Canon FS20 Instruction Manual

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35Selecting 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.[ 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. In mode, all three types areavailable. In mode, only theadvanced zoom is available; inmode, only the optical zoom isavailable.( 25)FUNC.FUNC.Approximate recording times for movies Default value•• When a recording exceeds 4 GB, it will be divided and saved as scenes smaller than 4 GB.• / / The camcorder comes pre-installed with about 170 MB of musicfiles.Recording 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. 20 min.Built-in memory/32 GB memory card 7 hr. 20 min. 11 hr. 5 min. 20 hr. 50 min.COPY