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Getting Started
Charging time (full charge)
Battery pack
NP-FM50 (supplied) 150
NP-FM70 240
NP-QM71/QM71D 260
NP-FM91/QM91/QM91D 360
Approximate number of minutes required at 25°C (77°F) to charge an empty battery
pack. The charging time may increase if the battery’s temperature is extremely high or
low because of the ambient temperature.
Recording time with the viewfinder
Battery pack
Continuous Typical
DVD100 DVD200 DVD300 DVD100 DVD200 DVD300
NP-FM50 (supplied) 85 75 75 40 35 35
NP-FM70 185 170 170 90 85 85
NP-QM71/QM71D 215 195 195 105 95 95
NP-FM91/QM91/QM91D 325 295 295 160 145 145
Recording time with the LCD screen
Battery pack
Continuous Typical
DVD100 DVD200 DVD300 DVD100 DVD200 DVD300
NP-FM50 (supplied) 70 65 65 35 30 30
NP-FM70 155 145 140 75 70 70
NP-QM71/QM71D 180 165 160 90 80 80
NP-FM91/QM91/QM91D 275 255 245 135 125 120
Approximate number of minutes you can record when using a fully charged battery pack.
* Approximate number of minutes you can record, including starting/stopping,
zooming and turning the power on/off. The actual battery life may be shorter.
Playing time
Battery pack
Playing time on LCD screen Playing time with LCD closed
DVD100 DVD200 DVD300 DVD100 DVD200 DVD300
NP-FM50 (supplied) 80 80 75 100 100 100
NP-FM70 175 175 170 210 210 210
NP-QM71/QM71D 205 205 195 245 245 245
NP-FM91/QM91/QM91D 305 305 295 375 375 375
Approximate number of minutes of playing time when using a fully charged battery pack.
Notes
•If the power goes off even though the remaining battery time indicator indicates that
the battery pack has enough power to operate, charge the battery pack fully again so
that the indication on the remaining battery time indicator is correct.
•Battery pack performance decreases in low-temperature surroundings and recording
may not be possible even though the battery time remaining may be as much as 20
minutes. Recharge the battery pack fully in this case.
•NP-FM30 is not recommended because of its short recording time when used with
your camcorder.
Step 1 Preparing the power source