REC Mode
You can select your desired image quality for AVCHD movies. The recording time or the type of media device to which the images can be copied may differ, depending on the movie quality selected.
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- [Image Quality/Size] - [
REC Mode] - desired setting.
Descriptions of menu items
When [File Format] is set to [
XAVC S HD], [50Mbps
] is fixed for [REC mode].
When [File Format] is set to [
AVCHD]:
- Highest Quality
: - Records a movie in the highest quality possible for this product (when in 60i (*)/50i (**)/24p (*)/25p (**)).
- High Quality
: - Records a higher quality movie (when in 60i (*)/50i (**)/24p (*)/25p (**)).
- Standard
: - Records a standard quality movie (when in 60i (*)/50i (**)).
- Long Time
: - Records a long movie (when in 60i (*)/50i (**)).
- 60p Quality
(*)/50p Quality (**) - Records a movie in 60p (*)/50p (**).
* 1080 60i-compatible device
** 1080 50i-compatible device
Hint
- Types of media that images can be saved on will depend on the image quality selected.
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60p Quality
(*)/50p Quality (**)/Highest Quality :Memory card, External media, Blu-ray discs
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High Quality
/Standard /Long Time :Memory card, External media, Blu-ray discs, AVCHD recording discs
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* 1080 60i-compatible device: [60p Quality ] can be set only when the [Frame Rate] is set to [60p].
** 1080 50i-compatible device: [50p Quality ] can be set only when the [Frame Rate] is set to [50p].