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Top page > Useful shooting functions > Menu items available for shooting > Movie Quality/Movie Size
Movie Quality/Movie Size
The larger the size of the movie image, the higher the image quality. The higher the amount of data
used per second (average bit-rate), the higher the image quality.
Select a movie recording format by pressing MENU (Settings) (Shooting Settings)
[Movie format] in shooting mode. [Details]
If [Movie format] is [AVCHD], select the movie size from [Movie Quality], and if [Movie format] is [MP4],
select from [Movie Size].

Movie quality (recording format: AVCHD)

1. MENU [Movie Quality] desired mode
Movies shot with this camera are recorded in AVCHD format, at approximately 60 fields/sec (for 1080
60i-compatible devices) or 50 fields/sec (for 1080 50i-compatible devices), in interlaced mode, with
Dolby Digital audio, AVCHD format.
Movie quality Average bit-
rate Description
AVC HD 24M
(FX) 24 Mbps Shoots at the highest picture quality of 1920×1080
(50i/60i) size
AVC HD 17M
(FH) 17 Mbps Shoots at a high picture quality of 1920×1080 (50i/60i)
size
AVC HD 9M
(HQ) 9 Mbps Shoots at a standard picture quality of 1440×1080
(50i/60i) size

Movie image size (recording format: MP4)

1. MENU [Movie Size] desired size
Movies shot are recorded in MPEG -4 format, at approximately 30 frames/sec (for 1080 60i -compatible
devices) or approximately 25 frames/sec (for 1080 50i-compatible devices), in progressive mode, with
AAC audio, mp4 format.
Movie image size Average bit-rate Description
MP4 12M 12 Mbps Shoots at 1440×1080 size
MP4 6M 6 Mbps Shoots at 1280×720 size
MP4 3M 3 Mbps Shoots at VGA size
Notes
A telephoto image is produced when [MP4 3M] image size is selected.
When you create AVCHD discs from movies recorded in[AVC HD 24M (FX)], it will take time as the
image quality must be converted. To save or [AVC HD 24M (FX)] movies without converting the
image quality, use Blu-ray discs.
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