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Number of Still Images / Length of Movies That Can Be Recorded on a Memory Card (PowerShot ELPH 520 HS / IXUS 500 HS)

23-Feb-2012
8201385600

Solution

Still Image
Resolution (Pixels) Compression Ratio No. Shots per Memory Card (Approx.)
4GB 16 GB
(Large)
10M/3648x2736 		Super Fine 880 3546
Fine 1472 5925
(Medium 1)
6M/2816x2112 		Super Fine 1403 5649
Fine 2321 9344
(Medium 2)
2M/1600x1200 		Super Fine 3658 14724
Fine 6354 25574
(Small)
0.3M/640x480 		Super Fine 13416 53992
Fine 20124 80988

  • These values are measured according to Canon standards and may change depending on the subject, memory card and camera settings.
  • Table values are based on images with a 4:3 aspect ratio. Changing the aspect ratio will enable more shots, because less data is used per image than for 4:3 images. However, with [ ], 16:9 images have a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, which requires more data than for 4:3 images.

Movie
Image Quality (Recording Pixels /Frame Rate)Content Recording Time per Memory Card
4GB 16 GB
1920 x 1080 pixels,
24 frames / sec.		For shooting in Full HD 14 min. 34 sec. 58 min. 40 sec.
1280 x 720 pixels,
30 frames / sec.		For shooting in HD 20 min. 44 sec.*1 1 hr. 23 min. 29 sec.*2
640 x 480 pixels,
30 frames / sec.		For shooting in standard definition 43 min. 44 sec. 2 hr. 56 min. 3 sec.
*1: Approx. 13 min. 35 sec. for iFrame movies.
*2: Approx. 54 min. 42 sec. for iFrame movies.

  • These values are measured according to Canon standards and may change depending on the subject, memory card and camera settings.
  • Recording will automatically stop when the file size of an individual clip being recorded reaches 4 GB, or when the recording time reaches approximately 10 minutes (for () or () movies) or approximately 1 hour (for () movies).
  • On some memory cards, recording may stop before the maximum clip length has been reached. Speed Class 6 or higher memory cards are recommended.
NOTE
In () and () modes, black bars displayed on the top and bottom edges of the screen indicate image areas not recorded.