Nikon COOLPIXP7000 user manual Selecting a Movie Type to Shoot, Setting the Movie Options, 148

Recording Movies

Movie Recording and

Selecting a Movie Type to Shoot

You can choose the type of movie to shoot. The higher the resolution and bitrate, the higher the picture quality; but the file size also becomes larger.

Option	Description
xHD 720p (1280×720)	Movies with an aspect ratio of 16:9 are recorded in high-
	definition. This option is suited to playback on a wide screen TV.
(default setting)	• Image size: 1280×720 pixels
	• Movie bitrate: 9 Mbps
yVGA (640×480)	Movies with an aspect ratio of 4:3 are recorded.
	• Image size: 640×480 pixels
	• Movie bitrate: 3 Mbps
zQVGA (320×240)	Movies with an aspect ratio of 4:3 are recorded.
	• Image size: 320×240 pixels

•Movie bitrate: 640 kbps

•The movie bitrate is the volume of movie data recorded per second. As a variable bitrate (VBR) system has been adopted, the movie recording rate varies automatically according to the subject so that more data is recorded per second for movies containing frequently moving subjects, thus increasing movie file size.

•The frame rates are approximately 24 frames per second (fps) for HD 720p

(1280×720) and 30 frames per second (fps) for VGA (640×480) or QVGA (320×240).

Setting the Movie Options

1 Rotate the quick menu dial to aand press the quick menu button.

• The quick menu is displayed.

• Rotate the mode dial (A44) to D.

Playback

2 Choose the movie type with the command dial.

•The maximum movie length for the selected movie type is displayed.

Movie options

HD 720p (1280×720)

47m15s

Maximum movie length

3 After completing the settings, press the quick menu button.

•The monitor display reverts to shooting mode.

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