Canon FS400 FS40 / FS400 Instruction Manual - Page 40

Zooming: Optical, Advanced and Digital Zoom - digital video camcorder

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Approximate recording times Default value Recording mode → Memory ↓ 4 GB memory card Built-in memory/ 8 GB memory card 16 GB memory card 32 GB memory card XP SP LP 55 min. 1 hr. 20 min. 2 hr. 35 min. 1 hr. 50 min. 2 hr. 45 min. 5 hr. 10 min. 3 hr. 40 min. 5 hr. 30 min. 10 hr. 25 min. 7 hr. 25 min. 11 hr. 20 hr. 50 min. • When a recording exceeds 2 GB or 12 continuous hours, it will be divided and saved as scenes smaller than 2 GB. • At the time of purchase, the built-in memory contains about 70 MB of music files. Zooming: Optical, Advanced and Digital Zoom The camcorder offers the following three types of zoom: Zoom Type Description and use Optical 37x The optical magnification ratio of the lens. Used for recording movies only when [Image Stabilizer] is set to [ Dynamic] or when [Widescreen] is set to [ Off] and for recording photos. Advanced 41x The camcorder processes the image beyond the range of the optical zoom to obtain a larger zoom without any deterioration in image quality. Used for recording movies in all cases but the two exceptions above. Digital 2000x* You can activate it with the [Digital Zoom] setting. When set to [ On] and only while recording movies, the camcorder will switch to digital zoom (light blue area on the zoom indicator) when you zoom in beyond the optical zoom range (white area on the zoom indicator). With the digital zoom, the image is processed digitally so image quality will deteriorate the more you zoom in. * 1800x when [Image Stabilizer] is set to [ Dynamic]. Operating modes: 40 Š Video

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Video
Zooming: Optical, Advanced and Digital Zoom
The camcorder offers the following three types of zoom:
*
1800x when
[Image Stabilizer] is set to [
Dynamic].
Approximate recording times
Default value
• When a recording exceeds 2 GB or 12 continuous hours, it will be divided and
saved as scenes smaller than 2 GB.
At the time of purchase, the built-in memory contains about 70 MB of
music files.
Recording mode
XP
SP
LP
Memory
4 GB memory card
55 min.
1 hr. 20 min.
2 hr. 35 min.
Built-in memory/
8 GB memory card
1 hr. 50 min.
2 hr. 45 min.
5 hr. 10 min.
16 GB memory card
3 hr. 40 min.
5 hr. 30 min.
10 hr. 25 min.
32 GB memory card
7 hr. 25 min.
11 hr.
20 hr. 50 min.
Zoom Type
Description and use
Optical
37x
The optical magnification ratio of the lens. Used for recording movies
only when
[Image Stabilizer] is set to [
Dynamic] or when
[Widescreen] is set to [
Off] and for recording photos.
Advanced
41x
The camcorder processes the image beyond the range of the optical
zoom to obtain a larger zoom without any deterioration in image
quality. Used for recording movies in all cases but the two exceptions
above.
Digital
2000x
*
You can activate it with the
[Digital Zoom] setting. When set to
[
On] and only while recording movies, the camcorder will switch
to digital zoom (light blue area on the zoom indicator) when you zoom
in beyond the optical zoom range (white area on the zoom indicator).
With the digital zoom, the image is processed digitally so image
quality will deteriorate the more you zoom in.
Operating modes: