REC Mode


You can switch the recording mode to select the movie quality when recording high definition image quality (HD) movies. The recording time of the recording media is changed depending on the recording mode.
  1. [Image Quality/Size] [REC Mode].

  1. Select the desired recording mode.

* appears on a medium icon if a movie recorded with the selected recording mode cannot be copied on that medium.

Recording mode and the media devices to which the images can be copied


Types of media
PS*
FX
FH/HQ/LP
On this camcorder

Internal recording media**
Memory card
On external devices

Blu-ray discs
AVCHD recording discs

* [60p Quality ] (HDR-GW66V/ GWP88/ GWP88V) or [50p Quality ] (HDR-GW66E/ GW66VE/ GWP88E/ GWP88VE) can be set only when the [Frame Rate] is set to [60p] (HDR-GW66V/ GWP88/ GWP88V) or [50p] (HDR-GW66E/ GW66VE/ GWP88E/ GWP88VE).
** HDR-GWP88/ GWP88E/ GWP88V/ GWP88VE

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.”

HDR-GW66V/ GWP88/ GWP88V:
  • High definition image quality (HD):

  • [60p Quality ]: 1920 1080/60p quality, AVC HD 28M (PS)*1

  • [Highest Quality ]: 1920 1080/60i quality, AVC HD 24M (FX)

  • [High Quality ]: 1920 1080/60i quality, AVC HD 17M (FH)

  • [Standard ]: 1440 1080/60i quality, AVC HD 9M (HQ)*2

  • [Long Time ]: 1440 1080/60i quality, AVC HD 5M (LP)

  • MP4:

  • 1280 720/30p quality

  • Standard definition image quality (STD):

  • [Standard ]: Standard quality, Standard STD 9M (HQ)*3

HDR-GW66E/ GW66VE/ GWP88E/ GWP88VE:
  • High definition image quality (HD):

  • [50p Quality ]: 1920 1080/50p quality, AVC HD 28M (PS)*1

  • [Highest Quality ]: 1920 1080/50i quality, AVC HD 24M (FX)

  • [High Quality ]: 1920 1080/50i quality, AVC HD 17M (FH)

  • [Standard ]: 1440 1080/50i quality, AVC HD 9M (HQ)*2

  • [Long Time ]: 1440 1080/50i quality, AVC HD 5M (LP)

  • MP4:

  • 1280 720/25p quality

  • Standard definition image quality (STD):

  • [Standard ]: Standard quality, Standard STD 9M (HQ)*3

*1 You can select this setting when [Frame Rate] is set to [60p] (HDR-GW66V/ GWP88/ GWP88V) or [50p] (HDR-GW66E/ GW66VE/ GWP88E/ GWP88VE).
*2 The default setting.
*3 Standard image quality (STD) is fixed to this value.
Related topics
Recording standard definition image quality (STD) movie: HD/MP4/STD Setting