totally basic question

[Noah Kadner]

The camera manual lists record times. Make sure your cards are totally cleared and formatted before you start shooting.

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[Erik Naso]

You should get approximately 80 min of 1080 AVCHD recording time on a 16GB card.

AJA has a nice calculator for Mac and Windows.

https://www.aja.com/products/software/

Also available for iphone and ipod touch on the APP store.

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[Dorit Grunberger]

Hi Eric

Thanks so much for actually taking the time to give a real response, vs. telling me to look in the manual. I was actually on the phone with Panasonic tech support, because it was not so easy to find in their manual. And then tech support told me 16GB had a record time of 3hrs… I knew that wasn’t right.
So thanks for that figure. The camera itself is showing a record time of 1hr 37 minutes at highest quality, significantly more than your calculation, so I guess I’ll find out empirically. I thought this would be pretty straight forward…
Anyway, Happy Holidays and thanks again

Dorit

Thanks in advance,
Dorit

[Dorit Grunberger]

Eric, hi again

Hmmmm. Can you tell me how you came up with 80 minutes? Were you using AJA’s DataRate Calculator?

Dorit

Thanks in advance,
Dorit

[Erik Naso]

No problem. I used the AJA app for iPhone but I also shoot with the AF-100. Try reformatting the card in the camera. That should fix your issue.

I just put a new Panasonic Gold 16GB and reformatted it. Total time available 1hr 38min.

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[Dorit Grunberger]

what numbers did you input? I’m shooting 1080x24p. AVCHD @ 25mbps. I’m not having any issues with the recording, just trying to get a handle on the numbers and real-life record times I can expect to see.

Thanks again,

Dorit

Thanks in advance,
Dorit