Digital Still CameraDSC-H400

Image size when shooting movies

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 smoother the playback image.

Movies shot with this camera are recorded in MPEG-4 format, at approximately 30 frames/sec, in progressive mode, with AAC audio, mp4 format.

  1. MENU - (Movie Size) - desired size

Movie size, average bit-rate and usage guidelines

(1280x720(Fine))(Default setting):

9 Mbps

Shoots highest quality movies for display on High Definition TV.

(1280x720(Standard)):

6 Mbps

Shoots standard quality movies for display on High Definition TV.

(VGA (640×480)):

3 Mbps

Shoots an image size suitable for WEB upload.