Recording Video - Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200 User Manual

Recording Video

The Panasonic Lumix FZ200 delivers outstanding video quality.
If you shoot in the highest quality mode of AVCHD with 28Mbps data
rate at 1080p the image quality is really comparable to "pro-sumer"
camcorders costing much more.
With version 10 of iMovie and version 10 of Final Cut Pro for the Apple
Mac the native editing of Panasonic AVCHD files is now supported
without the need for intermediate conversion to an Apple friendly file
such as Quicktime. This means that FZ200 users can now edit 1080p
AVCHD files.
There is still the option is to use the MP4 format, which has a slightly
lower bit rate of 20Mbps and this is more suited to less powerful
computers.
Panasonic refer to their recording qualities by the names of:
Quality Size, Bit Rate and Frame Rate
PSH 1080 AVCHD progressive 28Mbps 50/60 fps
FSH 1080 AVCHD interlaced
SH 720 AVCHD progressive 17Mbps 25/30 fps
FHD 1080 MP4 20Mbps 25/30 fps
HD 720 MP4 10Mbps 25/30 fps
VGA 640x480 4Mbps 25/30 fps
These all relate to the "normal" video modes and not the 100/120 or
200/240 fps high speed manual movie modes.
Video "Rec Mode" and "Rec Quality" are both adjusted in the "Motion
Picture" tab of the "Rec Setup" menu page.
17Mbps 50/60 fps
Motion Picture Record Mode
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