Notes On Continuous Movie Recording - Sony Alpha A7s2 Instruction Manual

Notes on continuous movie recording

• It requires a lot of power to perform high quality movie recording or continuous
shooting using the image sensor. Therefore, if you continue to shoot, the temperature
inside the camera will rise. especially that of the image sensor. In such cases. the
camen.1 turns off automalically since higher temperatures affect the quality of the
images or affect the internal mechanism of the camera.
• The duration of time available for movie recording is as follows when the camera
starts recording after the power of the t.'.amera has been turned off for a while. (The
following values indicate the continuous time from when the camera starts recording
until the camera stops recording.)
Ambient temperature
° °
20
C (68 FJ
°
FJ
:iooc (S6
°
40 c < 104 °FJ
HD: A VCHD FH I 17 Mbps I
4K: XA VC S 4K (60 Mbps)
• The duration of time available for movie recording varies \Vith the temperature or
condi1ion of the camera before you start recording. If you frequently recompose or
shoot images after the power is turned on. 1he temperature inside the camera will rise
aml the recording time available will be sho11er.
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• When is indicated. stop recording the movie. The tcmperaLUre inside the camera
has increased to an unacceptable level.
• If the camera stops recording <lue to the temperature. leave it for several minutes
with the power turned off. Start recording after the tempaature inside the camera
drops fully_
• If you observe the following points. the recording time will be longer.
- Kt'ep the camera out of direct sunlight.
- Turn the camera off \Vhen it is not being used.
• Thl' maximum continuous recording time is 29 minutes.
• The maximum size of a movie fik is about 2 GB. when l lt::] File Fnrmat I is set to
IAVCHDI- When the file size is about 2 GB. a new movie file is crcatcu
automatically_
• When llf::l File Format] is set lo IMP4J. a single movie file is limited to
approximately 4 GB. Movie recording will stop au1omatically if the fik size of a
movil.' being recorded reaches approximately 4 GB.
GB
96
Checkin g the number of ima g es and recordable lime of movies
Continuous recording lime
tor movies (HD)
About 29 minutes
About 29 minutes
About 29 minutes
Continuous recording time
for movies (4K)
About 29 minutes
About 29 minutes
About 21 minutes