Panasonic DMC-TZ8 Recording still pictures, Recording motion pictures, Recording conditions

Charging battery (Continued)

Guidelines for number of recordable pictures and recording time

Figures may be reduced if flash, zoom, or [LCD MODE] are used frequently; or in colder climates.

The number of recordable pictures and the recording time will also be reduced if the GPS function is operating.

■Recording still pictures

Number of recordable pictures	Approx. 300 pictures
	Approx. 340 pictures		By CIPA standard
Recording time	Approx. 150 min
	Approx. 170 min
●Recording conditions by CIPA standard		• Starting recording 30 seconds after the
• CIPA is an abbreviation of [Camera & Imaging
Products Association].		camera is turned on. (When the Optical
• [PROGRAM AE] Mode		Image Stabilizer function is set to [AUTO].)
• [GPS SETTING] is set to [OFF]		• Recording once every 30 seconds with full
• Temperature: 23 °C/Humidity: 50% when LCD		flash every second recording.
monitor is on.∗1		• Rotating the zoom lever from Tele to Wide or
• Using a Panasonic SD Memory Card		vice versa in every recording.
(32 MB).		• Turning the camera off every 10 recordings
• Using the supplied battery.		and leaving it until the temperature of the
		battery decreases.
		∗1 The number of recordable pictures decreases

when [LCD MODE] is used.

Number reduced if intervals are longer – e.g. to approx. one quarter for 2-minute intervals under the above conditions.

■Recording motion pictures

	[AVCHD Lite(GPS REC)]/	[MOTION JPEG]∗2
	[AVCHD Lite]
Available continuous recording time	About 100 minutes	About 100 minutes
Actual available recording time ∗3	About 50 minutes	About 50 minutes

●Recording conditions

• Temperature 23°C, humidity 50% • [PROGRAM AE] Mode

•[GPS SETTING] is set to [OFF]

•Picture quality settings: [AVCHD Lite] [SH]/[MOTION JPEG] [HD]

∗2 A maximum of approx. 2 GB of continuous motion picture can be recorded in [MOTION JPEG] format. (Even if there is more than 2 GB of available space on the card, the available recording time will be calculated for a maximum of 2 GB.)

∗3 The time you can actually record when repeatedly turning the power on and off, starting and stopping recording and using zoom.

■Viewing pictures

Playback time

About 300 minutes

The number of recordable pictures or available recording time may vary slightly according to battery and usage conditions.

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