Canon XA10 XA10 Instruction Manual - Page 49

Selecting the Video Quality (Recording Mode) Selecting the Video Quality (Recording Mode) The camcorder offers 5 recording modes. Changing the recording mode will change the recording time available on the memory. Select MXP or FXP mode for better movie quality; select LP mode for longer recording times. The following table gives approximate recording times. Operating modes: 1 Open the [Recording Mode] screen. 49 [FUNC.] [MENU] 8 [Recording Mode] 2 Touch the desired recording mode and then touch [a]. NOTES • Movies recorded in MXP mode cannot be saved on AVCHD discs. Use an external Blu-ray Disc recorder to copy MXP movies onto Blu-ray discs. • The camcorder uses a variable bit rate (VBR) to encode video so the actual recording times will vary depending on the content of the scenes. • The camcorder retains the last setting used even if you set the camcorder to mode. Approximate recording times  Default value Recording mode → MXP1 FXP1 XP+ SP LP Memory ↓ 4 GB Memory card 20 min. 30 min. 40 min. 1 hr. 10 min. 1 hr. 30 min. 8 GB Memory card 40 min. 1 hr. 1 hr. 25 min. 2 hr. 20 min. 3 hr. 16 GB Memory card 32 GB Memory card 1 hr. 25 min. 2 hr. 5 min. 2 hr. 50 min. 4 hr. 45 min. 6 hr. 5 min. 2 hr. 55 min. 4 hr. 10 min. 5 hr. 45 min. 9 hr. 35 min. 12 hr. 15 min.3 64 GB Memory card/ Built-in memory2 5 hr. 55 min. 8 hr. 20 min. 11 hr. 30 min. 19 hr. 10 min.3 24 hr. 30 min.3 1 Recorded in 1,920 x 1,080 resolution. Movies recorded using other recording modes are recorded in 1,440 x 1,080 resolution. 2 At the time of purchase, the built-in memory contains about 70 MB of music files (background music) and 5 MB of image files (image mix frames). 3 A single scene can be recorded continuously for 12 hours; at that point, the camcorder will stop for about 3 seconds before resuming recording.