Sony HDR-CX550V Handycam® Handbook - Page 28
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Tips You can record, play, or edit movies in the selected image quality only. To record, play, or edit movies in another image quality, change this setting. Selecting the recording mode You can select a recording mode to record the high definition image quality (HD) movies from 4 levels. The recording time of the media is changed depending on recording mode. Long time recording High quality recording Touch (MENU) [Show others] [ REC MODE] (under [SHOOTING SET] category). Touch a desired setting. If you want to record high quality images with the high definition image quality (HD), select the FX or FH mode. If you want to record longer movies, select the LP mode. Touch . Notes You cannot create an AVCHD disc from a movie recorded with [HD FX] mode of [ REC MODE]. Save a movie recorded with [HD FX] mode onto Blu-ray discs or external storage devices (p. 57). US 28 Tips Movies are recorded with AVCHD 1920 1080/60i format when the FX or FH mode of the high definition image quality (HD) is selected. And when the HQ or LP mode of the high definition image quality (HD) is selected, movies are recorded with AVCHD 1440 1080/60i format. Movies are recorded with MPEG-2 format when the standard image quality (STD) is selected. You can select the following high definition image quality (HD) recording mode. "24M" of [HD FX] is the maximum bit-rate, and the value other than of [HD FX], such as "17M," is an average bit-rate. [HD FX] (AVC HD 24M (FX)) [HD FH] (AVC HD 17M (FH)) [HD HQ] (AVC HD 9M (HQ)) (the default setting) [HD LP] (AVC HD 5M (LP)) The recording mode of the standard image quality (STD) is limited to the following value. "9M" is an average bit-rate. [STD HQ] (STD 9M (HQ)) "M," such as in "24M," means "Mbps." Prioritizing the subject When [FACE DETECTION] (p. 77) is set to [ON] (the default setting), and several faces are detected, touch the face you want to record as priority. Focus/color/exposure are adjusted automatically for the selected face. Since the face you touched has priority also with the Smile Shutter function, your camcorder records a photo automatically when it detects the smiling face.