Designed to comply with the pin-out of Sony's discontinued XC-55BB camera, Sony's new two piece, black and white progressive scan video camera - the XC-56BB - incorporates a 1/3-type progressive scan CCD that produces detailed, VGA resolution image (647 x 493 pixels) at a high frame rate (30 frame per second/60 frames per second binned). Designed in a miniature body, the new XC-56BB camera inherits all the outstanding features of the XC-56 camera, but it is "form fitted" to the XC-55BB camera body.
| Model | XC-56BB |
| Resolution | 659 X 494 |
| CCD Sensor | 1/3 type Progressive Scan CCD |
| Pixel Size | 7.4 x 7.4 µm |
| Sync | Internal/External (automatically switched according to input signal) |
| Video Output | 1.0 Vp-p, sync. Negative, 75 ohms, unbalanced |
| Max Frame Rate | 30 fps / 60 fps binning |
| Shutter | External Trigger Shutter: ¼ to 1/100,000 s |
| S/N Ratio | 58 dB |
| Gain | Fix/Manual |
| Gamma | 1 (fixed) |
| Lens Mount | C Mount |
| Operating Temp | -5 to 45°C |
| Power | +12 V DC (range: +10.5 to 15V), 2.2 W |
| Dimensions | 22 x 22 x 30 mm |
| Weight | 40g |
