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## Movie Quality/Movie Size

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 60i/60p] (for 1080 60i-compliant devices) or [AVCHD 50i/50p] (for 1080 50i-compliant devices), select the movie size from [Movie Quality]. If [Movie format] is [MP4], select from [Movie Size].

#### Movie quality (recording format: [AVCHD 60i/60p] (for 1080 60i-compliant devices) or [AVCHD 50i/50p] (for 1080 50i-compliant devices))

1. MENU [Movie Quality] desired mode

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

| Movie quality | Average bit-rate | Description
| AVC HD 28M (PS) | 28 Mbps | Shoots at the highest picture quality of 1920×1080 (60p/50p) size
| AVC HD 24M (FX) | 24 Mbps | Shoots at the highest picture quality of 1920×1080 (60i/50i) size
| AVC HD 17M (FH) | 17 Mbps | Shoots at a high picture quality of 1920×1080 (60i/50i) size
| AVC HD 9M (HQ) | 9 Mbps | Shoots at a standard picture quality of 1440×1080 (60i/50i) size

#### Movie image size (recording format: MP4)

1. MENU [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.

- Movies shot with the image quality set to [AVC HD 28M (PS)] cannot be recorded to a disc in the same quality. Convert the image using “PMB” before saving to a disc.
  DVD or 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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