Using a Memory Card

Using a Memory Card

Memory Cards Compatible for Use with the Camcorder

You can use the following types of commercially available Secure Digital (SD) cards with this camcorder.

As of October 2010, the movie recording function has been tested using SD/SDHC/SDXC memory

32cards made by Panasonic, Toshiba and SanDisk.

Memory card type: SD memory card, SDHC memory card, SDXC memory card

SD Speed Class*:

Capacity:

128 MB or larger**.

*When using an SD memory card without a speed class rating, you may not be able to record movies, depending on the memory card used.

**SD memory cards with a capacity of 64 MB or smaller cannot be used to record movies.

NOTES

•About the Speed Class: Speed Class is a standard that indicates the minimum guaranteed data transfer speed of memory cards. When you buy a new memory card, look for the Speed Class logo on the package.

We recommend using memory cards rated SD Speed Class 4, 6 or 10.

SDXC Memory Cards

You can use SDXC memory cards with this camcorder. When using memory cards with other devices, such as digital recorders, computers and card readers, make sure that the external device is compatible with SDXC cards. The table below summarizes compatibility by computer operating system, as of October 2010. For the latest information, however, contact the computer, operating system or memory card manufacturer.

Compatible operating systems for SDXC memory cards

Operating system

Compatibility

Windows 7

Compatible

 

 

Windows Vista

Compatible (requires Service Pack 1 or later)

 

 

Windows XP

Compatible (requires Service Pack 3 and KB955704 update)

 

 

Mac OS X

Not compatible

 

 

IMPORTANT

•If you use an SDXC memory card with a computer OS that is not SDXC-compatible, you may be prompted to format the memory card. In such case, cancel the operation to prevent data loss.

•After repeatedly recording, deleting and editing scenes (fragmented memory), it will take longer to write data on the memory and recording may stop. Save your recordings and initialize the memory using the camcorder.