Recording Images With The Selected Image Quality; Selecting The Image Quality Of Movies (Recording Mode) - Sony Handycam HDR-CX260V Operating Manual

Recording images
with the selected
image quality
Selecting the image quality of
movies (Recording mode)
You can switch the recording mode to
select the movie quality when recording
high definition image quality (HD)
movies. The recording time (p. 75) or the
type of media device to which the images
can be copied may change, depending on
the recording mode selected. ([Standard
] is the default setting.)
Notes
[60p Quality

[ Frame Rate] is set to [60p].
1
Select
Size]  [
2
Select the desired recording
mode.
appears on a medium icon if a movie

recorded with the selected recording mode
cannot be copied on that medium.
US
0
] can be set only when the
 [Image Quality/
REC Mode].
Recording mode and the media
devices to which the images can be
copied
Types of media
On this camcorder
Internal recording
media
* 2
Memory card
On external devices
External media
(USB storage
devices)
Blu-ray discs
AVCHD
recording discs
[60p Quality ] can be set only when the
* 1
[ Frame Rate] is set to [60p].
HDR-CX260V/CX580V/PJ260/PJ260V/PJ580/
* 2
PJ580V/PJ600/PJ600V/XR260V
On image quality
The image quality and the bit-rate for each
recording mode can be set as follows.
("M, " such as in "24M, " means "Mbps. " )
For the high definition image quality (HD)
movies
]: 1920  1080/60p quality,
[60p Quality

AVC HD 28M (PS)
[Highest Quality

1920  1080/24p
quality, AVC HD 24M (FX)
* 1
]: 1920  1080/60i or 1920
[High Quality

 1080/24p
quality, AVC HD 17M (FH)
* 1
]: 1440  1080/60i quality, AVC
[Standard

HD 9M (HQ)
* 2
]: 1440  1080/60i quality,
[Long Time

AVC HD 5M (LP)
Recording mode
FH/
PS FX
* 1
HQ/LP
— —
]: 1920  1080/60i or