You can set a movie record mode suitable for the desired use.

Adjusting Settings

  1. Press Q to display the live control.

    • To hide the live control, press Q again.
  2. Use FG to highlight (Movie quality, nK).

    Movie Quality

  3. Use HI to choose a value and press the Q button.

Available Movie Quality Options

gAdjusting Settings

The options available for movie quality vary with the movie mode and the options selected for [Video Frame Rate] and [Video Bit Rate] in the video menu.

gMovie Mode Options

gVideo Frame Rate

gVideo Bit Rate

  • When shooting movies that will be viewed on a television, choose a frame rate that matches the video standard used in the device, as otherwise the movie may not play back smoothly. Video standards vary by country or region: some use NTSC, others PAL.

    • When shooting for display on NTSC devices, choose 60p (30p)
    • When shooting for display on PAL devices, choose 50p (25p)

Movie quality components

Choose the desired combination of frame size, bit rate, and frame rate.

The following options are available when [Standard] is selected for movie mode or the mode dial is rotated to a position other than n:

1 Frame size

FHD: 1920×1080

HD: 1280×720

2 Bit rate (compression ratio)

SF (Super Fine), F (Fine), N (Normal)

3 Frame rate

30p (60p), 25p (50p), 24p

The following options are available when [4K] is selected for movie mode:

1 Frame size

4K: 3840×2160

2 Frame rate

30p, 25p, 24p

  • The bit rate can not be changed.

The following options are available when [Clips] is selected for movie mode:

1 Frame size

FHD: 1920×1080

HD: 1280×720

2 Bit rate (compression ratio)

N (Normal)

3 Frame rate

30p (60p), 25p (50p), 24p

  • The bit rate can not be changed.

The following option is available when [High-speed] is selected for movie mode:

1 Frame size

HD: 1280×720

2 Frame rate

120fps

  • The frame rate and bit rate can not be changed.
  • Movies are stored in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format. The maximum size of individual file is limited to 4 GB. The maximum recording time of individual movie is limited to 29 minutes.
  • Depending on the type of card used, recording may end before the maximum length is reached.