felixthecat1 Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 Does anybody has an instruction manual for this old gem. My boss has a new IXUS so as he never used the old 300 I snatched it off him. Most of it is obvious and doesn't need instructions but I need help with the video function. How do I record videos of longer than a few seconds? On hi res it will only record about six seconds at a time. Anybody have any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorburn Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 My Ixus 430 will only do 3 minutes maximum, I THINK its a limit of the Compact Flash interface, it can only write to the memory card at a certain speed and only has a certain sized buffer and so it can't record any more because of transfer speed limits. E.g. if it has 1MB of buffer, can write 500KB a second and high quality video is 600KB/sec. I'm not entirely sure but I'm guessing that could be why. Very nice blag though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixthecat1 Posted May 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 It's my fault. When I first got it it would show a count down in seconds of how much it could record. It was something like three minutes. That was fine, problem is I started fecking with it, as you do, and now it shows a COUNT UP from 0-6 seconds and then just stops. I've clicked on something to stop it working properly, I know I have, I've just got to work out what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorburn Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 Looking on my Ixus 430 the time you can record for seems to be limit totally by how much space you have on your memory card, can't see any options that would limit it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixthecat1 Posted May 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 That's logical enough but I emptied the 256mb card and it still only allows me to record six second movies. I'm going to get my boss to have another look for the instructions today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 ive had an ixus 330, 400 and now 500 video mode on the 330 was never strong. even now on the 500 its stated as approx 30 secs at highest res, or 3 mins at the two lower specs. so you can garuntee its below this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sia555 Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 Hiya, Just noticed your post so thought I'd hop on here and point you towards a link for downloading the manual. http://consumer.usa.canon.com/ir/control...mp;modelid=8260 It's for the S300 but opening the manual says it's the same as the Ixus 300. Hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixthecat1 Posted May 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Hiya, Just noticed your post so thought I'd hop on here and point you towards a link for downloading the manual. http://consumer.usa.canon.com/ir/control...mp;modelid=8260 It's for the S300 but opening the manual says it's the same as the Ixus 300. Hope this helps [/ QUOTE ] What a top bloke you are, and with your first post too. Please accept my warmest welcome and humble thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sia555 Posted May 18, 2005 Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 No worries - glad I could help a fellow Ixus owner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s4dreamer Posted May 18, 2005 Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 Welcome to TSN sia555! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sia555 Posted May 18, 2005 Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 Cheers s4dreamer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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