SHOOTING A MOVIE

Movie Image Quality

Before shooting a movie, you should specify a movie image quality setting. Movie image quality is a standard that determines the detail, smoothness, and clarity of a movie during playback. Shooting with the high-quality (HQ) setting will result in better image quality, but it also shortens the amount of time you can shoot.

•Each movie can be up to 10 minutes long. Movie recording stops automatically after 10 minutes of recording.

Image

Pixels

Approximate

Frame Rate

Quality

Data Rate

 

 

HQ

640 × 480

10.2 Megabits/

30 frames/

pixels

second

second

 

 

 

 

 

Normal

512 × 384

6.1 Megabits/

30 frames/

pixels

second

second

 

 

 

 

 

LP

320 × 240

2.45 Megabits/

15 frames/

pixels

second

second

 

 

 

 

 

1.In the REC mode, press [MENU].

2.On the “Quality” tab, select “ Quality” and then press [X].

3.Use [S] and [T] to select the quality setting you want and then press [SET].

Movie File Formats

Movies are recorded in Motion JPEG standard AVI format. Movies you shoot with your camera can be played back on a computer using the following software.

–Windows Media Player

–Macintosh QuickTime

Movie Size

The following shows the approximate movie file size for a one- minute movie.

Image Quality

Approximate Size

 

 

HQ

72.8 MB

 

 

Normal

43.6 MB

 

 

LP

17.5 MB

 

 

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