Sony PXW-X70 vs X70C

[Peik Henrichson]

Anybody who could tell me what the C means in Sony PXW-X70C? Is it the same camcorder as X70?

[Paul Anderegg]

PAL version?

[Peik Henrichson]

There is usually an E (not C) to indicate that it´s a PAL version of a camcorder. E as in European, I suppose. Sometimes I have also seen a P on the PAL version, but never a C

[Mark Watson]

I see three vendors for the C model are Italy, Spain and Finland. According to Wikipedia, these countries used to be PAL, but have changed to NTSC. So possibly they can switch between PAL/NTSC frame rates in the camera menu or possibly it's the list of languages that the menu uses.

Mark

[Steve Game]

Originally Posted by Mark Watson

I see three vendors for the C model are Italy, Spain and Finland. According to Wikipedia, these countries used to be PAL, but have changed to NTSC.....Mark

Really! In what way have they 'changed to NTSC'?

[Mark Watson]

LOL! Steve, you got me there! Okay so... they dropped PAL as a transmission standard and went to something called DVB-T for terrestrial broadcasting. Yeah, what was I thinking? (why would anybody switch from PAL to NTSC this late in the game). So, that would not have any affect on camera types.

Mark

[Paul Anderegg]

The USA dropped NTSC too, went to ATSC......I think the DVB stuff is 49.95 frames per second? :)

Paul