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Top page > Customizing your camcorder > Image Quality/Size > REC Mode
REC Mode
You can switch the recording mode to select the movie quality when recording high definition image
quality (HD) movies. The recording time or the type of media device to which the images can be copied
may change, depending on the recording mode selected. ([Standard
] is the default setting.)
1.
[Image Quality/Size] [ REC Mode].
2. 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.
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.”
Models with the NTSC color system:
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
Models with the PAL color system:
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)*
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