User's Manual

86  Video
NOTES
• Movies recorded in MXP mode cannot be saved on AVCHD discs. Use
an external Blu-ray Disc recorder to copy MXP movies onto Blu-ray
discs or use the supplied software VideoBrowser to create AVCHD
discs*.
• The camcorder uses a variable bit rate (VBR) to encode video so the
actual recording times will vary depending on the content of the scenes.
• The camcorder retains the last setting used even if you set the cam-
corder to mode.
* MXP scenes will be converted to an image quality similar to that of FXP scenes.
[FUNC.] 8 [MENU] 8 8 8 [Recording Mode] 8
Desired recording mode 8 [a]
Approximate recording times
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Default value
1
Recorded in 1,920 x 1,080 resolution. Movies recorded using other recording
modes are recorded in 1,440 x 1,080 resolution.
2
At the time of purchase, the built-in memory contains about 70 MB
of music files (background music) and 5 MB of image files (image mix frames).
3
A single scene can be recorded continuously for 12 hours; at that point, the
camcorder will stop for about 3 seconds before resuming recording.
Recording mode →
MXP
1
FXP
1
XP+ SP
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LP
Memory ↓
4 GB Memory card
20 min. 30 min. 40 min. 1 hr.
10 min.
1 hr.
30 min.
8 GB Memory card
40 min. 1 hr. 1 hr.
25 min.
2 hr.
20 min.
3 hr.
16 GB Memory card/
Built-in memory
2
1 hr.
25 min.
2 hr.
5 min.
2 hr.
50 min.
4 hr.
45 min.
6 hr.
5 min.
32 GB Memory card/
Built-in memory
2
2 hr.
55 min.
4 hr.
10 min.
5 hr.
45 min.
9 hr.
35 min.
12 hr.
15 min.
3
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