Canon PowerShot SX30 IS - Manual (Page 111)

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You can choose between three image quality settings.
Choose the image quality setting.
● After pressing the m button, press the
op buttons to choose .
Choose an option.
● Press the qr buttons or turn the  dial to
choose an option, then press the m
button.
X The option you set will appear on the screen.
Image Quality Table
Estimated Shooting Time
Changing the Image Quality
Image Quality
(Recording Pixels/Frame Rate)
Content
1280 x 720 pixels, 30 frames/sec. For shooting high-definition movies.
640 x 480 pixels, 30 frames/sec. For shooting standard quality movies.
320 x 240 pixels, 30 frames/sec.
Since the number of recording pixels is smaller than
in
, the image quality will appear coarse, but you
can record approximately three times the length.
Memory Card
Capacity
Image Quality
4 GB 16 GB
20 min. 43 sec. 1 hr. 24 min. 54 sec.
43 min. 43 sec. 2 hrs. 59 min. 3 sec.
1 hr. 58 min. 19 sec. 8 hrs. 4 min. 30 sec.
• Based on Canon’s testing standards.
• Recording will automatically stop when the clip file size reaches 4 GB, or when the
recording time reaches 29 minutes and 59 seconds when shooting in , 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 4 or higher memory cards are recommended.
In and when the recording pixel setting for still images is set to ,
a gray frame will appear around the area that can be shot as a still image.
COP
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