Expected Recording Time Of Movies - Sony NXCAM HXR-NX30E Operating Manual

The recording and playback time will be shorter
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depending on the conditions under which you
use your camcorder.
Playing time
Approximate time available when you use a
fully charged battery pack.
Battery pack
Image quality
NP-FV50
NP-FV70 (supplied)
NP-FV100
Top: When the LCD screen is opened
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Bottom: When playing with the viewfinder
without opening the LCD screen
Expected recording time of
movies
Internal memory
High definition image quality (HD) in h (hour) and min
(minute)
Recording mode
7 h 30 min (7 h 30 min)
7 h 55 min (7 h 55 min)
8 h 45 min (8 h 45 min)
9 h 20 min (9 h 20 min)
11 h 40 min (11 h 40 min)
12 h 50 min (12 h 50 min)
19 h 25 min (15 h 15 min)
22 h 45 min (17 h 15 min)
30 h 45 min (26 h 30 min)
39 h 55 min (32 h 35 min)
(unit: minute)
HD STD
190 215
200 225
395 440
415 465
785 870
830 925
Recording time
Top: When [ Audio Format] is set to
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[Linear PCM]
Bottom: When [ Audio Format] is set to
[Dolby Digital]
Standard definition image quality (STD) in h (hour) and
min (minute)
Recording mode
23 h 50 min (21 h 50 min)
You can record movies of a maximum of 3,999
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scenes with high definition image quality (HD),
and 9,999 scenes with standard definition image
quality (STD).
The maximum continuous recording time of
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movies is approximately 13 hours.
Your camcorder uses the VBR (Variable Bit
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Rate) format to automatically adjust image
quality to suit the recording scene. This
technology causes fluctuations in the recording
time of the media. Movies containing quickly
moving and complex images are recorded at
a higher bit-rate, and this reduces the overall
recording time.
Notes
The number in ( ) is the minimum recordable
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time.
Memory card
High definition image quality (HD)
2 GB 4 GB
8 15
(8) (15)
9 15
(9) (15)
9 20
(9) (20)
10 20
(10) (20)
Recording time
(unit: minute)
8 GB 16 GB 32 GB
35 70 145
(35) (70) (145)
35 75 150
(35) (75) (150)
40 80 170
(40) (80) (170)
40 90 180
(40) (90) (180)
GB