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Unlock your Sony camera's settings
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Sony FDR-X3000 40000 photo limit #298

Open MartinS13X opened 5 years ago

MartinS13X commented 5 years ago

The X3000 has a limit on the amount of photos that can be taken (timelapse or "normal" shots). This limit seems to be set by Sony instead being a case of running out of storage space.

I'd really like to get rid of this limit and actually be able to use all the space on my sd card... whether a taking 40000 images at a 1s interval is practical or not. I just don't like a company to decide this stuff for me.

Estimated number of recordable still images FDR-X3000/HDR-AS300 Number of pixels: 8.3M (Time-lapse capture) (16:9) When using 8GB memory card: 2500 images When using 16GB memory card: 5000 images When using 32GB memory card: 10000 images When using 64GB memory card: 20000 images When using 128GB memory card: 40000 images

I had actually opened a thread on reddit with more details looking into this limit, before finding this thread.https://www.reddit.com/r/sonyactioncam/comments/9hdktk/getting_rid_of_40k_max_photo_limit_on_x3000/

I'm a bit stuck atm as I don't know how to read backup.bin, but will try to find out more.

ma1co commented 5 years ago

According to the reddit thread, this seems to be a limitation of the database file on the sd card.