Canon PowerShot G9 - Manual (Page 108)

Shooting Using the Mode Dial 106
Changing Movie Recording Pixels
You can change the recording pixels and frame rate when the movie
mode is set to
(Standard), (Color Accent) or (Color Swap).
1
Select a recording pixels.
1. Press the button.
2. Use the or button to select
and use the or to change
the recording pixels.
3. Press the button.
Movie Recording Pixels and Frame Rates
Frame rates indicate the number of frames recorded or played back
each second. The higher the frame rate, the smoother the
appearance of motion.
*1 Default setting.
*2 When priority is on movie length rather than image quality, select [LP] (Long
Play). You can shoot for twice as long in this mode compared to a file of the same
size shot in the other modes.
*3 Frame rate during playback.
Standard
Color Accent
Color Swap
*
1
640 × 480 recording pixels, 30 frames/sec.
*
2
640 × 480 recording pixels, 30 frames/sec.,
LP (Long Play)
320 × 240 recording pixels, 30 frames/sec.
High Resolution 1024 × 768 recording pixels, 15 frames/sec.
Compact 160 × 120 recording pixels, 15 frames/sec.
Time Lapse 640 × 480 recording pixels, 15 frames/sec.*
3
z See Estimated Sound Recorder File Sizes and Recording
Times (p. 260).
z See Image Data Sizes (Estimated) (p. 261).