Recording Movies
4Press Kor the kbutton.
The movie menu items can be selected.
Use the multi selector to choose and apply settings (A9).
To exit the movie menu, press the dbutton or Jto select a different tab.
Movie
Movie options
Autofocus mode
Wind noise reduction
Playback and Recording Movie
Movie Options
In the shooting screen MdMD(Movie menu) (A117) MMovie options
Select the desired movie option for recording movies.
Option | Description | |
xHD 720p (1280×720) | Movies with an aspect ratio of 16:9 are recorded. This option is | |
suited to playback on a wide screen TV. | ||
(default setting*) | ||
Image size: 1280 × 720 pixels | ||
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yVGA (640×480) | Image size: 640 × 480 pixels | |
zQVGA (320×240) | Image size: 320 × 240 pixels | |
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*When recording in the internal memory, the default setting is yVGA (640×480).
• The frame rate is approximately 30 frames per second in any options.
CMovie Options and Maximum Movie Length
Option | Internal memory | Memory card (4 GB)2 | |
(approx. 45 MB) | |||
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xHD 720p (1280×720) | 15 min | ||
yVGA (640×480) | 31 s | 45 min | |
zQVGA (320×240) | 1 min 49 s | 2 h 45 min | |
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All figures are approximate. The maximum movie length may vary by make of memory card.
1xHD 720p (1280×720) cannot be selected when recording in the internal memory.
2The maximum file size for a single movie is 2 GB or the maximum movie length for a single movie is 29 minutes, even when there is sufficient free space on the memory card for longer recording. The maximum movie length that can be recorded for a single movie is displayed during recording.
DMore Information
118See “Image/Sound File and Folder Names” (A161) for more information.