Still Shots? Can anyone say how many still shots can be taken during recording and what quality they are?
1604050
It ain't the brand, it is the camera. You are going to have to buy a more expensive camcorder to get a higher still picture resolution. You can get thousands and thousands of pictures on the 40 gig hard disk or on a many gig SD card. So many that you don't need to worry about it. You might want to look at one of the so-called ultra-zoom still cameras. Several of them such as the Fuji have decent video modes. My Fuji S700 takes good video but it's sound is nothing to write home about. The sound may be better on the later S1000 and S2000 models. You can go to the various manufacturer's web sites and read or download the manuals, brochures and specifications for most cameras.
738115
Indeed, the camera hasn't got a "total number of shots" counter accessible to the user.Mine has nulled the file-numbering three times though, so I know I have over 30 000 shots on it.- It has been semi-retired now for the 5d Mk III, so it will only operate as a backup camera in the future (still working perfectly though)
577746
There are two answers to this question. If the camera is on recording with not stops it will get about 120 min if you are inserting shots that will decrease the time. My last shoot I recorded 100 with still some left over. Most shoots though I shoot with 3 cameras the 150 and two smaller HD JVC's so I leave them all on to keep the audio in syncronization with all three to stack edit. Maine audio is fed to the 150 using wireless mics
1967680
As far as I know you can Record as Long as your harddisk or card has enough space.I did an underwater shoot, about 1,5h as One shoot. I always keep it recording the whole dive.
49728
I did get the camera and I am loving the quality of the recordings. I did the same thing that you mentioned above... I could only laugh when I read your post. Take care and good luck... By the way - you can download a free trial from Adobe's website just in case you want to test the software first.
730731
Just hold down the shutter release button. The camera is able to give you up to 7 frames of bracketed shots.
307705
I use a 4-gig card with this camera and I shoot at the maximum quality jpeg. If memory serves me right, I can usually get 700 - 850 pictures on a full card, though I rarely do so for exactly the reasons I mentioned earlier. Always back up your pictures! Twice, if you can help it!
1371322
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
527165
Yeah you can take 50 pictures and I'm not sure about the film expiring, I would recommend googling that since I'm new to my camera an the film.
1608147
I didn't have great luck with it. We were in Europe and finally gave up trying. I'm sure I was probably just missing something but it wasn't happening for me. BUT on the other hand, it took great pics and video. Stabilization feature on still shots worked great.
480381
It is saved to an SD card. You can look at the LCD display ob the rear to see how many photos were taken. It only shoots stills but they're in series.
636753
You can take still photos while filming by just pressing a button although that function is disabled if you're filming in the highest setting
839570
Thank you Michael for your very helpful detailed response. Good to know in what settings to use which recording mode. I plan to keep it mainly on 1080p as you, unless filming an event with quick moving images such as a sports match in which case I'll switch to 720p @ 60fpm. Thanks again for your input :)
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It greatly depends on the quality you record shows at. And this can be mixed, even recording by timer. Each show can be at a different quality. I record at the lowest quality and it's been a while, but I think it was 1200 hours or something outrageous. I currently have 370 programs recorded (some very short) and 187 hours left. I would generally not recommend the highest quality recording speeds because the lower and middle are very good quality and higher would just be a waste of disk space. And remember, unlike any other DVR, it is truly unlimited space if you buy a pack of DVD-R's. You can burn recordings to DVD and then delete them from the HDD. Yes, I love these devices, and I own three. It greatly depends on the quality you record shows at. And this can be mixed, even recording by timer. Each show can be at a different quality. I record at the lowest quality and it's been a while, but I think it was 1200 hours or something outrageous. I currently have 370 programs recorded (some very short) and 187 hours left. I would generally not recommend the highest quality recording speeds because the lower and middle are very good quality and higher would just be a waste of disk space. And remember, unlike any other DVR, it is truly unlimited space if you buy a pack of DVD-R's. You... » Read More It greatly depends on the quality you record shows at. And this can be mixed, even recording by timer. Each show can be at a different quality. I record at the lowest quality and it's been a while, but I think it was 1200 hours or something outrageous. I currently have 370 programs recorded (some very short) and 187 hours left. I would generally not recommend the highest quality recording speeds because the lower and middle are very good quality and higher would just be a waste of disk space. And remember, unlike any other DVR, it is truly unlimited space if you buy a pack of DVD-R's. You can burn recordings to DVD and then delete them from the HDD. Yes, I love these devices, and I own three. « Show Less
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If you want to go for more than 99 shots, set the exposure counter to ZERO, then it'll shoot for all eternity or until your memory card is full, whichever comes first. By setting it to zero, I shot 520 frames doing a cloud time lapse before the card said full and stopped working. If you're going beyond the max 99, you can get your feedback of how many shot by your camera's display showing how many more shots you have to go before you card is full. Then a quick change of memory card and let 'er rip some more.
711055
I think the camera used to output JPEGs at 5MB each... So I'd say somewhere between 400-600 if you shoot at full resolution.
1290577
If you're shooting video, you can still shoot a still image using the normal shutter release, but the video will pause and record a still frame for about 1 second while the still image is shot and stored. The video will then resume.