Recording Movies
AMovie Options
DShooting mode MTap the bottom tab (A12) MAMovie 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 | |
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• Image size: 1280 × 720 pixels | ||
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| • Movie bitrate: 9 Mbps | |
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yVGA (640×480) | Movies with an aspect ratio of 4:3 are recorded. | |
• Image size: 640 × 480 pixels | ||
| • Movie bitrate: 3 Mbps | |
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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 rate is approximately 30 frames per second in any options.
CMovie Options and Maximum Movie Length
Option | Internal memory (approx. 79 MB) | Memory card (4 GB)* | |
NHD 720p (1280×720) | 1 min 4 s |
| 55 min |
yVGA (640×480) | 3 min | 2 h | 40 min |
zQVGA (320×240) | 8 min 26 s | 10 h | 10 min |
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All figures are approximate. The maximum recording time may vary by make of memory card and the bitrates at which the movie was recorded.
*The maximum recording time for a single movie is 29 minutes. The maximum movie length displayed during recording is 29 minutes, even when there is enough free space on the memory card for a longer movie.
DMore Information
Playback and Recording Movie
See “Image/Sound File and Folder Names” (A171) for more information.
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