Selecting the Frame Rate

Selecting the Frame Rate

You can change the frame rate (the number of frames recorded per second) to change the look of your movies.

Operating modes:

1 Open the [Frame Rate] screen.

46[FUNC.] >[MENU] >r>[Frame Rate]

2 Touch the desired frame rate and then touch [X].

Options

[´60i (Standard)] 60 fields per second, interlaced. Standard frame rate of NTSC analog TV signals.

[·PF30] Shooting at 30 frames per second, progressive*. Use this frame rate to easily edit your recordings, for example, to post them on the Web.

[¹PF24] Shooting at 24 frames per second, progressive*. Using this frame rate will give your

recordings a cinematic look. Recording in mode will further enhance the effect.

[»24P] 24 frames per second, progressive. Using this frame rate will achieve the same cinematic look as [¹PF24], the difference being that video is recorded as true 24p.

* Recorded as 60i.

NOTES

Movies recorded with the [»24P] frame rate cannot be converted to standard definition using the camcorder. If you want to upload your movies to video sharing Web sites, set the frame rate to [¹PF24] or convert the movies to standard definition using the supplied software VideoBrowser.