Many of the Canon PowerShot models have one of the best video making capabilities on the market in this cameras price and performance bracket, and Canon calls this Movie Mode. The only slight downside is a 1GB file size limit for an individual recording. I'll explain more about that in a moment. First I want to tell you about the movie mode options and what they mean. This may sound a little techy, so bear with me...
When you go to record, you will have a number of choices. First of all, you have VGA, and this is a mode that lets you record at 640 x 480. VGA stands for Video Graphics Array, and while it has been in use for some time there are still many that do not know exactly what it means anymore.
QVGA stands for Quarter Video Graphics Array and is sometimes also called Quarter VGA, QVGA, or qVGA. The resolution of qVGA is 320 * 240 and these types of displays (computer monitors) are found on mobile phones, PDAs and other types of hand held devices. It's called QVGA because it offers 1/4 of the 640 ? 480 resolution. The VGA standard was first developed by IBM.
You'll be able to make some choices with PowerShot, such as the frames per second or FPS that you want to use. You have the choice of 15, 30, and 60. Remember though, that no matter how high or low your resolution is, you will hit the one gigabyte limit eventually and you will be unable to record any more; at least until the next recording session.
You will reach the limit in about nine minutes when you are recording in VGA 640 x 480 at 30 frames per second. You can store several one gigabyte movies in your card if you wish, but it will simply shut off after you reach the one gig limit.
Chances are that you are using the device for web content anyway. When you upload to YouTube you will hit a ten minute limit anyway, and this is alright because most people won't watch past five minutes anyway. Longer movies can be obtained by reducing the frame rate to 15 fps, through you will have an image with reduced quality when you do this.
You could also go to QVGA quality which will reduce the resolution. If you want, you can try lowering the quality of the audio as this will guarantee a smaller file size. A faster frame rate will also do well, as it will give you a high quality video even at the lowest resolutions.
Meaning you could record longer than 9 minutes and still have very good video quality. Again, you should try this option too and check the results. One thing is certain though. No matter what setting you use the quality will far surpass any of the small handheld video camcorders that have been designed primarly to squirt video onto video sharing websites. The main reason for that is the lense, closly followed by the astounding technology delivered by the PowerShot in such a small package.
When you go to record, you will have a number of choices. First of all, you have VGA, and this is a mode that lets you record at 640 x 480. VGA stands for Video Graphics Array, and while it has been in use for some time there are still many that do not know exactly what it means anymore.
QVGA stands for Quarter Video Graphics Array and is sometimes also called Quarter VGA, QVGA, or qVGA. The resolution of qVGA is 320 * 240 and these types of displays (computer monitors) are found on mobile phones, PDAs and other types of hand held devices. It's called QVGA because it offers 1/4 of the 640 ? 480 resolution. The VGA standard was first developed by IBM.
You'll be able to make some choices with PowerShot, such as the frames per second or FPS that you want to use. You have the choice of 15, 30, and 60. Remember though, that no matter how high or low your resolution is, you will hit the one gigabyte limit eventually and you will be unable to record any more; at least until the next recording session.
You will reach the limit in about nine minutes when you are recording in VGA 640 x 480 at 30 frames per second. You can store several one gigabyte movies in your card if you wish, but it will simply shut off after you reach the one gig limit.
Chances are that you are using the device for web content anyway. When you upload to YouTube you will hit a ten minute limit anyway, and this is alright because most people won't watch past five minutes anyway. Longer movies can be obtained by reducing the frame rate to 15 fps, through you will have an image with reduced quality when you do this.
You could also go to QVGA quality which will reduce the resolution. If you want, you can try lowering the quality of the audio as this will guarantee a smaller file size. A faster frame rate will also do well, as it will give you a high quality video even at the lowest resolutions.
Meaning you could record longer than 9 minutes and still have very good video quality. Again, you should try this option too and check the results. One thing is certain though. No matter what setting you use the quality will far surpass any of the small handheld video camcorders that have been designed primarly to squirt video onto video sharing websites. The main reason for that is the lense, closly followed by the astounding technology delivered by the PowerShot in such a small package.
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