3Setting the Movie-recording Size

Total Movie Recording Time and File Size Per Minute

Due to file system limitations, if the file size of a single movie clip reaches 4 GB, movie shooting will stop automatically. At [1920x1080] and [1280x720], the maximum recording time of a single movie clip will be approx. 12 min. At [640x480] and [Crop 640x480], the maximum recording time of a single movie clip will be approx. 24 min. To shoot a movie again, press the <A> button. (A new movie file starts being recorded.)

Movie-recording Size

Total Recording Time (approx.)

File Size

8GB Card

16GB Card

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

[1920x1080]

 

22 min.

44 min.

330 MB/min.

5

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[1280x720]

8

22 min.

44 min.

330 MB/min.

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[640x480]

8

46 min.

1 hr. 32 min.

165 MB/min.

[Crop 640x480]

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An increase of the camera’s internal temperature may cause movie shooting to stop before the maximum recording time shown above (p.173).

The maximum recording time of one movie clip is 29 min. 59 sec. Depending on the subject and the increase in the camera’s internal temperature, the movie shooting might stop sooner than 29 min. 59 sec.

With ZoomBrowser EX/ImageBrowser (provided software), you can extract a still image from the movie. The still image quality will be as follows: Approx. 2 megapixels at [1920x1080], approx. 1 megapixel at [1280x720], and approx. 300,000 pixels at [640x480].

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Canon 60D instruction manual 181, Total Movie Recording Time and File Size Per Minute