Record movie onto SD card

[drumist]

I have asked this question before, only 1 answer and it didn't help, How much movie running time would I get with my camera onto a 2gb sd card at 4mgpxls

[Buenchico]

Unfortunately, we can't provide an accurate answer because we don't know the frame rate your camera uses or the actual image size. (The '4 megapixels' in the camera description refers to still images. Video files are typically 640 x 480 pixels but they can use a much smaller or larger format).

Any decent camera should give you an indication of how long a movie you can record. For example, if I put a 128Mb card into my camera, and switch it to 'movie mode', the information in the viewfinder shows this:
320
15f
06:04
That means that the camera is set to a frame size of 320 x 240, the frame rate is set to 15 frames per second and I'll be able to record approximately 6 minutes 4 seconds of movie time. (Scaling up, I'd get a bit more than 1� hours if I used a 2Gb card)

If I go into the settings menu, I can change the image size and frame rate so that the display shows this:
640
30f
01:57
That shows that the camera is set to produce an image size of 640 x 480 at 30 frames per second. It estimates that I'd get about 1 minute 57 seconds of recording time. (Scaling up, I'd get around � hour's recording time with a 2Gb card).

The figures can only ever be estimates because file sizes vary with the type of images recorded.

Unless you can provide us with the relevant information about the image size of your video files, together with the frame rate your camera uses, we won't be able to provide an answer. I can only suggest that you put the card into your camera and switch it to movie mode. The answer you require should appear in the viewfinder.

Chris

[rojash]

Highly appropriate choice of user name

[drumist]

Buenchico (good guy) Muchas gracias , Iknew that I could simply run the camera and see how much movie time I got but you gave an informative answer, not like the other 2 answers I got thanks again, Drumist