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

Content Id: 8201411900


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.

Caution

In () and () modes, black bars displayed on the top and bottom edges of the screen indicate image areas not recorded.

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