how much memory should i get for video taken on P&S camera

[disneyfan2]

My Dd wants to take some videos, not full length parades etc, but some of her favorite spots etc. If we use a 2GB memory card,any estimate how much time she will have. I am thinkin about her having about 30-45 min of recording time, so how many memory card would i need?
thanks

 

[Frantasmic]

I had an 8 gig for a choir concert last night. I was using my Canon S5 movie mode.

My allotted time at the beginning with no video was 60 minutes. So, you get about 1 gig for 6 minutes worth of standard definition video for point and shoots. Your camera should tell you how much time is left.

So, a 2 gig card would allow for about 12-15 minutes of video.

A word of caution about videos on these types of devices: try to keep your videos to about 4 minutes. Otherwise, you have these monster AVI files. So, start and stop (and restart if needed) frequently. This is most important if you are going to be saving some files to disc. The ones longer than 3-4 minutes might be too big for a regular CD and you will need to burn to a DVD.

If you are just viewing on a computer, then it really doesn't matter how big your files are, so you could tape as long as you want or your card allows.

 

[MarkBarbieri]

What type of camera? You can usually find the approximate size used by video in the camera's specs.

Given that you can buy 8 gig memory cards for a pittance now, I would recommend bring much more memory than you think you'll need so that you don't have to worry about it.

 

[seashoreCM]

Caution, do not fill larger memory cards with more material than the memory card capacity your camera is rated for (see the instructions).

Unpredictable things could happen such as unwanted starting-over and overwriting; the third gigabyte's worth of material landing on top of the first etc.

 

[mrodgers]

Depends completely on what camera it is and what the video specs are.

My camera shoots 640x480 at 60 fps (I think, it could be 30 fps maybe) and I can fit 39 minutes of video on a 2 gb card.