Frame Size/Frame Rate and Movie Quality
The [
] item in the movie shooting menu is used to choose the movie frame size (in pixels) and frame rate. You can also choose from two [ ] options: [ ] and [ ]. Together, these options determine the maximum bit rate and recording time, as shown in the following table.
Frame size/frame rate 1 |
Max. bit rate |
Max. recording time |
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High quality |
Normal |
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r |
[ ] 2 |
144 Mbps |
— 3 |
29 min. 59 s 4 |
s |
[ ] 2 |
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t |
[ ] 2 |
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y/y |
[ ] |
56 Mbps |
28 Mbps |
29 min. 59 s 4 |
z/z |
[ ] |
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1/1 |
[ ] |
28 Mbps |
14 Mbps |
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2/2 |
[ ] |
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3/3 |
[ ] |
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4/4 |
[ ] |
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5/5 |
[ ] |
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u/6 |
[ ] 5 |
56 Mbps |
28 Mbps |
29 min. 59 s 4 |
v/7 |
[ ] 5 |
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8/8 |
[ ] 5 |
28 Mbps |
14 Mbps |
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9/9 |
[ ] 5 |
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[ ] 5 |
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The frame rates for 60p, 50p, 30p, 25p, and 24p are respectively 59.94 fps, 50 fps, 29.97 fps, 25 fps, and 23.976 fps.
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Movies are recorded in 4K UHD. k is displayed in the monitor.
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Movie quality fixed at [
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Each movie may be recorded across up to 8 files. Each file may be up to 4 GB in size. The number of files and the length of each file vary with the options selected for [
] in the movie shooting menu. Movies recorded to memory cards formatted in the camera will however be recorded as a single file regardless of size if the card has a capacity over 32 GB. -
i is displayed in the monitor.
The Movie Crop
Movies have an aspect ratio of 16:9. The crop varies with frame size.
1 |
3840 × 2160 |
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2 |
1920 × 1080 and 1280 × 720 |
3 |
1920 × 1080 crop |
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Going from a frame size of 1920 × 1080 or 1280 × 720 to 3840 × 2160 increases the apparent focal length by approximately 1.5×.
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Going from 1920 × 1080 or 1280 × 720 to “1920 × 1080 crop” increases the apparent focal length by approximately 3×.