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Movie Quality/Movie Size
The larger the size of the movie image, the higher the image quality. The higher the amount of data
used per second (average bit-rate), the higher the image quality.
Select a movie recording format by touching MENU
(Settings) (Shooting Settings)
[Movie format] in shooting mode. [Details]
You can set [Movie Quality] in AVCHD format, and set [Movie Size] in MP4 format.
Movie Quality (recording format: AVCHD)
1. MENU (Movie Quality) desired mode
Set using the buttons displayed on the left of the screen depending on the REC mode.
Movies shot with this camera are recorded in AVCHD format, at approximately 60 fields/sec (1080
60i-compatible devices) or 50 fields/sec (1080 50i-compatible devices), in interlaced mode, with
Dolby Digital audio.
Movie quality
Average bit-
rate
Description
AVC HD 24M
(FX)
24 Mbps
Shoots at the highest picture quality of 1920×1080
(60i/50i) size.
AVC HD 17M
(FH)
17 Mbps
Shoots at a high picture quality of 1920×1080 (60i/50i)
size.
AVC HD 9M
(HQ)
9 Mbps
Shoots at a standard picture quality of 1440×1080
(60i/50i) size.
Movie Size (recording format: MP4)
1. MENU (Movie Size) desired size
Set using the buttons displayed on the left of the screen depending on the REC mode.
Movies shot with this camera are recorded in MPEG-4 format, at approximately 30 frames/sec (for
1080 60i-compatible devices) or approximately 25 frames/sec (for 1080 50i-compatible devices), in
progressive mode, with AAC audio, mp4 format.
Movie image size Average bit-rate Description
