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Originally Posted by Hans Ledel
What I don´t understand is that when you can get 16GB cards now, why the low bitrate 13 Mbps ?
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Actually 13 Mbps isn't low. It's the best of all recording settings that Panasonic uses throughout their AVCHD line (the others being 9 Mbps and 6 Mbps). Remember, this camcorder is an
addition to their AVCHD camcorder family, not a
departure. That means you can't reasonably expect them to make a radical change to their established AVCHD recording bitrates.
The format spec allows up to 24 Mbps; most likely we'll see that in an AVC Intra codec on a later, higher-end Panasonic camcorder. For now, there's nothing wrong with 13 Mbps as the best recording setting for this and other Panasonic AVCHD camcorders. It's right in line with 15 Mbps on some HDD-based AVCHD camcorders and 12 Mbps on some disc-based AVCHD camcorders. Hope this helps,