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T5i to T6i video bit rate worse? What the heck!? Why?

Started Feb 22, 2016 | Discussions thread
OP Christopher2222 Regular Member • Posts: 234
Re: T5i to T6i video bit rate worse? What the heck!? Why?

I think I found my own answer.

T6 records in mp4 format while T5 records in mov format. mov files can be 10x as large. mp4 files are much smaller and therefore don't need as high a bit rate transfer for exactly the same lossy compression settings.

Overall there is no quality loss. mp4 is just compressed better and doesn't need a higher transfer rate.

There are people who have gone to Nikon and Sony over this issue when they were considering the T6 because of this youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7mrckV4MrI

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