Changing the Image Quality

You can select from among three image quality settings.

Select the image quality.

After pressing the m button, press the op buttons to select .

Select an option.

Press the qrbuttons to select an option, then press the m button.

XThe setting will display on the screen.

Image Quality Table

Image Quality

Content

(Recording Pixels/Frame Rate)

 

 

640 x 480 pixels, 30 frames/sec.

For shooting standard quality movies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

640 x 480 pixels, 30 frames/sec. LP

The image quality will be lower than with

,

 

but you can record twice the length.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Since the number of the recording pixels is

 

 

320 x 240 pixels, 30 frames/sec.

smaller, 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)

128 MB (Supplied)

2 GB

8 GB

 

 

1 min. 4 sec.

16 min. 47 sec.

1 hr. 7 min. 6 sec.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 min. 7 sec.

33 min. 2 sec.

2 hrs. 12 min. 3 sec.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 min. 1 sec.

46 min. 33 sec.

3 hrs. 6 min. 4 sec.

 

 

 

 

 

Based on Canon’s testing standards.

Recording will automatically stop when either the clip file size reaches 4 GB or the recording time reaches approximately 1 hour.

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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