Canon Digital Video Camcorder FS200 - Manual (Page 35)

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Selecting the Quality of Video
The camcorder offers 3 recording modes (or levels of video quality).
Changing the recording mode will change the recording time available on
the memory. Select XP mode for better movie quality or LP mode for
longer recording times.
See Selecting the Video Quality (Recording Mode), 32 for
approximate recording times.
You need to access the FUNC. menu to select the recording mode, but
the recording mode selected will apply also when the camcorder is set to
Dual Shot.
See Using the Menus, 25 for details about selecting an option from
the FUNC. menu.
1 Set the camcorder to
(recording movies)
mode.
1 Set to . 2 Press .
2 Select the recording
mode.
1 [ STANDARD
PLAY 6 Mbps]
2 Desired recording mode
NOTES
• 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.
FUNC.
FUNC.
Default recording mode