Selecting The Video Quality (Recording Mode) - Canon XA10 User Manual

Selecting the Video Quality (Recording Mode)

The camcorder offers 5 recording modes. Changing the recording mode will change the recording
time available on the memory. Select MXP or FXP mode for better movie quality; select LP mode for
longer recording times. The following table gives approximate recording times.
Operating modes:
1 Open the [Recording Mode] screen.
[FUNC.] [MENU]
2 Touch the desired recording mode and then touch [a].
NOTES
• Movies recorded in MXP mode cannot be saved on AVCHD discs. Use an external Blu-ray Disc
recorder to copy MXP movies onto Blu-ray discs.
• The camcorder uses a variable bit rate (VBR) to encode video so the actual recording times will vary
depending on the content of the scenes.
• The camcorder retains the last setting used even if you set the camcorder to
Approximate recording times
Recording mode →
Memory ↓
4 GB Memory card
8 GB Memory card
16 GB Memory card
32 GB Memory card
64 GB Memory card/
2
Built-in memory
1
Recorded in 1,920 x 1,080 resolution. Movies recorded using other recording modes are recorded
in 1,440 x 1,080 resolution.
2
At the time of purchase, the built-in memory contains about 70 MB of music files (background
music) and 5 MB of image files (image mix frames).
3
A single scene can be recorded continuously for 12 hours; at that point, the camcorder will stop
for about 3 seconds before resuming recording.
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[Recording Mode]
1 1
MXP FXP
20 min. 30 min.
40 min. 1 hr.
1 hr. 25 min. 2 hr. 5 min.
2 hr. 55 min. 4 hr. 10 min.
5 hr. 55 min. 8 hr. 20 min.
Selecting the Video Quality (Recording Mode)
XP+ SP
40 min. 1 hr. 10 min.
1 hr. 25 min. 2 hr. 20 min.
2 hr. 50 min. 4 hr. 45 min.
5 hr. 45 min. 9 hr. 35 min.
11 hr. 30 min. 19 hr. 10 min.
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mode.
Default value
LP
1 hr. 30 min.
3 hr.
6 hr. 5 min.
3
12 hr. 15 min.
3 3
24 hr. 30 min.