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], select the movie size from [Movie Quality], and if [Movie format] is
[MP4], select from [Movie Size].

Movie quality (recording format: AVCHD)

[Movie Quality]

desired mode

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

Movie quality

Average bit-
rate

Description

AVC HD 24M

(FX)

24 Mbps

Shoots at a highest picture quality of 1920×1080

(50i/60i) size

AVC HD 17M

(FH)

17 Mbps

Shoots at a high picture quality of 1920×1080

(50i/60i) size

AVC HD 9M

(HQ)

9 Mbps

Shoots at a standard picture quality of 1440×1080

(50i/60i) size

Movie image size (recording format: MP4)

[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.
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.

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