Difference between 10 pin camera cable and 26 pin.

[Chuck Pullen]

I think you are going to need to give some more info Andrew. Cameras, cables, length, application, etc… and you’ll get some good answers.

Chuck

[Andrew Rendell]

It’s not really an answerable question without knowing which pieces of equipment these cables are going to connect and what functionality you’re expecting to have.

I don’t know if this is of use to you https://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~shahnam/CLSPEC.pdf

[Andrew Morales]

The studio cameras are Sony DXC-M7 and the control boxes are CCU-M7. The control boxes have both 10 and 26 pin inputs and the cameras have both 10 and 26 pin outputs. From what I have researched the 10 pin cables cost significantly less and supply power to the camera and video from.

Hope this helps!

[Tim Ward]

The M7 is 26-pin only. The “10-pin” connector you refer to is probably the 8-pin Remote connector used for the RM-7 remote control panel, or paint box. For studio use (connecting to a CCU), you need the 26-pin (CCZ) cables. These cameras are analog, so you don’t need the “digital”-labeled cables, unless they’re cheaper.

There may be an alternative that uses the RM-7 instead of the CCU, bundled with a coax cable for genlock, a 4-pin XLR cable for power, a 3-pin XLR cable for beltpack-intercom, another coax cable for a teleprompter, and yet another coax cable for the camera’s composite video output, a 2-conductor cable that drives the add-on tally light that you’ll have to purchase/build to put on the camera (since you can’t use the built-in light)…I may have left out one or two others, but it’s a mess and the cost savings may not be that great compared to just purchasing 26-pin CCZ cables, which you might be able to find in good shape on eBay.

[Andrew Morales]

Both have 10 pin inputs!!! I shouldn’t have to buy CCZ cables!

[Tim Ward]

Sorry about the confusion Andrew…I read the wrong thing regarding the RM-7 – it IS a 10-pin connector (not 8-pin), as I just verified with one in my hand. That connector you highlight is for the RM-7, NOT for connecting the camera to the CCU. My above post is correct, except the 8/10-pin part.

[Tim Ward]

I forgot to add that the RM-7 can be used directly with the DXC-M7 or to extend the CCU-M7’s controls to another location, such as a camera shader’s position.

[Andrew Morales]

But, the camera cannot connect to the CCU via 10 pin is what you are saying. Is that correct?

[Tim Ward]

[Andrew Morales] “But, the camera cannot connect to the CCU via 10 pin is what you are saying. Is that correct?
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Yes, correct. It’s only used to connect to an outboard device like the RM-7.

[Andrew Morales]

Ok. Could you tell me if there is a place where I could find some type of connection for a 4-pin XLR DC cable? Where one end goes into a wall outlet and the other into the camera.