Frame Size, Frame Rate, And Movie Quality - Nikon D500 User Manual

Frame Size, Frame Rate, and Movie Quality

The Frame size/frame rate option in the movie shooting menu
is used to choose the movie frame size (in pixels) and frame rate.
You can also choose from two Movie quality options: high and
normal. Together, these options determine the maximum bit
rate, as shown in the following table.
3840 × 2160 (4K UHD); 30p
r
3840 × 2160 (4K UHD); 25p
s
3840 × 2160 (4K UHD); 24p
t
y/y 1920 × 1080; 60p
z/z 1920 × 1080; 50p
1/1 1920 × 1080; 30p
2/2 1920 × 1080; 25p
3/3 1920 × 1080; 24p
4/4 1280 × 720; 60p
5/5 1280 × 720; 50p
1 Actual frame rate is 29.97 fps for values listed as 30p, 23.976 fps for values listed as 24p, and
59.94 fps for values listed as 60p.
2 When this option is selected, k is displayed in the monitor and movie quality is fixed at
"high".
3 Each movie will 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 options selected for Frame size/frame rate and
Movie quality.
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1
Option
Maximum bit rate (Mbps)
(★ high quality/Normal)
2
2
144
2
48/24
24/12
Maximum
length
29 min. 59 s 3