advanced recording

Resolution

You can select the resolution to be recorded on a memory card.

PRECHECK!

Select Video () or Photo () mode by pressing the MODE button. page 33

1.Touch the Menu () tab “Resolution.”

2.Touch a desired submenu item.

3.To exit the menu, touch the Exit () or Return () tab.

 

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White Balance

Resolution submenu in the Video Record mode

[HD]1080/50i (SF) ( ): Records in the HD 1920x1080/50i, Super Fine format.

[HD]1080/50i (N) ( ): Records in the HD 1920x1080/50i, Fine format.

[HD]1080/25p ( ): Records in the HD (1920x1080 25p) format.

[HD]720/50p ( ): Records in the HD (1280x720 50p) format.

[SD]576/50p ( ): Records in the SD ( 720x576 50p) format.

[SD]Web & Mobile (): Videos recorded in the VGA (640x576 25p) resolution at normal image quality. This setting may make a video easily to upload to a web site without down-sizing via an editing programme. Also, this may be the best option for viewing on mobile devices.

Resolution submenu in the Photo Record mode

12M (4000x3000)( )/9M (3456x2592)( )/6M (3328x1872)( )/5M (2592x1944)( )/ 3M (2048x1536)( )/2M (1920x1080)( )/VGA (640x480)( )

“50i” indicates the camcorder will record in interlaced scan mode at 50 fields per second.

“25p” indicates the camcorder will record in progressive scan mode at 25 frames per second.

“50p” indicates the camcorder will record in progressive scan mode at 50 frames per second.

Recorded files are encoded with Variable Bit Rate (VBR). VBR is an encoding system that automatically adjusts the bit rate according to the recording image.

The available video recording time differs according to the selected video resolution.

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Samsung HMX-R10BP, HMX-R10SP user manual Resolution submenu in the Video Record mode

HMX-R10BP, HMX-R10SP specifications

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