Canon 970 IS Changing Movie Recording Pixels/Frame Rates, Movie Recording Pixels and Frame Rates

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Changing Movie Recording Pixels/Frame Rates

You can change the recording pixels and frame rate when the movie mode is set to (Standard), (Color Accent) or (Color Swap). (The frame rate can be set depending on the recording pixels.)

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Select the recording pixels.

1.Press the button.

2.Use the or button to select

and the or button to change the recording pixels.

3.Press the button.

Movie Recording Pixels and Frame Rates

Frame rates indicate the number of frames recorded or played back each second. The higher the frame rate, the smoother the appearance of motion.

Standard	*1	640 × 480 recording pixels, 30 frames/sec.
Color Accent	*2	640	× 480 recording pixels, 30 frames/sec. LP
Color Swap		320	× 240 recording pixels, 30 frames/sec.
Compact		160	× 120 recording pixels, 15 frames/sec.
Time Lapse		640	× 480 recording pixels, 15 frames/sec.*3

*1 Default setting.

*2 When priority is on movie length rather than image quality, select . You can shoot for twice as long in this mode compared to a file of the same size shot in the other modes.

*3 Frame rate when playing back.

z See Memory Cards and Estimated Capacities (p. 224). z See Image Data Sizes (Estimated) (p. 225)