Techniquest
Veteran Member
I know it's not photography, but with a lack of a videography section this is the most relevant place to put it.
On my Sony HC37E I recently found the audio recording bit on the menu whilst having a look through it randomly. There's the default 12-bit audio recording and a 16-bit recording. I've had it set to the latter all year but I can't tell if it's actually better when playing it back.
So my query is this:
Is 16-bit audio recording actually better than 12-bit audio recording?
Logically it should be, but is it? Recordings using this audio recording shows a music symbol (lower d-shape) followed by 16b, so obviously it's supposed to come on to tell you this fact.
Any ideas ladies and gentlemen?
On my Sony HC37E I recently found the audio recording bit on the menu whilst having a look through it randomly. There's the default 12-bit audio recording and a 16-bit recording. I've had it set to the latter all year but I can't tell if it's actually better when playing it back.
So my query is this:
Is 16-bit audio recording actually better than 12-bit audio recording?
Logically it should be, but is it? Recordings using this audio recording shows a music symbol (lower d-shape) followed by 16b, so obviously it's supposed to come on to tell you this fact.
Any ideas ladies and gentlemen?