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You can choose between three image quality settings.

Choose the image quality.

Press the m button, then use the op
buttons to choose , then press the m
button again.
Choose an option.
Press the op buttons to choose an
option, and press the m button.
XThe setting will display on the screen.

Image Quality Table

Estimated Shooting Time

Changing the Image Quality
Image Quality
(Recording Pixels/Frame Rate) Content
1280 x 720 pixels, 30frames/sec. For shooting high-definition movies.
640 x 480 pixels, 30frames/sec. For shooting standard quality movies.
320 x 240 pixels, 30frames/sec.
Since the number of recording pixels is smaller,
the image quality will be lower than with ,
but you can record three times the length.
Image Quality
(Frame Rate)
Shooting Time
2GB 8GB
10min. 53 sec. 43min. 32 sec.
23min. 49 sec. 1hr. 35 min. 11 sec.
1hr. 13 min. 10 sec. 4hrs. 52 min. 24 sec.
Based on Canon’s testing standards.
Maximum clip length is approximately 10 minutes in , 1 hour in and .
Recording also stops when the file size reaches 4GB.
Recording may stop even if the maximum clip length has not been reached on some
memory cards. SD Speed Class 4 or higher memory cards are recommended.