SD Cards and Estimated Capacities for Movies and maximum recording time for the PowerShot SD40.

Depending on the Movie Mode selected will determine the maximum movie clip length. For the (Standard) and (Color Accent, and Color Swap) the maximum clip size is 4GB*. For (Compact) the maximum clip length is 3 minutes. Fast Frame Rate movie clips are limited to 1 minute.

* The recording time will vary according to the capacity of the memory card you use. A High Speed memory card is recommended for movie recording.

* Recording will stop after one hour of continuous recording even if the recorded data volume has not reached 4GB.

Movie Mode	-Resolution	Frame Rate-	16mb SD Card	128mb SD Card	512mb SD Card
Standard My Colors	(640 x 480 pixels)	30 fps	7 sec.	1 min. 4 sec.	4 min. 9 sec.
Standard My Color	(640 x 480 pixels)	15 fps	15 sec.	2 min. 7 sec.	8 min. 14 sec.
- Standard My Colors	(320 x 240 pixels)	30 fps	22 sec.	3 min. 1 sec.	11 min. 42 sec.
- Standard My Colors	(320 x 240 pixels)	15 fps	43 sec.	5 min. 55 sec.	22 min. 53 sec.
Fast Frame	(320 x 240 pixels)	60 fps	11 sec.	1 min. 32 sec.*	5 min. 59 sec.*
Compact	(160 x 120 pixels)		1min. 47 sec.	14 min. 29 sec.*	55 min. 57 sec.*

^*Maximum movie clip length in Fast Frame is 1 min. and in Compact mode is 3 min. The figures above indicate the maximum continuous recording time.