Storage Capacity Of Disc; Size And Quality Of Photos; Recordable Stills (Photos) On Card - Hitachi DZ-GX5000A Instruction Manual

STORAGE CAPACITY OF DISC

Movie recordable time on one disc (on single side) (when recording only movies)
Recording quality
XTRA
FINE
STD
*
1: Variable bit recording (recording of more than 18 minutes on disc may be possible because the transfer rate
varies automatically between approx. 3 - 10 Mbps)
*
2: Fixed bit rate: Approx. 6 Mbps
*
3: Fixed bit rate: Approx. 3 Mbps
:
Note
• If you record in XTRA mode at high temperatures, the DVD video camera/recorder will heat up and the maximum
transfer rate will be limited to approx. 6 Mbps, so the best quality will not be obtainable.

SIZE AND QUALITY OF PHOTOS

The following table shows the file size and quality of one still (JPEG) recorded on card:
Quality File size
FINE Approx. 160 KB
NORM Approx. 120 KB
ECO Approx. 80 KB
Although still images are recorded on DVD-RAM disc only in the FINE mode, the quality mode can
be chosen when recording stills on card (p. 63).
The file size of a photo recorded on DVD-RAM disc in "N" status is equal to or larger than that
recorded on card using the FINE quality in "P".
:
Note
• No still can be recorded on DVD-RW/DVD-R/+RW disc.
• Since the file size is restricted in all quality modes when recording photos on card (
card may be inferior to those recorded on DVD-RAM disc (

RECORDABLE STILLS (PHOTOS) ON CARD

Recording
quality
32 MB
FINE Approx. 180
NORM Approx. 240
ECO Approx. 370
(The numbers of recordable stills above are only for reference)
Movie recordable time
*1
Approx. 18 min
*2
Approx. 30 min
*3
Approx. 60 min
When image quality is prioritized
Standard quality
When number of stills is prioritized (quality will be slightly inferior)
64 MB 128MB
Approx. 380 Approx. 750
Approx. 500 Approx. 1,000
Approx. 750 Approx. 1,500
Best quality
High quality
Standard quality
Application
N
).
Capacity
256 MB 512 MB
Approx. 1,500 Approx. 3,000
Approx. 2,000 Approx. 4,000
Approx. 3,000 Approx. 6,000
Application
P
), the quality of photos on
1 GB
Approx. 6,000
Approx. 8,000
Approx. 12,000
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