)	Maximum Movie Size: 4GB (or 29 minutes)	14.2 Megabits / second (30 frames / second)	27 seconds	35 minutes 59 seconds
HD (1280×720) (Stereo)^*4		10.9 Megabits / second (15 frames / second)	35 seconds	46 minutes 54 seconds
STD (640×480) (Stereo)		3.9 Megabits / second (30 frames / second)	1 minute 41 seconds	2 hours 12 minutes 54 seconds
HS1000 (224×64) (No audio)		40.0 Megabits / second (1000 frames / second)	10 seconds	13 minutes 10 seconds
HS480 (224×160) (No audio)		40.0 Megabits / second (480 frames / second)	9 seconds	13 minutes 2 seconds
HS240 (512×384) (No audio)		40.0 Megabits / second (240 frames / second)	9 seconds	12 minutes 58 seconds
HS120 (640×480) (No audio)		40.0 Megabits / second (120 frames / second)	9 seconds	12 minutes 55 seconds
HS30-240 (512×384) (Audio recording at 30fps only)		5.4 Megabits / second (30 frames / second) 40.4 Megabits / second (240 frames / second)	1 minute 13 seconds ^*3	1 hour 36 minutes 54 seconds ^*3
HS30-120 (640×480) (Audio recording at 30fps only)		10.4 Megabits / second (30 frames / second) 40.4 Megabits / second (120 frames / second)	38 seconds ^*3	49 minutes 57 seconds ^*3

Movies ^*5: MOV (H.264/AVC)

Image Quality (pixels) / (Audio)	Maximum File Size	Approximate Data Rate (Frame Rate)	Built-in Memory^*1Recording Capacity	Memory Card^*2 (Maximum recording time per recording)
YouTube (HS1000) (224×64) (No audio)	Maximum File Size: 2048MB (or 15 minutes)	40.0 Megabits / second (1000 frames / second)	10 seconds	27 seconds
YouTube (HS480) (224×160) (No audio)		40.0 Megabits / second (480 frames / second)	9 seconds	56 seconds
YouTube (HS240) (512×384) (No audio)		40.0 Megabits / second (240 frames / second)	9 seconds	1 minute 52 seconds
YouTube (HS120) (640×480) (No audio)		40.0 Megabits / second (120 frames / second)	9 seconds	3 minutes 45 seconds
YouTube (HS30-240) (512×384) (Audio recording at 30fps only)		5.4 Megabits/ second (30 frames / second) 40.4 Megabits / second (240 frames / second)	1 minute 13 seconds ^*3	15 minutes^{^*3}
YouTube (HS30-120) (640×480) (Audio recording at 30fps only)		10.4 Megabits/ second (30 frames / second) 40.4 Megabits / second (120 frames / second)	38 seconds ^*3	15 minutes^{^*3}
YouTube (FHD) (1920×1080) (Stereo)		14.2 Megabits / second (30 frames / second)	27 seconds	15 minutes
YouTube (STD) (640×480) (Stereo)		3.9 Megabits / second (30 frames / second)	1 minute 41 seconds	15 minutes

* 1	Built-in memory capacity after formatting (Approx.52.2MB)
* 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	Recordable time when the entire movie is recorded at 30 fps. Recording time is shorter if the 30 fps frame rate is switched to 120 fps or 240 fps during recording.
* 4	"HD" appears in place of "FHD" when you are shooting with "HDR Art".
* 5	The allowable recording time will be shorter if the capacity of the memory card you are using is smaller than the maximum size of one file.

•	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 240 fps high speed movie for 10 seconds, for example, 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 dropping frames and/or audio.

General Performance, Recording Conditions, Memory Card

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