Movie mode automatcially stops at 1280 x 720 When I have the camera in high quality movie mode, 1280 x 720, it will automatically stop recording between :15 - :30 seconds depending on how big the memory card is. The busy symbol will come on, to process the movie file & stop recording. What I do get, is that is says 33' 48" time remaining Shoot high definition (HD) movies. I should be able to record longer lengths - right??? Please help me if you know an answer to this.Thanks!! Movie mode automatcially stops at 1280 x 720 When I have the camera in high quality movie mode, 1280 x 720, it will automatically stop recording between :15 - :30 seconds depending on how big the... » Read More Movie mode automatcially stops at 1280 x 720 When I have the camera in high quality movie mode, 1280 x 720, it will automatically stop recording between :15 - :30 seconds depending on how big the memory card is. The busy symbol will come on, to process the movie file & stop recording. What I do get, is that is says 33' 48" time remaining Shoot high definition (HD) movies. I should be able to record longer lengths - right??? Please help me if you know an answer to this.Thanks!! « Show Less
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I beg to differ in regard to use extreme III sdhc card. This is just a basic HD 1280x720 video. It is not needed to use higher class card. I have been using class 2 card to shoot video on this camera and I have no problem what so ever. I have been shooting video 30minutes non stop with no problem. If your camera shoot 1920x1080 I would suggest class 4 and higher.
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How big is your memory card? Down load the movie file to your computer to see how big it is. If your memory still has a lot of room left, call Canon ASAP. If they say it needs to be repaired, I think you should return it to the place where you bought it from (if still w/in the return period). If not, you will need to send it to Canon (you pay for shipping w/ insurance).
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The real problem is more likely the speed of your memory card. To record HD, you should use an Extreme III card, because the camera records faster than a typical memory card can store the data. The 15 to 30 seconds is how much your camera can hold on to while it's pushing the rest to the memory card, and once the buffer is filled, it has to stop or you would lose data.
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I think one minute and 59 seconds is the maximum recording time on one setting. The car cam then goes on to record another 1:59 and on and onuntil the micro card is full. I would prefer to have it record continuously until the card is full but I can't figure out how to do it. There is a menusetting where you can theoretically record continuously for longer periods but it doesn't seem to work. Best to go scroll through the menu items and play around with the settings. Have you sent an emailto the distributor? Might be a good idea to ask. The instruction manual is OK but doesn't have enoughinformation. I think one minute and 59 seconds is the maximum recording time on one setting. The car cam then goes on to record another 1:59 and on and onuntil the micro card is full. I would prefer to have it record continuously until the card is full but I can't figure out how to do it. There is a menusetting where you can theoretically record continuously for longer periods but it doesn't seem to work. Best to go scroll through the menu items and play around with the settings. Have you sent an emailto the distributor? Might be a good idea to ask. The instruction manual... » Read More I think one minute and 59 seconds is the maximum recording time on one setting. The car cam then goes on to record another 1:59 and on and onuntil the micro card is full. I would prefer to have it record continuously until the card is full but I can't figure out how to do it. There is a menusetting where you can theoretically record continuously for longer periods but it doesn't seem to work. Best to go scroll through the menu items and play around with the settings. Have you sent an emailto the distributor? Might be a good idea to ask. The instruction manual is OK but doesn't have enoughinformation. « Show Less
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It's the setting for the length of the video files. It's generally accepted a shorter length like 2 mins is preferred because this ensures with higher probability that a video file will be saved to memory in the event the camera loses functionality as the result of an accident.
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It will record continuously, but can also be set to record on motion detection. How long it records depends on available hard drive space and what you're recording. I am recording two DCS-932L cameras at 12-15FPS using high-quality (recently increased from medium) MJPEG 640x480. I have a 1TB external drive and typically get about 8.5 days backlog before it begins to automatically overwrite the oldest recorded video. If you use h.264 encoding it will probably store more video (due to the better compression), and if you record at higher resolutions it will probably not record as much before having to overwrite. It will record continuously, but can also be set to record on motion detection. How long it records depends on available hard drive space and what you're recording. I am recording two DCS-932L cameras at 12-15FPS using high-quality (recently increased from medium) MJPEG 640x480. I have a 1TB external drive and typically get about 8.5 days backlog before it begins to automatically overwrite the oldest recorded video. If you use h.264 encoding it will probably store more video (due to the better compression), and if you record at higher resolutions it will probably not record as much before... » Read More It will record continuously, but can also be set to record on motion detection. How long it records depends on available hard drive space and what you're recording. I am recording two DCS-932L cameras at 12-15FPS using high-quality (recently increased from medium) MJPEG 640x480. I have a 1TB external drive and typically get about 8.5 days backlog before it begins to automatically overwrite the oldest recorded video. If you use h.264 encoding it will probably store more video (due to the better compression), and if you record at higher resolutions it will probably not record as much before having to overwrite. « Show Less
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Yes! But I had to try it.. When the camera is set on Movie mode the remote will start and stop the camera. But if the camera is in a pic mode, pushing the red movie button for the start is not controllable to stop the recording via the remote. I started the camera with the red button and put the remote in front of the camera and pushed the STOP button - the recording didn't end. The remote was set on the single frame mode (left side of the slider). it does work from 100ft - at least for regular pictures. T in OH
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Almost all SD cards over 4 gb will give you a 9 minute video max I found. That's a camera limitation and not the limitation of your SD card. I found that after the 9 minutes, I restart the video and make another 9 minute video. The only tradeoff is I have to edit the video to make the transition from the first to the second video as smooth as possible.
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It does record in "blocks", or files about 1 - 5 minutes long (selectable). If you are editing these together with MovieMaker or some other software, they are supposed to edit seamlessly together. If you select the option, when the SD card fills up it is supposed to delete the oldest file as the new one starts to record. I have a 32Gb in mine and the cars these are in have not been driven enough to fill the card. I have it set to the highest resolution. It seems like you should get about 2 hours on a 32GB card. Hope this helps.
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Hi Ling, The expected recording time of movies when saving on a memory card is shown as follows: 60p Quality (*)/50p Quality [Dual Video REC] is set to [Off]: 1 h 15 min (1 h 15 min) Highest Quality : [Dual Video REC] is set to [On]: 1 h 15 min (1 h 15 min) [Dual Video REC] is set to [Off]: 1 h 30 min (1 h 30 min) High Quality : [Dual Video REC] is set to [On]: 1 h 40 min (1 h 40 min) [Dual Video REC] is set to [Off]: 2 h (2 h) Standard : [Dual Video REC] is set to [On]: 2 h 40 min (2 h 10 min) [Dual Video REC] is set to [Off]: 3 h 35 min (2 h 45 min) Long Time : [Dual Video REC] is set to [On]: 3 h 55 min (3 h 25 min) [Dual Video REC] is set to [Off]: 6 h 20 min (5 h 10 min) 32 GB 60p Quality (*)/50p Quality [Dual Video REC] is set to [Off]: 2 h 30 min (2 h 30 min) Highest Quality : [Dual Video REC] is set to [On]: 2 h 35 min (2 h 35 min) [Dual Video REC] is set to [Off]: 3 h (3 h) High Quality : [Dual Video REC] is set to [On]: 3 h 25 min (3 h 25 min) [Dual Video REC] is set to [Off]: 4 h 5 min (4 h 5 min) Standard : [Dual Video REC] is set to [On]: 5 h 25 min (4 h 20 min) [Dual Video REC] is set to [Off]: 7 h 20 min (5 h 30 min) Long Time : [Dual Video REC] is set to [On]: 7 h 55 min (7 h) [Dual Video REC] is set to [Off]: 12 h 50 min (10 h 30 min) 64 GB 60p Quality (*)/50p Quality [Dual Video REC] is set to [Off]: 5 h 5 min (5 h 5 min) Highest Quality : [Dual Video REC] is set to [On]: 5 h 15 min (5 h 15 min) [Dual Video REC] is set to [Off]: 6 h (6 h) High Quality : [Dual Video REC] is set to [On]: 6 h 55 min (6 h 55 min) [Dual Video REC] is set to [Off]: 8 h 15 min (8 h 15 min) Standard : [Dual Video REC] is set to [On]: 10 h 55 min (8 h 50 min) [Dual Video REC] is set to [Off]: 14 h 40 min (11 h 5 min) Long Time : [Dual Video REC] is set to [On]: 15 h 55 min (14 h 5 min) [Dual Video REC] is set to [Off]: 25 h 45 min (21 h) Vincent
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by my understanding after using it and reading the manual, there are are only two options; loop or recording until full. The loop recording has three different times. However, the longest loop time is 10 minutes. This is my main complaint. Why only short loop recordings? If you turn OFF the loop, it keeps recording until the SD is full. Then, it stops recording unless you delete some recorded files or format it. Unlike a surveillance camera system, it is not capable to overwrite the storage and keeps recording over and over through the whole capacity of a storage. If I am wrong, please let me know. by my understanding after using it and reading the manual, there are are only two options; loop or recording until full. The loop recording has three different times. However, the longest loop time is 10 minutes. This is my main complaint. Why only short loop recordings? If you turn OFF the loop, it keeps recording until the SD is full. Then, it stops recording unless you delete some recorded files or format it. Unlike a surveillance camera system, it is not capable to overwrite the storage and keeps recording over and over through the whole capacity of a storage. If I am wrong, please let... » Read More by my understanding after using it and reading the manual, there are are only two options; loop or recording until full. The loop recording has three different times. However, the longest loop time is 10 minutes. This is my main complaint. Why only short loop recordings? If you turn OFF the loop, it keeps recording until the SD is full. Then, it stops recording unless you delete some recorded files or format it. Unlike a surveillance camera system, it is not capable to overwrite the storage and keeps recording over and over through the whole capacity of a storage. If I am wrong, please let me know. « Show Less
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When shooting 640 x 480 Standard Definition, 1280 x 720 or 1920 x1080 High Definition, sound recording is automatically on. A note on the menu screen will say so. The High Speed movie setting is on, sound is not recorded. Best to download an owners manual and get a more complete answer. The manual is free at www.fujifilm.com/support/digital_cameras/manuals/pdf/index/f/finepix_f500exrseries_manual_01.pdf.
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May be the setting, but I know it should record 5 minutes segment in each file. This way it is easy to find the file. You also might need to buy a 32GB memory card because I first used a 64GB card. It didn't work and I bought a 32GB card, it works fine until now. I hope it will help you.
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Sorry I do not have any personal experience with the sx260. I do like the sx280 a lot except for the movie function. In movie mode the battery managment is very bad and actually shuts the camera off after only minute or two of recording even on a freshly charged, high capacity battery. I followed the instructions to update the camera firmware, but it made no dofference with this problem on my camerra. Some people claim that their camera was fixed using this update but mine was not. My movie mode is virtually useless to me because of the battery issue. For the SX 260 I could only suggest reading other peoples reviews. I hope this helps. Sorry I do not have any personal experience with the sx260. I do like the sx280 a lot except for the movie function. In movie mode the battery managment is very bad and actually shuts the camera off after only minute or two of recording even on a freshly charged, high capacity battery. I followed the instructions to update the camera firmware, but it made no dofference with this problem on my camerra. Some people claim that their camera was fixed using this update but mine was not. My movie mode is virtually useless to me because of the battery issue. For the SX 260 I could only suggest... » Read More Sorry I do not have any personal experience with the sx260. I do like the sx280 a lot except for the movie function. In movie mode the battery managment is very bad and actually shuts the camera off after only minute or two of recording even on a freshly charged, high capacity battery. I followed the instructions to update the camera firmware, but it made no dofference with this problem on my camerra. Some people claim that their camera was fixed using this update but mine was not. My movie mode is virtually useless to me because of the battery issue. For the SX 260 I could only suggest reading other peoples reviews. I hope this helps. « Show Less
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I'm sure you got it figured out by now, but to anyone else, I use a CLASS 10 SDHC 8GB card with no problems. Key is that it is CLASS 10. And the video length can be changed in settings.
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This may help: http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/products/cameras/digital_cameras/powershot_a2500#SpecificationsThere is a chart at the bottom that shows the length of movie based on size, memory, and frames per sec! At high res, you can get about 49 min with only 8gb
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Dear. I put my camera under automatic shot and all is ok. When I put in scene mode to film some movies it works great, the image is HD, the collors are great, the quality is very very good, the sound is perfect, but monaural, it has one microphone inside, near the button shot. Maybe your camera needs some audio configurations. One disadvantage is when you select scene movies you don´t have access to the ZOOM feature, you have to adjust zoom first. Good Luck
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Mine has options in the menu for loop recording ("off", "3 min", "5 min", and "10 min"). I have it set to "off". When full it displays an icon that indicates that it's recording over the old footage, but when I go to play back the latest recording it isn't available. I pulled the card to check it on my laptop and
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Hi! I actually never run out on build in 32gb. Photo works for sd. I was able to copy video from main drive to a card... I didn't tried to film on sd card. If I will try, I will consider to get some fastest card possible, because regular cards can be not able to process so much data. But I really like that camera!