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Advanced operations

Recording mode and the media

devices to which the images can be

copied

Types of media
Recording mode
3D PS*FX
FH/
HQ/
LP
On this camcorder
Internal recording
media
Memory card
On external devices
External media
(USB storage
devices)
Blu-ray discs
AVCHD recording
discs ———
* [60p Quality ] can be set only when the
[Frame Rate] is set to [60p].

On image quality

The image quality and the bit-rate for each
recording mode can be set as follows.
(“M,” such as in “24M,” means “Mbps.”)
For the high definition image quality (HD)
movies
[3D]: 1920 1080/60i quality, MVC HD
28M (3D)
[60p Quality ]: 1920 1080/60p quality,
AVC HD 28M (PS)
[Highest Quality ]: 1920 1080/60i or
1920 1080/24p quality, AVC HD 24M (FX)
[High Quality ]: 1920 1080/60i or 1920
1080/24p quality, AVC HD 17M (FH)
[Standard ]: 1440 1080/60i quality,
AVC HD 9M (HQ)
[Long Time ]: 1440 1080/60i quality,
AVC HD 5M (LP)
For the standard definition image quality (STD)
movies
[Standard ]: Standard quality, STD 9M
(HQ)*
* Standard image quality (STD) is fixed to this
value.
[ Frame Rate](p. 73)
Recording standard definition image quality
(STD) movie: [ / Setting] (p. 73)
Guide for creating discs (p. 64)

Changing the image

quality of photos

The number of photos you can shoot
differs, depending on the image size
selected.
1 Select [Image Quality/

Size] [ Image Size].

2 Select the desired image size.
Notes
The image size selected with this setting takes
effect for photos taken by the Dual Capture
function (p. 29).
Number of recordable photos (p. 82)