The Movie Menu

Section Reference

Movie Options

In the shooting screen Mdbutton MD tab MMovie options

Select the desired movie option for recording movies.

Larger image sizes and faster movie bitrates mean greater image quality and larger movie file sizes.

Option

Description

nHD 720p (1280×720)

Movies with an aspect ratio of 16:9 are recorded.

(default setting)

Movie bit rate: 9.0 Mbps

 

Movies with an aspect ratio of 16:9 are recorded. A format

 

supported by Apple Inc.

 

Movie bit rate: 24 Mbps

piFrame 540

Movies cannot be edited (E34).

(960×540)

When recording movies to the internal memory, recording

 

may stop unexpectedly in some shooting conditions. When

 

recording movies of important events, recording to a

 

memory card (class 6 or higher) is recommended.

mVGA (640×480)

Movies with an aspect ratio of 4:3 are recorded.

Movie bit rate: 3.0 Mbps

 

The frame rate is approximately 30 frames per second in any options.

See page 92 for more information about maximum movie length.

CImage File Names and Folder Names

See “Image/Sound File and Folder Names” (E80) for more information.

Autofocus Mode

In the shooting screen Mdbutton MD tab MAutofocus mode

Select the autofocus method used when recording normal speed movies.

Option

Description

ASingle AF (default

Focus is locked when the b(emovie-record) button is pressed

to start recording. Select this option when the distance between

setting)

the camera and the subject will remain fairly consistent.

 

 

Camera focuses continuously during movie recording. Select

BFull-time AF

this option when the distance between the camera and

subject will change significantly during recording.

 

To prevent sound of camera focusing from interfering with

 

recording, use of Single AF is recommended

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