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Number of Still Images / Length of Movies That Can Be Recorded on a Memory Card (PowerShot SX500 IS / SX160 IS)

Content Id: 8201591400


Still Image

Recording PixelsCompression RatioNumber of Shots per Memory Card (Approx. shots)
8 GB32 GB
(Large)
16M/4608x3456
Super Fine 1131 4567
Fine 1903 7684
(Medium 1)
8M/3264x2448
Super Fine 2252 9094
Fine 3721 15020
(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 Memory Card Capacity
8 GB32 GB
1280 x 720 pixels,
25 frames/sec.
For shooting highdefinition (HD) movies. Approx. 49 min. 18 sec.*1 Approx. 3 hr. 19 min. 03 sec.*2
640 x 480 pixels,
30 frames/sec.
For shooting standard definition (SD) movies. Approx. 1 hr. 28 min. 59 sec. Approx. 5 hr. 59 min. 10 sec.
*1: Approx. 27 min. 28 sec. for iFrame movies
*2: Approx. 1 hr. 50 min. 52 sec. for iFrame movies

Based on Canon’s testing standards.
Recording will automatically stop when the clip file size reaches 4 GB, or when the recording time reaches approximately 29 minutes and 59 seconds when shooting in () , and approximately 1 hour when shooting in (().
Recording may stop even if the maximum clip length has not been reached on some memory cards. SD Speed Class 6 or higher memory cards are recommended.

Caution

In (), black bars appear on the top and bottom of the screen. These areas cannot be recorded.

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