2.6 SHOOTING VIDEO WITH THE X-T3

Your X-T3 doesn’t just shoot great stills, it is also a powerful video camera with a plethora of features and options that can at first be overwhelming. Let’s take a walk through many of the functions, options, codecs, and settings.

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What you should know about the codecs of the X-T3

Codec is a portmanteau of coder and decoder. It describes an algorithm that encodes and decodes digital video, often compressing it to reduce file size. The X-T3 is the first X-series camera that allows you to choose between two different codecs:

  • MPEG-4-AVC/H.264, named “H.264” in the camera menu
  • MPEG-H HEVC/H.265, named “H.265(HEVC)” in the menu

HEVC, short for “High Efficiency Video Codec,” was developed to reduce ...

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