When recording movies in the VGA 30 fps image quality mode, I am restricted to 40 seconds of recording time per movie. Why?
In its top-quality setting, the SP-570UZ can record movies with VGA resolution (640 x 480 pixels) and a frame rate of 30 frames per second. Recording this much data, this quickly, requires a large amount of camera memory and a very quick write time. Olympus Type M+ and Type H xD-Picture Card media are high-speed cards and are able to process this volume of information with no loss in quality. Other commercially available media, including Type M and Standard type xD-Picture Card media, are not able to do so. For this reason, the SP-570UZ limits movie recording in the VGA / 30 fps quality mode to 40 seconds when using media other than Type M+ or Type H cards. The 40-second restriction guarantees that the camera will be able to process the data properly and produce a smooth, error-free movie during playback. Note: Using any supported memory media, the maximum continuous recording time per movie is 29 minutes.
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