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Panasonic GX series

Started Dec 15, 2018 | Discussions thread
Chris666666 Regular Member • Posts: 273
Re: Panasonic GX series
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Keithpictures wrote:

What remains a mystery is why Panasonic differentiates the European and American markets - GX80 vs GX85, the same camera. Perhaps it is because they are technically different internal systems, one video system focused on PAL, one on NTSC. That is my guess. Still, it is a marketing blunder. (As is the similarity in naming between the GX line and the G line, which are SLR-style versions, with some spec improvements. There are lots of other letters, Panasonic.)

There is really no technical reason for this. They are neither PAL nor NTSC. It is simply the frame rate which is different. There are many devices, TVs in particular, which are happy with either 25 or 30 fps, and cameras could also handle both - I doubt there is any physical difference between them. It has more to do with marketing and sales - keeping products from being sold in other markets.

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