Changing the Image Quality

You can choose between three image quality settings.

Choose the image quality setting.

After pressing the m button, press the opbuttons or turn the dial to choose , then press the mbutton.

Choose an option.

Press the opbuttons or turn the dial to choose an option, then press the m button.

The setting will appear on the screen.

Image Quality Table
Image QualityContent

(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 the recording pixels is smaller,

320 x 240 pixels, 30 frames/sec. the image quality will appear coarse when compared with , but you can record three times

the length.

Estimated Shooting Time

 

Shooting Time

Image Quality

16 GB

 

4 GB

 

20 min. 43 sec.

1 hr. 24 min. 54 sec.

 

 

 

 

43 min. 43 sec.

2 hrs. 59 min. 3 sec.

 

 

 

 

1 hr. 58 min. 19 sec.

8 hrs. 4 min. 30 sec.

 

 

 

Based on Canon’s testing standards.

Recording will automatically stop when the clip file size reaches 4 GB, or when the

recording time reaches approximately 10 minutes when shooting in

, and

approximately 1 hour when shooting in

or

.

 

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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