Approximate recording times

 

Default value

 

 

 

 

 

Recording mode →

XP

SP

LP

 

Memory ↓

 

 

 

 

 

4 GB memory card

55 min.

1 hr. 20 min.

2 hr. 35 min.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Built-in memory/

1 hr. 50 min.

2 hr. 45 min.

5 hr. 10 min.

 

8 GB memory card

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16 GB memory card

3 hr. 40 min.

5 hr. 30 min.

10 hr. 25 min.

 

 

 

 

 

 

32 GB memory card

7 hr. 25 min.

11 hr.

20 hr. 50 min.

 

 

 

 

 

•When a recording exceeds 2 GB or 12 continuous hours, it will be divided and saved as scenes smaller than 2 GB.

• At the time of purchase, the built-in memory contains about 70 MB of music files.

Zooming: Optical, Advanced and Digital Zoom

The camcorder offers the following three types of zoom:

Zoom Type

Description and use

 

 

Optical 37x The optical magnification ratio of the lens. Used for recording movies

only when [Image Stabilizer] is set to [ Dynamic] or when

[Widescreen] is set to [ Off] and for recording photos.

Advanced 41x The camcorder processes the image beyond the range of the optical zoom to obtain a larger zoom without any deterioration in image quality. Used for recording movies in all cases but the two exceptions above.

Digital 2000x*

You can activate it with the

[Digital Zoom] setting. When set to

(1800x for the

[

On] and only while recording movies, the camcorder will switch

)

to digital zoom (light blue area on the zoom indicator) when you zoom

 

in beyond the optical zoom range (white area on the zoom indicator).

 

With the digital zoom, the image is processed digitally so image

 

quality will deteriorate the more you zoom in.

*1800x (1600x for the ) when [Image Stabilizer] is set to

[ Dynamic].

Operating modes:

36 Š Video