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 rate1 |
Max. bit rate (Mbps) |
Max. recording time |
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High quality |
Normal |
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r |
[ ] 2 |
144 |
— 3 |
29 min. 59 s 6 |
s |
[ ] 2 |
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t |
[ ] 2 |
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w |
[ ] 4, 5 |
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x |
[ ] 4, 5 |
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y/y |
[ ] |
56 |
28 |
|
z/z |
[ ] |
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1/1 |
[ ] |
28 |
14 |
|
2/2 |
[ ] |
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3/3 |
[ ] |
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A |
[ ] 4, 5, 7 |
36 |
— 3 |
3 min. |
B |
[ ] 4, 5, 7 |
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C |
[ ] 4, 5, 7 |
29 |
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Actual frame rates for values listed as 120p, 60p, 30p, and 24p are respectively 119.88 fps, 59.94 fps, 29.97 fps, and 23.976 fps.
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Record movies in 4K UHD.
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[
] fixed at [ ]. -
Image area fixed at [
]; face detection not enabled in [ ] AF‑area mode. -
Movies shot in l or e mode with 1920 × 1080 120p, 1920 × 1080 100p, or 1920 × 1080 slow-motion selected will be recorded at the following frame sizes and rates:
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[
] or [ ] selected: recorded at [ ] -
[
] or [ ] selected: recorded at [ ] -
[
] selected: recorded at [ ]
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Each movie may be recorded across up to 8 files of up to 4 GB each. The number of files and the length of each file vary with the option 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. -
See “Slow Motion Movies” ( Slow-Motion Movies ).