I recently purchased a Sanyo VPC-FH1A from amazon on the premise that the new iFrame format would be a great advantage when getting ready to edit my video on a MacIntosh. I just received it today. Shooting at a size of 960x540 I fully expected to get more record time on the 16GB card I purchased with the camera. The problem is I do not get any more recording time at the lower resolution.
Sanyo posts the following record times for their recording options: (Actual time represented on my camera with a 16GB card inserted are in parenthesis)
Full-HR: 1920 x 1080 - 60 fps/ 24Mbps : 1hr28min (1:29:59)
Full-HD: 1920 x 1080 - 60fields/sec 16Mbps: 2hr11min (2:08:27)
Full-SHQ: 1920 x 1080 - 30 fps/ 12Mbps: 2hr54min (2:50:35)
HD-SHQ: 1280 x 720 - 30 fps/9Mbps: 3hr51min (3:45:14)
TV-SHQ: 640 x 480 - 30 fps/3Mbps: 11hr06min (10:50:57)
Web-SHR: 448 x 336 - 240 fps/8Mbps: 4hr19min (4:19:52)
Web-UHR: 192 x 108 - 600fps/8Mbps: 41hr19min (4:19:52) Definitely off here from website specs.maybe a typo on their part...
Audio Memo: 261hr
iFrame: Not Listed (1:25:59 the info is 960x540 30fps according to the camera menu, it is not listed on Sanyo's site)
My question is this. Should I shoot video in the iframe format over FullHR or FullHD? I am an avid photographer but not a videographer and do not know which would be best (Easy Editing vs. Highest Quality vs. Recording Time). It seems to me since there is no space savings using iframe compared to FullHR that going with the highest quality is a no brainer or at least FullHD to get a few more precious minutes. I am going out west in a few weeks and planned on recording the trip extensively so SD card space is at a premium. Secondly, I am not sure how easy the conversion process will go or if it is worth the overhead and if I export the video shot in HD will the "HD benefit" be lost exporting from iMovie.
Thanks. Any Advice is appreciated.
Sanyo posts the following record times for their recording options: (Actual time represented on my camera with a 16GB card inserted are in parenthesis)
Full-HR: 1920 x 1080 - 60 fps/ 24Mbps : 1hr28min (1:29:59)
Full-HD: 1920 x 1080 - 60fields/sec 16Mbps: 2hr11min (2:08:27)
Full-SHQ: 1920 x 1080 - 30 fps/ 12Mbps: 2hr54min (2:50:35)
HD-SHQ: 1280 x 720 - 30 fps/9Mbps: 3hr51min (3:45:14)
TV-SHQ: 640 x 480 - 30 fps/3Mbps: 11hr06min (10:50:57)
Web-SHR: 448 x 336 - 240 fps/8Mbps: 4hr19min (4:19:52)
Web-UHR: 192 x 108 - 600fps/8Mbps: 41hr19min (4:19:52) Definitely off here from website specs.maybe a typo on their part...
Audio Memo: 261hr
iFrame: Not Listed (1:25:59 the info is 960x540 30fps according to the camera menu, it is not listed on Sanyo's site)
My question is this. Should I shoot video in the iframe format over FullHR or FullHD? I am an avid photographer but not a videographer and do not know which would be best (Easy Editing vs. Highest Quality vs. Recording Time). It seems to me since there is no space savings using iframe compared to FullHR that going with the highest quality is a no brainer or at least FullHD to get a few more precious minutes. I am going out west in a few weeks and planned on recording the trip extensively so SD card space is at a premium. Secondly, I am not sure how easy the conversion process will go or if it is worth the overhead and if I export the video shot in HD will the "HD benefit" be lost exporting from iMovie.
Thanks. Any Advice is appreciated.