Changing the Image Quality

You can choose between three image quality settings.

Choose the image quality.

●Press the m button, then use the op buttons or turn the  dial to choose , then press the m button again.

Choose an option.

●Press the opbuttons or turn the Âdial to choose an option, and press the m button.

XThe setting will display on the screen.

Image Quality Table

Image Quality

Content

(Recording Pixels/Frame Rate)

 

1280 x 720 pixels, 30 frames/sec. For shooting high-definition movies.

640 x 480 pixels, 30 frames/sec. For shooting standard quality movies.

Since the number of recording pixels is smaller,

320 x 240 pixels, 30 frames/sec. the image quality will be lower than with , but you can record three times the length.

Estimated Shooting Time

Image Quality

Shooting Time

(Frame Rate)

2 GB

8 GB

 

10 min. 53 sec.

43 min. 32 sec.

 

 

 

 

23 min. 49 sec.

1 hr. 35 min. 11 sec.

 

 

 

 

1 hr. 13 min. 10 sec.

4 hrs. 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 4 GB.

 

 

 

•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.

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