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    Number of Still Images / Length of Movies That Can Be Recorded on a Memory Card (PowerShot SX500 IS / SX160 IS)

    21-Aug-2012
    8201591400

    Solution

    Still Image
    Recording PixelsCompression RatioNumber of Shots per Memory Card (Approx. shots)
    8 GB32 GB
    (Large)
    16M/4608x3456    		 Super Fine 1131 4567
    Fine 1903 7684
    (Medium 1)
    8M/3264x2448    		 Super Fine 2252 9094
    Fine 3721 15020
    (Medium 2)
    2M / 1600x1200    		 Super Fine 7442 30040
    Fine 12927 52176
    (Small)
    0.3M / 640x480    		 Super Fine 27291 110150
    Fine 40937 165225

    • 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 Memory Card Capacity
    8 GB32 GB
    1280 x 720 pixels,
    25 frames/sec.    		 For shooting highdefinition (HD) movies. Approx. 49 min. 18 sec.*1 Approx. 3 hr. 19 min. 03 sec.*2
    640 x 480 pixels,
    30 frames/sec.    		For shooting standard definition (SD) movies. Approx. 1 hr. 28 min. 59 sec. Approx. 5 hr. 59 min. 10 sec.
    *1: Approx. 27 min. 28 sec. for iFrame movies
    *2: Approx. 1 hr. 50 min. 52 sec. for iFrame movies

    • Based on Canon’s testing standards.
    • Recording will automatically stop when the clip file size reaches 4 GB, or when the recording time reaches approximately 29 minutes and 59 seconds when shooting in () , and approximately 1 hour when shooting in (().
    • Recording may stop even if the maximum clip length has not been reached on some memory cards. SD Speed Class 6 or higher memory cards are recommended.
    NOTE
    In (), black bars appear on the top and bottom of the screen. These areas cannot be recorded.