Panasonic AG-HMC70 Memory Card Camera Recorder - Page 46

Recording modes/recordable time available for the motion picture, Press the MENU button, then select

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Recording Recording modes/recordable time available for the motion picture Switch the picture quality of the motion pictures to be recorded. ¬ Rotate the mode dial to select . Press the MENU button, then select [VIDEO] # [REC MODE] # desired item and press the center of the cursor button. Approximate recording times of motion pictures per SD card made by Panasonic SD card memory 256 MB 512 MB 1 GB 2 GB 4 GB 8 GB 16 GB HF 2 min 5 min 10 min 20 min 40 min 80 min 160 min HN 3 min 7 min 15 min 30 min 1 h 2 h 4 h HE 5 min HF : Motion pictures can be recorded with the highest picture quality. 10 min 22 min HN : Motion pictures can be recorded with normal picture quality. 45 min HE : 1 h 30 min Motion pictures can be recorded for longer. 3 h 6 h ≥The recordable time shown in the table are approximations. ≥Motion pictures can be recorded with the high definition picture quality. ≥This unit records in CBR in HF mode. CBR is an abbreviation for Constant Bit Rate. CBR recording does not vary the bit rate (amount of data in a fixed time). ≥This unit records in VBR in HN / HE mode. VBR is an abbreviation for Variable Bit Rate. VBR recording automatically varies the bit rate (amount of data in a fixed time) depending on the subject being recorded. This means if a subject with sharp movements is recorded, the recording time is reduced. ≥Recordable time using the battery (l 31) ≥8 MB and 16 MB SD cards cannot be used for motion picture recording. ≥If the write protection switch on the SD card is set to LOCK, it cannot be used for recording. (l 28) ≥If an SD card is recorded on or erased many times, it may no longer be possible to record motion pictures even if there is available memory on the SD card. In this case, after saving the data on PC, format the SD card. Mosaic-pattern noise may appear on a playback image in the following cases. ≥When there is a complicated pattern in the background ≥When the unit is moved too much or too fast ≥When a subject with sharp movements has been recorded (Particularly if it has been recorded in HE mode.) 46

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Recording
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Recording modes/recordable time available for the motion
picture
Switch the picture quality of the motion pictures to be recorded.
¬
Rotate the mode dial to select
.
Press the MENU button, then select
[VIDEO]
#
[REC MODE]
#
desired item
and press the center of the cursor
button.
Approximate recording times of motion pictures per SD card made by Panasonic
The recordable time shown in the table are approximations.
Motion pictures can be recorded with the high definition picture quality.
This unit records in CBR in
mode. CBR is an abbreviation for Constant Bit Rate. CBR recording
does not vary the bit rate (amount of data in a fixed time).
This unit records in VBR in
/
mode.
VBR is an abbreviation for
Variable Bit Rate
.
VBR recording automatically varies the bit rate (amount of data in a fixed time) depending on the
subject being recorded. This means if a subject with sharp movements is recorded, the recording time
is reduced.
Recordable time using the battery (
l
31)
8 MB and 16 MB SD cards cannot be used for motion picture recording.
If the write protection switch on the SD card is set to LOCK, it cannot be used for recording. (
l
28)
If an SD card is recorded on or erased many times, it may no longer be possible to record motion
pictures even if there is available memory on the SD card. In this case, after saving the data on PC,
format the SD card.
SD card
memory
:
Motion pictures can be recorded with the
highest picture quality.
256 MB
2 min
3 min
5 min
512 MB
5 min
7 min
10 min
:
Motion pictures can be recorded with normal
picture quality.
1 GB
10 min
15 min
22 min
2 GB
20 min
30 min
45 min
:
Motion pictures can be recorded for longer.
4 GB
40 min
1 h
1 h 30 min
8 GB
80 min
2 h
3 h
16 GB
160 min
4 h
6 h
Mosaic-pattern noise may appear on a playback image in the following cases.
When there is a complicated pattern in the background
When the unit is moved too much or too fast
When a subject with sharp movements has been recorded
(Particularly if it has been recorded in
mode.)
HF
HN
HE
HF
HN
HE
HF
HN
HE
HE