Selecting the Image Quality/Size

You can select the image quality of still images, and the image size of still images and movies.

Still Image Quality

( SUPER FINE),

( FINE),

(

NORMAL)

Image size

Still Image

L (

1632x1224), M (

 

1280x960), S ( 640x480)

 

Movie

(

320x240),

(

160x120)

Still images are compressed and recorded in JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group). Movies are recorded in Motion JPEG.

The number of still images and maximum recording time of movies that can be recorded on a memory card vary according to the recording condition. The estimated figures are as follows:

128MB/512MB: Using a SD Memory Card

Number of still images that can be recorded on a memory card:

 

 

 

No. of Images

File Size

Image Size

Image Quality

 

Supplied

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

128MB

 

512MB

per Image

 

 

 

card

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1632X1224

Super Fine

10

 

85

 

350

 

1360KB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fine

15

 

135

 

545

 

880KB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Normal

25

 

250

 

1000

 

480KB

1280X960

Super Fine

15

 

140

 

555

 

850KB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fine

25

 

215

 

860

 

560KB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Normal

45

 

395

 

1585

 

300KB

640X480

Super Fine

85

 

690

 

2740

 

176KB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fine

115

 

955

 

3770

 

120KB

 

Normal

185

 

1525

 

6035

 

72KB

Maximum recording time of a movie on a memory card:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image Size

 

 

Recording Time

 

 

 

File Size

Supplied card

 

128MB

 

 

512MB

 

per Second

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

320 x 240

10 sec.

 

8 min.

 

 

32 min.

 

250KB/sec.

(1 min.*)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

160 x 120

30 sec.

 

17 min.

 

 

67 min.

 

120KB/sec.

(2 min.*)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*The recording times specified above are the total amount of recording times with the supplied MultiMediaCard.

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Canon MVX40i, MVX-45i manual Selecting the Image Quality/Size, Maximum recording time of a movie on a memory card