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Canon S5 IS Memory card capacity for Movies

 
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Mar 09, 2008 15:59 |  #1

I'm curious as to how much memory I'd need to record about a 10 minute movie
onto a Canon S5 IS camera memory card?...

I'm thinking of buying this camera for mostly photos, but also an occasional movie.
The advantage this camera has over a camcorder is that it does both.

Yes, I guess some camcorders also do both, but the advantage here for me is that
I don't have to deal with the tape in the camcorder. I'd really prefer to do photo and movie, then just download it all into my memory card reader. Thats how I look at it!..

Any suggestions?..

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Mar 09, 2008 19:14 |  #2

At 640x480x30 fps, it's about 9 min/GB. So a 2 GB card will do for one, if you don't mix a lot of still photos in with it.


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Mar 10, 2008 02:50 as a reply to  @ Jon's post |  #3

Was it something like: 1 hour movie takes 4 GB, and 1 hour is the maximum time limit with S5. ... with one go.

I also bought the S5 because i like to shoot short videos of my 1,5 year old son growing. I filmed some with a video camera but it was too much trouble with capturing the material to PC and making the DVD out of it.
S5 has good enough video quality for this case.

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I said wrong there, the maximum one shot video size is 4GB, OR one hour. Meaning: the video stops when it hits the 4GB limit, or when it hits the 1 hour limit.
With Jon's counting: 9 min=1GB, you can shoot 36 mins on 4GB. :D




  
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Mar 10, 2008 04:47 |  #4

2GB will do just fine!

But to be sure, I would buy 4..


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