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Recording/Playback
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Selecting the recording mode
You can select a recording mode to record
the high definition image quality (HD)
movies from 4 levels. The recording time
of the media is changed depending on
recording mode. In the default setting,
[
REC MODE] is set to [HD FH].
Touch
(MENU) [Show
others] [ REC MODE] (under
[SHOOTING SET] category).
Touch a desired setting.
If you want to record high quality
images with the high definition image
quality (HD), select the FX mode. If
you want to record longer movies,
select the HQ, LP mode.
Touch
.
Notes
You cannot create an AVCHD disc from a
movie recorded with [HD FX] mode of
[
REC MODE]. Save a movie recorded with
[HD FX] mode onto Blu-ray Discs or external
s
torage devices (p. 63, 65).
You cannot use Dual Rec or the Smile Shutter
function when you set [
REC MODE] to
[HD FX].
Tips
Movies are recorded with AVCHD 1920
1080/50i format when the FX or FH mode
of the high definition image quality (HD) is
selected. And when the HQ or LP mode of the
high definition image quality (HD) is selected,
movies are recorded with AVCHD 1440
1080/50i format. Movies are recorded with
MPEG-2 format when the standard image
quality (STD) is selected.
You can select the following high definition
image quality (HD) recording mode. “24M”
of [HD FX] is the maximum bit-rate, and the
value other than of [HD FX], such as “17M,” is
an average bit-rate.
[HD FX] (AVC HD 24M (FX))
[HD FH] (AVC HD 17M (FH)) (the default
setting)
[HD HQ] (AVC HD 9M (HQ))
[HD LP] (AVC HD 5M (LP))
The recording mode of the standard image
quality (STD) is limited to the following value.
“9M” is an average bit-rate.
[STD HQ] (STD 9M (HQ))
“M,” such as in “24M,” means “Mbps.”
High quality
recording
Long time
recording
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