This might be redundant but how long does the camera record in one sitting? I need it for school while I'm teaching.
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If the battery is fully charged, it should last for about 6 hours. This is a rough guess based on my using it for about a week, a short time each day, before needing to recharge the battery.
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I'm not sure about the record time, I would assume that would depend on your battery life and storage space. I haven't had an issue recording anything for the length of time that I have done it(never more than say 10 mins). The camera works great. I used it alot underwater and couldn't have been happier with it's performance.
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hello, as far as the memory card goes, it stops recording when full. with a 32gig card, I got about 5 hours of recording time. I just erase the card once a week on my laptop. when the card gets full it tells you. the menu is quite tempermental as formatting the card while in the dashcam is a pain.
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around 20-25 minutes, no matter how big your memory card is. It uses temperature sensing to cut off the video camera and prevent overheating. The camera will tell you exactly how many minutes and seconds it will record, before you press the record button.
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I have the same problem. If you are recording continuously for more than 15 minutes, the camera heats up and begins to say that you're running out of power. At 20 minutes, it shuts off. The batteries aren't out of power - the camera is just not designed for continuous shooting.
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depends on how much you talk initially it lasted for 30 hours.. 16 months later with heavy use it lasts 8 hours top.... and 2 weeks ago my back side camera fails on focusing objects and it makes a weird sound so I can not use the camera....!!! I think ill have to switch now...
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Bernadine,This camera will last for approximately 4 hours of continuous recording. In "voice activation" mode, it can sit in standby for up to 20 days, during which it could record for up to 4 total hours whenever it detects audio. So for example if it recorded 30 minutes per day, it would last about 8 days. Please let us know if you have any other questions.
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My son and I have "played" around with the video recording mode a couple times- I am no expert nor the best person to critique it, however I have had several camcorders and they seem better at video recording than this camera- but for a camera it did alright. I think it takes 29 minutes of video- that's off the top of my head. The camera specs should say. It is a great camera and probably the best entry level slr[t].
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I ran a test and timed it for almost 2 hours before depleting the battery charge. Using a 16GB Micro SD memory card it recorded about 10GB of VGA mode video during the test. If you use the original SD card that comes with the camera you will use up all the storage space before the battery runs down.
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Its alright. You get at least 2-3 hours of full recording. This is a rough guesstimate from trying to think back on back experiences. Heads up: the screen shuts off and it seems like it automatically shuts off when you're on standby off but it really isn't. If you didn't turn off the camera then its not off. I initially thought the battery sucked because of this.
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I have never had to record a shot that was non-stop so I dont know, but I would assume you would run out of storage space before the battery died. The battery life is quite impressive
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Hi Jazz1, there are no issues with regards to battery life or overheating for this Sony Alpha a6000. In addition, video recording time for all Sony Cameras (point and shoot type or Alpha) will always be the same (29 min). However, depending on the memory card or file format like MP4 12M, recording will be approximately 20 minutes due to file size (limited by 2 GB file size). Hope this helps. -Ely
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I have a 16GB Class 10 SDHC Memory Card in it. It will record just over three hours of video at the 720p 60 Frames Per Second Setting (3H 3M 30Seconds to be exact). You can get One Hour of non-stop recording on a single battery before it runs out of power. Buy two spare aftermarket batteries here on Amazon for about 8 bucks each, and you'll be able to record for a hour, then swap the battery out to record for hour two, and the same for hour three. When figuring out how much memory is used for recording, the 720p@60 Frames Per Second will use exactly the same amount of memory that 1080p does at 30 Frames Per Second. So recording at HD levels uses about 5.4 Gigabytes per hour. I recommend the Transcend SDHC "Class 10" 16 Gigabyte card, which is currently only Fourteen Dollars on Amazon. You MUST get at least a "CLASS 10" memory card, as you need it's fast recording speed to record HD Video. The comments below about the camera stopping after a few minutes is because they used memory that was too slow, which will cause the camera to stop after a few minutes because it can't write to the memory fast enough. With a Class 10 card, this is a non-issue. This is well documented all over the internet btw, so feel free to confirm that with a google search. :-) The Spare Batteries are $7-8 each.
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It has been awhile since I have used my camcorder but I think it has an internal memory. I only recorded about 10 minutes of content andthen I would upload that to my computer and delete what I recorded. I am not sure how much internal memory it has though.
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The battery on mine lasts around 90-110 minutes using the HD video. Make sure you get a bigger sd card if you plan on using HD video. I have mine mounted on my bicycle handle. I wouldn't recommend operating it while riding, there's a delay in the power on and off. It does have audio cues but probably not loud enough to hear riding. If you don't mind turning on and off while stopped it's a great camera for the price just has a few little quirks. When you first turn it on and start recording wait a minute then look at the light to make sure it's still recording - sometimes when it first starts it only records for a few seconds then shuts off. The battery on mine lasts around 90-110 minutes using the HD video. Make sure you get a bigger sd card if you plan on using HD video. I have mine mounted on my bicycle handle. I wouldn't recommend operating it while riding, there's a delay in the power on and off. It does have audio cues but probably not loud enough to hear riding. If you don't mind turning on and off while stopped it's a great camera for the price just has a few little quirks. When you first turn it on and start recording wait a minute then look at the light to make sure it's still recording - sometimes when it first... » Read More The battery on mine lasts around 90-110 minutes using the HD video. Make sure you get a bigger sd card if you plan on using HD video. I have mine mounted on my bicycle handle. I wouldn't recommend operating it while riding, there's a delay in the power on and off. It does have audio cues but probably not loud enough to hear riding. If you don't mind turning on and off while stopped it's a great camera for the price just has a few little quirks. When you first turn it on and start recording wait a minute then look at the light to make sure it's still recording - sometimes when it first starts it only records for a few seconds then shuts off. « Show Less
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Alex,Let me just say that I have recorded very long sessions while turning it on and off repeatedly and never really though, "oh this battery life stinks!" It's simply amazing. Also, I purchsed the 64GB card for it. Basically, I have TONS of movies i have recorded since purchasing it over 2 years ago and STILL haven't pulled them off the card. Good luck.... Case
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We have two motion-activated cameras that record live video at VGA resolution (640 x 480 pixels at 4 fps). One camera is set to record a 40-second segment; the other 10. Their file sizes are 1.9MB and 710KB respectively. If my math is right, that means you could record and store 125, 40-second recordings (at the stated resolution) for a total of 83.3 minutes running time.With pets one would think camera position and sensitivity settings would need to be fiddled with. And, as others have mentioned check the library periodcially and download or delete.