Number of Still Images / Length of Movies That Can Be Recorded on a Memory Card (PowerShot SX260 HS / SX 240 HS)

Article ID: ART133423 | Date published: 05/13/2015 | Date last updated: 11/16/2015
 

Description

Number of Still Images / Length of Movies That Can Be Recorded on a Memory Card (PowerShot SX260 HS / SX 240 HS)

Solution

Still Image

Resolution (Pixels) Compression Ratio No. Shots per Memory Card (Approx.)
8GB 32GB

(Large)
12M/4000x3000

Super Fine
1497 6044

Fine
2505 10115

(Medium 1)
6M/2816x2112

Super Fine
2855 11526

Fine
4723 19064

(Medium 2)
2M/1600x1200

Super Fine
7442 30040

Fine
12927 52176

(Small)
0.3M/640x480

Super Fine
27291 110150

Fine
40937 165225

  • These values are measured according to Canon standards and may change depending on the subject, memory card and camera settings.
  • Table values are based on images with a 4:3 aspect ratio. Changing the aspect ratio will enable more shots, because less data is used per image than for 4:3 images. However, with [
    ], 16:9 images have a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, which requires more data than for 4:3 images.

Movie

Image Quality (Recording Pixels /Frame Rate)Content Recording Time per Memory Card
8GB 32 GB

1920 x 1080 pixels,
24 frames / sec.
For shooting in Full HD Approx.
29 min. 39 sec.
Approx.
1 hr. 59 min. 43 sec.

1280 x 720 pixels,
30 frames / sec.
For shooting in HD Approx.
42 min. 11 sec.*1
Approx.
2 hr. 50 min. 19 sec.*2

640 x 480 pixels,
30 frames / sec.
For shooting in standard definition Approx.
1 hr. 28 min. 59 sec.
Approx.
5 hr. 59 min. 10 sec.
*1: Approx. 27 min. 39 sec. for iFrame movies.
*2: Approx. 1 hr. 51 min. 3 sec. for iFrame movies.

  • These values are measured according to Canon standards and may change depending on the subject, memory card and camera settings.
  • Recording will automatically stop when the file size of an individual clip being recorded reaches 4 GB, or when the recording time reaches approximately 29 minutes and 59 seconds (for (
    ) or (
    ) movies) or approximately 1 hour (for
    ) movies).
  • On some memory cards, recording may stop before the maximum clip length has been reached. Speed Class 6 or higher memory cards are recommended.
NOTE
In (
) and (
) modes, black bars displayed on the top and bottom edges of the screen indicate image areas not recorded.


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