Canon FS1 Instruction Manual

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Video30Selecting the Video Quality(Recording Mode)The camcorder offers 3 recordingmodes. Changing the recording modewill change the recording time availableon the memory. Select XP mode forbetter movie quality; select LP mode forlonger recording times. The followingtable gives approximate recordingtimes.FUNC.( 23)[ STANDARD PLAY 6Mbps]Desired recording modeNOTES• The camcorder uses a variable bit rate(VBR) to encode video so the actualrecording times will vary depending onthe content of the scenes.• The camcorder retains the last settingused even if you set the camcorder tomode.Zooming: Optical, Advanced and DigitalZoomThe camcorder offers three types ofzoom: optical, advanced and digitalzoom when recording movies. (Inmode only the optical zoom isavailable.)( 21)FUNC.FUNC.Approximate recording times Default valueRecording mode XP SP LPMemory1 GB memory card 10 min. 20 min. 35 min.2 GB memory card 25 min. 40 min. 1 hr. 15 min.4 GB memory card 55 min. 1 hr. 20 min. 2 hr. 35 min.Built-in memory/8 GB memory card 1 hr. 50 min. 2 hr. 45 min. 5 hr. 10 min.Built-in memory/16 GB memory card 3 hr. 40 min. 5 hr. 30 min. 10 hr. 25 min.When a recording exceeds 4 GB, it will be divided and saved as scenes smaller than 4 GB.