how many gigs HD?

[Angelo Mike]

It depends on the bit rate and file format, which can vary greatly.

http://www.scenethroughglass.com

[Gilles Gagnon]

good point…

raw footage from my camera…. AVCHD…

Gilles

[Angelo Mike]

What kind of camera? My Canon Vixia HF S21 shoots to AVCHD, and estimating based on a project I have that’s about 3 hours of footage, it takes up 18.7 GB, so about 6 GB per hour. And that’s shooting at a bit rate of 17 MPS.

http://www.scenethroughglass.com

[Gilles Gagnon]

I have the Panny hmc150.

Thanks Angelo for your input. I’ll use this as a benchmark for my rough calculations.

G

Gilles

[Bruce Brent]

Gilles,

Based on your camera model, the specs show:

720 mode in the highest quality (VBR) you should get 24mbps, without the VBR setting, you should get 21mbps.

At 24mbps, that means 32gb=180 minutes of video.

[Gilles Gagnon]

Thanks Bruce!
I’ll go with those numbers.

Much appreciated,
G

Gilles