Recording Movies

Changing the Movie Recording Settings

The movie settings described below can be made. Apply the settings before starting movie recording.

D Movie options

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Select the desired movie option for recording movies.

 

 

 

m Movie light

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Enable or disable the movie light when recording movies.

 

 

 

n Movie AF mode

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Choose how the camera focuses when recording movies.

DMovie Options

In the shooting screen MTap the bottom tab (A16) MDMovie options

Select the desired movie option to record. Larger image sizes and faster movie bitrates mean greater image quality and larger movie file sizes.

Option

 

Description

 

Movies with an aspect ratio of 16:9 are recorded in high

NHD 720p (1280×720)

definition. This option is suited to playback on a wide screen TV.

(default setting)

Image size: 1280 × 720 pixels

 

Movie bitrate: 9 Mbps

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

yVGA (640 × 480) Image size: 640 × 480 pixels

Movie bitrate: 3 Mbps

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

zQVGA (320 × 240) Image size: 320 × 240 pixels

Movie bitrate: 640 kbps

The movie bit rate is the volume of movie data recorded per second. As a variable bit rate (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 rate is approximately 30 frames per second in any options.

Playback and Recording Movie

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