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 60i/60p] (for 1080 60i-compliant devices) or [AVCHD 50i/50p] (for 1080 50i-compliant devices), select the movie size from [Movie Quality]. If [Movie format] is [MP4], select from [Movie Size].

Movie quality (recording format: [AVCHD 60i/60p] (for 1080 60i-compliant devices) or [AVCHD 50i/50p] (for 1080 50i-compliant devices))

  1. MENU [Movie Quality] desired mode

Movies shot in this format are recorded in AVCHD format, at approximately 60 fields/sec (for 1080 60i-compliant devices) or 50 fields/sec (for 1080 50i-compliant devices), in interlaced mode, with Dolby Digital audio.
Otherwise, movies shot in this format are recorded in AVCHD format, at approximately 60 frames/sec (for 1080 60i-compliant devices) or 50 frames/sec (for 1080 50i-compliant devices), in progressive mode, with Dolby Digital audio.


Movie quality
Average bit-rate
Description

AVC HD 28M (PS)
28 Mbps
Shoots at the highest picture quality of 1920×1080 (60p/50p) size

AVC HD 24M (FX)
24 Mbps
Shoots at the highest picture quality of 1920×1080 (60i/50i) size

AVC HD 17M (FH)
17 Mbps
Shoots at a high picture quality of 1920×1080 (60i/50i) size
AVC HD 9M (HQ)
9 Mbps
Shoots at a standard picture quality of 1440×1080 (60i/50i) size

Movie image size (recording format: MP4)

  1. MENU [Movie Size] desired size

Movies shot with this camera 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.

  • Movies shot with the image quality set to [AVC HD 28M (PS)] cannot be recorded to a disc in the same quality. Convert the image using “PMB” before saving to a disc.
    DVD or AVCHD discs cannot be created from movies recorded in [AVC HD 24M (FX)] quality. Save [AVC HD 24M (FX)] quality movies to Blu-ray discs.