| Final speed if the video is played at 30fps |
Recording rate. | Recording time equivalent to 1 minute of viewing time | Suitable for | Nikon Coolpix 8400 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1X | 30 frames every second | 1 minute | Normal real time movie | TV movie, 640 x 480 pixels in size with audio, up to 60 secons. |
| 2X | 15 frames every seconds | 2 minutes | Small movie, 320 x 240 pixels in size with audio. Recording time up to 40 minutes. | |
| 6X | 5 frames every seconds | 6 minutes | Sepia movie, 320 x 240 pixels in size with sepia filter and audio. Recording time up to 40 minutes. | |
| 15X | 2 frame every second | 15 minutes | Movement of people, cars, and other fust moving object | Not available |
| 30X | 1 frame every second | 30 minutes | Movement of sun, fust moving clouds | Not available |
| 60X | 1 frame every 2 seconds | 60 minutes | Clouds, fast opening flowers | Not available |
| 150X | 1 frame every 5 seconds | 2 hours and 30 minutes | Slow clouds, opening flowers, other slow actions that span more then one hour | Not available |
| 300X | 1 frame every 10 seconds | 5 hours | Slow movement such as revolving sunflowers. | Not available |
| 900X | 1 frame every 30 seconds | 15 hours | Very slow events that span across one day, such the whole movement of the sun from sunrise to sun set. |
Time lapse movie (p.60): Records up to 35 seconds (1,050 frames) in a video 30fps, 640 x 480 pixels of size.
Interval Timer Shooting (p.90): Sequence of pictures of any size (max. 1,800 pictures, 1 minutes if played at 30fps). |
| 1,800X | 1 frame every 1 minute | 1 day and 6 hours | ||
| 9,000X | 1 frame every 5 minutes | 6 days and 6 hours | Ultra-slow events that span across a week or longer such as the growing of plants. | |
| 18,000X | 1 frame every 10 minutes | 2 weeks | ||
| 54,000X | 1 frame every 30 minutes | 1 month | ||
| 108,000X | 1 frame every hour | 2 months and half |