Customizing Your Camcorder; Movie Settings (Items For Recording Movies) - Sony XR500VE Handbook

Customizing your camcorder

MOVIE SETTINGS
The default settings are marked with .
/ SET
You can select image quality for recording, playback, or editing from high definition image
quality (HD) or standard definition image quality (SD).
Steps
(HOME) (SETTINGS)
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setting [YES]
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HD QUALITY
SD QUALITY
Tips
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You can record, play, or edit movies in the selected image quality only. To record, play, or edit movies in
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another image quality, change this setting.
REC MODE (Recording mode)
Steps
(HOME) (SETTINGS)
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You can select a recording mode to record high definition image quality (HD) movies
from 4 levels. When recording fast moving subject, a high image quality, such as [FH], is
recommended.
HD FH ( )
HD HQ ( )
 HD SP (
)
HD LP ( )
Movies are recorded with AVCHD 1920
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Movies are recorded with AVCHD 1440
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You can select a recording mode to record standard definition image quality (SD)
from 3 levels.
SD HQ ( )
 SD SP (
)
SD LP ( )
Movies are recorded with MPEG2 format.
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(Items for recording movies)
[MOVIE SETTINGS]
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Records, plays, or edits high definition image quality (HD) movies.
Records, plays, or edits standard definition image quality (SD) movies.
[MOVIE SETTINGS]
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Records in the highest quality mode (AVC HD 16M (FH)) *
Records in high quality mode (AVC HD 9M (HQ)) *
Records in standard quality mode (AVC HD 7M (SP)) *
Increases the recording time (Long Play) (AVC HD 5M (LP)) *
1080/50i format.
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1080/50i format.
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Records in high quality mode (SD 9M (HQ)).
Records in standard quality mode (SD 6M (SP)).
Increases the recording time (Long Play) (SD 3M (LP)).
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[ / SET]
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[REC MODE] a desired setting
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a desired
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movies
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