Changing the Image Quality

You can choose among 4 different image quality settings.

Choose the image quality setting.

zAfter pressing the m button, press the

opbuttons to choose , then press the m button again.

Choose an option.

zPress the op buttons to choose an option, then press the m button.

XThe option you set will appear on the screen.

Image Quality and Shooting Time per Memory Card

Image

Recording Pixels,

 

Content

Memory Card Capacity

Quality

Frame Rate

 

4 GB

16 GB

 

 

 

1920 x 1080 pixels,

For shooting full

Approx.

Approx.

 

1 hr. 1 min.

 

24 frames/sec.

high-definition movies.

14 min. 53 sec.

 

0 sec.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1280 x 720 pixels,

For shooting

Approx.

Approx.

 

1 hr. 27 min.

 

30 frames/sec.

high-definition movies.

21 min. 23 sec.

 

 

 

 

 

37 sec.

 

 

The image quality will be

Approx.

Approx.

 

640 x 480 pixels,

higher when compared

 

3 hr. 11 min.

 

30 frames/sec.

with

, but the recording

46 min. 46 sec.

 

 

time will be shorter.

 

32 sec.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Since the file size is small,

Approx.

Approx.

 

320 x 240 pixels,

shooting time will

 

2 hr. 23 min.

9 hr. 48 min.

 

30 frames/sec.

increase, but the image

 

41 sec.

19 sec.

 

 

quality will decrease.

 

 

 

 

Based on Canon’s testing standards.

Recording will automatically stop when the clip file size reaches 4 GB, or when the

recording time reaches approximately 10 minutes when shooting in

or

, and

approximately 1 hour when shooting in

or

.

 

 

Recording may stop even if the maximum clip length has not been reached on some memory cards. SD Speed Class 6 or higher memory cards are recommended.

Black bars will appear on the top and bottom of the screen in or . These areas will not be recorded when shooting.

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