2. D780 Online Manual
  3. Options for Movie Recording and Editing
  4. Frame Size/Frame Rate and Movie Quality

Frame Size/Frame Rate and Movie Quality

The [Frame size/frame rate] item in the movie shooting menu is used to choose the movie frame size (in pixels) and frame rate. You can also choose from two [Movie quality] options: [High quality] and [Normal]. Together, these options determine the maximum bit rate and recording time, as shown in the following table.

Frame size/frame rate1

Max. bit rate (Mbps)

Max. recording time

High quality

Normal

r

[3840 × 2160; 30p] 2

144

— 3

29 min. 59 s 6

s

[3840 × 2160; 25p] 2

t

[3840 × 2160; 24p] 2

w

[1920 × 1080; 120p] 4, 5

x

[1920 × 1080; 100p] 4, 5

y/y

[1920 × 1080; 60p]

56

28

z/z

[1920 × 1080; 50p]

1/1

[1920 × 1080; 30p]

28

14

2/2

[1920 × 1080; 25p]

3/3

[1920 × 1080; 24p]

A

[1920 × 1080; 30p ×4 (slow-motion)] 4, 5, 7

36

— 3

3 min.

B

[1920 × 1080; 25p ×4 (slow-motion)] 4, 5, 7

C

[1920 × 1080; 24p ×5 (slow-motion)] 4, 5, 7

29

  1. Actual frame rates for values listed as 120p, 60p, 30p, and 24p are respectively 119.88 fps, 59.94 fps, 29.97 fps, and 23.976 fps.

  2. Record movies in 4K UHD.

  3. [Movie quality] fixed at [High quality].

  4. Image area fixed at [FX]; face detection not enabled in [Auto-area AF] AF‑area mode.

  5. Movies shot in l or e mode with 1920 × 1080 120p, 1920 × 1080 100p, or 1920 × 1080 slow-motion selected will be recorded at the following frame sizes and rates:

    • [1920 × 1080; 120p] or [1920 × 1080; 30p ×4 (slow-motion)] selected: recorded at [1920 × 1080; 30p]

    • [1920 × 1080; 100p] or [1920 × 1080; 25p ×4 (slow-motion)] selected: recorded at [1920 × 1080; 25p]

    • [1920 × 1080; 24p ×5 (slow-motion)] selected: recorded at [1920 × 1080; 24p]

  6. Each movie may be recorded across up to 8 files of up to 4 GB each. The number of files and the length of each file vary with the option selected for [Movie quality] in the movie shooting menu. Movies recorded to memory cards formatted in the camera will however be recorded as a single file regardless of size if the card has a capacity over 32 GB.

  7. See “Slow Motion Movies” ( Slow-Motion Movies ).