Shooting still images

Number of still images recordable on a disc

Your camcorder compresses image data in JPEG format (extension .jpg). Default image data file name is as following:

•100-0001: This file name appears on the LCD display of your camcorder.

•DSC00001.jpg: This file name appears on the display of your personal computer. Number may vary depending on the settings of the image quality, the image size and the type of images you are shooting.

Image quality

Image size

Recordable number*2

DVD-RW

DVD-R

 

 

 

 

VIDEO

VR

VIDEO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINE

1152 ⋅

864*1

2 250

2 250

2 150

 

 

 

640 ⋅

480

5 400

5 400

5 100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STANDARD

1152 ⋅

864*1

4 300

4 350

4 100

 

 

 

640 ⋅

480

8 600

8 600

8 100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*1

DCR-DVD201 only.

 

 

 

 

 

*2

The table shows approximate recordable number and the above numbers apply to a

 

single-sided disc, and it will be doubled for a double-sided disc.

File size of still images

Image quality

 

File size

640 ⋅ 480

1152 ⋅ 864*1

 

FINE

150 KB

500 KB

 

 

 

STANDARD

60 KB

200 KB

 

 

 

The table shows approximate file size. *1 DCR-DVD201 only.

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