Video Recording Time - Lumix DMC-ZX1

[twist3r]

Hello

I own the above. I have been using a 2Gig SD Card which gives me 8 mins 15 seconds HD recording time.

I have just bought an 8 gig SDHC card (as per the manual) and the video recording time has only increased to 8 mins 24 seconds?

The still photo capacity has increased from 284 to 1147 so its definatley recognising the card.

So why has the video recording time not increased? I would say it should be around 30 mins? I've also tried a 4 gig card and have the same issue.

Has anyone come accross this? Surley the max recording time isn't capped?

Kind Regards

[David Metsky]

There's a 2G file size limit, imposed by the file system used.

From the review on this site:

There's a 2GB file size limit though, and you'll reach that in 8 minutes at the 720p resolution.

If you want more either reduce the resolution or deal with the AVCHD Lite codex, which has its own issues.

[twist3r]

There's a 2G file size limit, imposed by the file system used.

From the review on this site:


If you want more either reduce the resolution or deal with the AVCHD Lite codex, which has its own issues.

Ah ok. So the full 8g time is there just in 2g chunks. Thanks for confirming that!