Notes On Continuous Movie Recording - Sony SLT-A57 Instruction Manual

"Memory Stick PRO Duo"
Capacity
Record
Setting
60i 24M(FX)/50i
24M(FX)
60i 17M(FH)/50i
17M(FH)
60p 28M(PS)/50p
28M(PS)
24p 24M(FX)/25p
24M(FX)
24p 17M(FH)/25p
17M(FH)
1440×1080 12M
VGA 3M
Notes
• The recordable time of movies varies for the reason that the camera equipped with
VBR (Variable Bit Rate) which automatically adjusts image quality depending on
shooting scene. When you record fast-moving subject, the image is clearer but the
recordable time is shorter because it spends much memory to record. The recordable
time also vary depending on the shooting condition or subject or setting of image
quality/size.
• The values shown are not the continuous recording time.
• Recording time may depend on shooting conditions and the memory card used.
• When is indicated, stop recording the movie. The temperature inside the camera
has increased to an unacceptable level.
• For details on movie playback, see page 33.

Notes on continuous movie recording

• It requires a lot of power to perform high quality movie recording or continuous
shooting using the APS-C size 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 camera is turned off automatically since higher temperatures affect the
quality of the images or burden 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 camera has been turned off for a while. (The
Checking the number of recordable images/recording time
2GB 4GB
10 m 20 m
10 m 30 m
9 m 15 m
10 m 20 m
10 m 30 m
20 m 40 m
1 h 10 m 2 h 25 m
(h (hour), m (minute))
8GB 16GB
40 m 1 h 30 m
1 h 2 h
35 m 1 h 15 m
40 m 1 h 30 m
1 h 2 h
1 h 20 m 2 h 45 m
4 h 55 m 10 h
32GB
3 h
4 h 5 m
2 h 30 m
3 h
4 h 5 m
5 h 30 m
20 h 5 m
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