Sony HDR-SR5 - Manual (Page 9)

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Enjoying your camcorder
Operation flow
B Get ready (p. 15).
B Record using your camcorder (p. 27).
• Movies are recorded on the hard disk, and still images are
recorded on either the hard disk or a “Memory Stick Duo.”
• You can select the image quality: HD (high definition) image
quality or SD (standard definition) image quality.
HD (high definition) image quality SD (standard definition) image
quality
AVCHD format
Image resolution: about
4.5
times
of that of SD (standard definition)
image quality
MPEG2 format
Records with SD (standard
definition) image quality.
b Notes
• Your camcorder is compatible with the “1440 × 1080/60i” standard of AVCHD format (p. 99).
“AVCHD 1080i format” is abbreviated as “AVCHD” in this manual, except when it must be
described in more detail.