Sony NEX-VG30 Operating Guide

US

Playing time

Approximate time available when you use a 

fully charged battery pack.

(unit: minute)

Battery pack
Image quality

HD

STD

NP-FV70

(supplied)

395

325

440

355

NP-FV100

785

650

870

710

Top: When recording with the LCD screen 

Bottom: When recording with viewfinder

Expected recording time of movies

High definition image quality (HD)

(unit: minute)

16 GB

32 GB

64 GB

75

(75)

150

(150)

305

(305)

85

(85)

180

(180)

360

(360)

120

(120)

245

(245)

490

(490)

210

(160)

430

(325)

865

(655)

370

(300)

740

(610)

1490

(1225)

Standard definition image quality (STD)

(unit: minute)

16 GB

32 GB

64 GB

220

(200)

445

(410)

895

(825)

Notes

When using Sony memory card.

The recordable time may vary depending on the 

recording and subject conditions and [

REC 

Mode] and [

Frame Rate] (p. 60).

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The number in ( ) is the minimum recordable 

time.

Tips

Your camcorder uses the VBR (Variable Bit 

Rate) format to automatically adjust image 

quality to suit the recording scene. This 

technology causes fluctuations in the recording 

time of the media. Movies containing quickly 

moving and complex images are recorded at 

a higher bit-rate, and this reduces the overall 

recording time.

Expected number of recordable 
photos

JPEG

RAW

RAW & JPEG

16 GB

2400

880

670

32 GB

4800

1750

1300

64 GB

9600

3550

2650

When [

Image Size] is set to [

 16.0M].

When using Sony memory card.

The selected image size is effective when the   

(Photo) lamp is lit.

The number of recordable photos of memory 

card shown is for the maximum image size 

of your camcorder. The actual number of 

recordable photos is displayed on the LCD 

screen during recording (p. 73).

The number of recordable photos of memory 

card may vary depending on the recording 

conditions.

Tips

You can also use memory card with a capacity 

of under 1 GB for recording photos.

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