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Selecting the recording mode
You can switch the recording mode to
select the movie quality when recording
high definition image quality (HD)
movies ([Highest Quality
] is the
default setting). The recording time of the
recording media is changed depending on
the recording mode.
Touch
(MENU)
[Rec/
Media SET]
[
REC Mode].
Touch the desired recording
mode.
The recording modes available depend
on the selected [
Frame Rate]
(p. 56).
*
appears on a medium icon if a movie
recorded with the selected recording
mode cannot be saved on that medium.
Touch
.
Recording modes and the media
Types of media that images can be saved
on will depend on the recording mode
selected.
For details on a save operation using the
external devices, see page 64.
Types of media
Recording mode
PS
*
FX
FH/
HQ/LP
On this camcorder
Internal recording
media
Memory card
On external devices
External media
(USB storage
devices)
Blu-ray discs
AVCHD
recording discs
*
[PS] can be set only when [
Frame Rate] is
set to [60p].
Tips
Movies are recorded with the 1920
1080/60p
format when the PS mode of high definition
image quality (HD) is selected, and with
AVCHD 1920
1080/60i or 1920
1080/24p
format when the FX or FH mode is selected.
When the HQ or LP mode of high definition
image quality (HD) is selected, movies are
recorded with AVCHD 1440
1080/60i format.
You can select the following high definition
image quality (HD) recording mode.
[60p Quality
] (AVC HD 28M (PS))
[Highest Quality
] (AVC HD 24M (FX))
[High Quality
] (AVC HD 17M (FH))
[Standard
] (AVC HD 9M (HQ))
[Long Time
] (AVC HD 5M (LP))
The recording mode of the standard image
quality (STD) is limited to the following value.
[Standard
] (STD 9M (HQ))
“M,” such as in “24M,” means “Mbps.”