The approach Sony took is uncommon, but it's absolutely compatible. Now there WAS a time you had to know (Ex: PS1/PS2) due to the use of linear power supplies, but the PS4 and PS5 are using the same global power supply across all of the models due to cost. It's more cost-effective for Sony to use the same part, but "localize" it by changing the label; for example, if you were in Japan it would say 100-120V (Japan has a weird power grid with some areas being 100V, others being 120V). As such it's commonplace for the Japanese version to mention this but it's not mentioned in a country like the US where we use 120V. That said, all of the PS5s use the same 100-240V SMPS.[br]
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It's the same as if I buy a Sony camera from the UK/EEA or from another country where I can toggle it to English (without severe lockout like the KR language set) and import it into the US; if I get the original power supply there's one difference: Sony does switch from fixed prongs to a power cord to cut cost with non-US/CAN versions as the UK uses a different plug then Europe because it's cheaper to make them globally modifiable with a copper cable swap and use the same ROW SMPS supply everywhere else yet the US/CAN version has fixed prongs for the same reason. In some places like the UK, they get a European power cord plus the UK cord because it was designated for the EEA. While one cord is guaranteed to be wasted until the buyer travels, it's cheaper for Sony to spin 2 cords and make one version that goes to both the UK and the remainder of the EU/EEA member states. Now, I CAN use the power supply that was bundled with my grey market camera in the US, but I need to go through my wire bin to make it compatible. Otherwise, it's a no harm, no foul "problem" that comes with the grey market that's known to occur.
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Most manufacturers label it 120-240V (others label it 100-240V here but most of the supplies do not label the supply as being 100V capable in countries outside of Japan as it's only really a thing in Japan due to their power grid). What Canon did on that charger is to give you an example of what true "global" labeling looks like. This type of label is far more common compared to what Sony did, but you have to remember Sony is willing to remove your ability to switch languages on their cameras ("J1") to discourage the grey market from buying them (Note: Sony "Overseas" models from the Japan Sony Stores are fully unlocked with all 36 languages) for export outside of the one they sell directly to the customer in Japan when it was new.[br]
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None of this behavior shocks me as Sony has always been a bit petty with things like this (and in the past, a lot more spiteful with things like region locking w/o a modchip and refusing to repair chipped consoles which you HAD TO DO if you wanted to run non-JPN regionalized games on the PS1/PS2) but have come to realize you don't make friends by being a pain in the rear end; just annoy people. These days they still have some hostility about things like the grey market, they mostly stick to petty labeling and things like J1 regionalization where the risks are so well known someone like me in the US knows to ask if it's locked to Japanese, tweaked (or it's the good one which can be used without concern and has all 36 languages present). At least this way we can make an informed decision on the Japan body (anything before 2018 can be tweaked, so 2017 and below are fixable; 2018+ is locked at the factory such you need the service tool to even stand a potential chance to reprogram the camera outside of a board replacement; it may require a new board and sensor calibration to fix now) so while it's doable I avoid Japan for Sony camera bodies for instance and stick to countries like the UK or an EU member state in the EEA as it's hard to know without asking otherwise you are taking an expensive chance. Lenses are a complete non-issue as the lens you buy in Japan will work on a US camera body and be marked the same.
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The approach Sony took is uncommon, but it's compatible. Now, there WAS a time you had to know (Ex, PS1/PS2) due to the use of linear power supplies, but the PS4 and PS5 are using the same global power supply across all models due to cost. It's more cost-effective for Sony to use the same part but "localize" it by changing the label; for example, if you were in Japan, it would say 100-120V (Japan has a weird power grid with some areas being 100V, others being 120V). As such, it's commonplace for the Japanese version to mention this, but it's not mentioned in a country like the US, where we use 120V. That said, all of the PS5s use the same 100-240V SMPS.[br]
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It's the same as if I buy a Sony camera from the UK/EEA or from another country where I can toggle it to English (and it's not the KR camera, which is almost as bad as the J1 but at least offers English), mostly; if I get the original power supply, I DO need to replace the power cord with a US cord since Sony has 2 adapters: US/CAN and ROW for easy regional changes (power cord in box), but I can use it being it's a 100-240V global SMPS supply. The reason they do this for ROW cameras is cost, but fix the plug on the US adapter for cost for similar reasons. How it effectively works is if I buy a UK/EEA camera and import it to the US, it will come with 2 UK plugs, as some areas use one or the other, with an IEC connector compared to the US/CAN fixed prong variant. One cord is likely a waste, but it's cheaper for Sony to include both to avoid the additional cost of sending the correct plug for areas that don't use the traditional UK plug. In this case, it's just a nuisance issue I can solve with my boxes of wires.
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Most manufacturers label it 120-240V in the US (note: Others label it 100-240V here, but it can usually do 100V in Japan if it has to; Japan's power grid is just weird, with some areas being 100V or 120V).
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What Canon did on that charger (as an example) is true "global" labeling. This type of label is far more common than what Sony did, but caution is REQUIRED around buying the camera, for example, given that Sony is willing to lock everything out but Japanese on JDM variants of the body ("J1") to discourage importing not meant to be exported.[br]
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(Note: Sony "Overseas" models from the Japan Sony Stores are fully unlocked with all 36 languages) for export outside of the one they sell directly to the customer in Japan when it was new.
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None of this behavior shocks me as Sony has always been a bit petty with the grey market and makes the things to watch for known, not a liability. They do the usual industry BS like refusing to repair modchipped consoled (despite making it a REQUIREMENT to own a Japanese PS1/2 without hacky nonsense, for example, due to the region lock) but have come to realize you don't make friends by being a pain in the rear end; just annoy people. Sony is still hostile to the grey market, but far less; Nikon took Sony's trophy there tenfold in a lot of ways for the cameras. Consoles have largely been region-free for 10+ years (except the PS2 compatibility layer on the PS3). It's critical with newer Sony bodies you know too since 2018+ can no longer be tweaked by anyone but Sony. Lenses are a complete non-issue as the lens you buy in Japan will work on a US camera body and be marked the same.
The approach Sony took is uncommon, but it's absolutely compatible. Now there WAS a time you had to know (Ex: PS1/PS2) due to the use of linear power supplies, but the PS4 and PS5 are using the same global power supply across all of the models due to cost. It's more cost-effective for Sony to use the same part, but "localize" it by changing the label; for example, if you were in Japan it would say 100-120V because Japan is weird about that due to some areas being 100V with others being 120V; this is normal in Japan to see, as they HAVE to design it to run at 100V due to certain differences in the power grid. The same applies in the US; we're a 120V country, so we get it labeled as 120V but has a 100-240V SMPS.[br]
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It's the same as if I buy a Sony camera from the UK/EEA or from another country where I can toggle it to English (without severe lockout like the KR language set) and import it to the US for example; if I get the power supply there's one difference: Sony does switch from fixed prongs to a power cord to cut cost with non-US/CAN versions as the UK uses a different plug then Europe so it's cheaper to make them globally modifiable with a copper cable swap and use the same ROW SMPS supply everywhere else; some places like the UK they get a European power cord plus a UK cord because it was designated for the EEA and while one cord is wasted it's cheaper for Sony to spin the UK/EEA version that way. Now, I CAN use the power supply that was bundled with my gray camera in the US, but I need to go through my wire bin to make it compatible. No harm, no foul.
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The approach Sony took is uncommon, but it's absolutely compatible. Now there WAS a time you had to know (Ex: PS1/PS2) due to the use of linear power supplies, but the PS4 and PS5 are using the same global power supply across all of the models due to cost. It's more cost-effective for Sony to use the same part, but "localize" it by changing the label; for example, if you were in Japan it would say 100-120V (Japan has a weird power grid with some areas being 100V, others being 120V). As such it's commonplace for the Japanese version to mention this but it's not mentioned in a country like the US where we use 120V. That said, all of the PS5s use the same 100-240V SMPS.[br]
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It's the same as if I buy a Sony camera from the UK/EEA or from another country where I can toggle it to English (without severe lockout like the KR language set) and import it into the US; if I get the original power supply there's one difference: Sony does switch from fixed prongs to a power cord to cut cost with non-US/CAN versions as the UK uses a different plug then Europe because it's cheaper to make them globally modifiable with a copper cable swap and use the same ROW SMPS supply everywhere else yet the US/CAN version has fixed prongs for the same reason. In some places like the UK, they get a European power cord plus the UK cord because it was designated for the EEA. While one cord is guaranteed to be wasted until the buyer travels, it's cheaper for Sony to spin 2 cords and make one version that goes to both the UK and the remainder of the EU/EEA member states. Now, I CAN use the power supply that was bundled with my grey market camera in the US, but I need to go through my wire bin to make it compatible. Otherwise, it's a no harm, no foul "problem" that comes with the grey market that's known to occur.
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Most manufacturers label it 120-240V (others label it 100-240V here but most of the supplies do not disclose the 100V support as it's just only really a thing in Japan due to their power grid). What Canon did on that charger is to give you an example of what true "global" labeling looks like. This is far more common than what you see with Sony but you have to remember Sony is willing to remove your ability to switch languages on their cameras ("J1") to discourage the grey market from buying them from other channels that aren't from Sony where you can only get the "Overseas" 36 language version from new in Japan. This is not new, Sony has always been like this but these days they've mostly realized being overly hostile doesn't work. However, they can still be a little hostile, but it's mostly silly labeling tactics like this and avoidable issues like J1 language protection on the product meant to ONLY be sold in Japan. It does sadly work because for example UNLESS I can verify that a6300 from Japan is the Sony Store "unlocked" variant I don't take chances as the last one you can de-J1 is anything that's released BEFORE 2018 (so 2017 and older); too many of the sellers who will import the stuff here do not tell you if it's J1 or not and it's from 2018-present with J1 you need the Sony service tools to even try to remove the language protection if it's even possible beyond the factory level without a new board for the camera.
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Most manufacturers label it 120-240V (others label it 100-240V here but most of the supplies do not label the supply as being 100V capable in countries outside of Japan as it's only really a thing in Japan due to their power grid). What Canon did on that charger is to give you an example of what true "global" labeling looks like. This type of label is far more common compared to what Sony did, but you have to remember Sony is willing to remove your ability to switch languages on their cameras ("J1") to discourage the grey market from buying them (Note: Sony "Overseas" models from the Japan Sony Stores are fully unlocked with all 36 languages) for export outside of the one they sell directly to the customer in Japan when it was new.[br]
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None of this behavior shocks me as Sony has always been a bit petty with things like this (and in the past, a lot more spiteful with things like region locking w/o a modchip and refusing to repair chipped consoles which you HAD TO DO if you wanted to run non-JPN regionalized games on the PS1/PS2) but have come to realize you don't make friends by being a pain in the rear end; just annoy people. These days they still have some hostility about things like the grey market, they mostly stick to petty labeling and things like J1 regionalization where the risks are so well known someone like me in the US knows to ask if it's locked to Japanese, tweaked (or it's the good one which can be used without concern and has all 36 languages present). At least this way we can make an informed decision on the Japan body (anything before 2018 can be tweaked, so 2017 and below are fixable; 2018+ is locked at the factory such you need the service tool to even stand a potential chance to reprogram the camera outside of a board replacement; it may require a new board and sensor calibration to fix now) so while it's doable I avoid Japan for Sony camera bodies for instance and stick to countries like the UK or an EU member state in the EEA as it's hard to know without asking otherwise you are taking an expensive chance. Lenses are a complete non-issue as the lens you buy in Japan will work on a US camera body and be marked the same.
The approach Sony took is uncommon, but it's absolutely compatible. Now there WAS a time you had to know (Ex: PS1/PS2) due to the use of linear power supplies, but the PS4 and PS5 are using the same global power supply across all of the models due to cost. It's more cost-effective for Sony to use the same part, but "localize" it by changing the label; for example, if you were in Japan it would say 100-120V because Japan is weird about that due to some areas being 100V with others being 120V; this is normal in Japan to see, as they HAVE to design it to run at 100V due to certain differences in the power grid. The same applies in the US; we're a 120V country, so we get it labeled as 120V but has a 100-240V SMPS.[br]
It's the same as if I buy a Sony camera from the UK/EEA or from another country where I can toggle it to English (without severe lockout like the KR language set) and import it to the US for example; if I get the power supply there's one difference: Sony does switch from fixed prongs to a power cord to cut cost with non-US/CAN versions as the UK uses a different plug then Europe so it's cheaper to make them globally modifiable with a copper cable swap and use the same ROW SMPS supply everywhere else; some places like the UK they get a European power cord plus a UK cord because it was designated for the EEA and while one cord is wasted it's cheaper for Sony to spin the UK/EEA version that way. Now, I CAN use the power supply that was bundled with my gray camera in the US, but I need to go through my wire bin to make it compatible. No harm, no foul.
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Most manufacturers label it 120-240V (others label it 100-240V here but do not disclose the 100V support as it's just only really a thing in Japan due to their power grid). What Canon did on that charger is to give you an example of what true "global" labeling looks like. This is far more common than what you see with Sony but you have to remember Sony is willing to remove your ability to switch languages on their cameras ("J1") to discourage the grey market from buying them from other channels that aren't from Sony where you can only get the "Overseas" 36 language version from new in Japan. This is not new, Sony has always been like this but these days they've mostly realized being overly hostile doesn't work. However, they can still be a little hostile, but it's mostly silly labeling tactics like this and avoidable issues like J1 language protection on the product meant to ONLY be sold in Japan. It does sadly work because for example UNLESS I can verify that a6300 from Japan is the Sony Store "unlocked" variant I don't take chances as the last one you can de-J1 is anything that's released BEFORE 2018 (so 2017 and older); too many of the sellers who will import the stuff here do not tell you if it's J1 or not and it's from 2018-present with J1 you need the Sony service tools to even try to remove the language protection if it's even possible beyond the factory level without a new board for the camera.
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Most manufacturers label it 120-240V (others label it 100-240V here but most of the supplies do not disclose the 100V support as it's just only really a thing in Japan due to their power grid). What Canon did on that charger is to give you an example of what true "global" labeling looks like. This is far more common than what you see with Sony but you have to remember Sony is willing to remove your ability to switch languages on their cameras ("J1") to discourage the grey market from buying them from other channels that aren't from Sony where you can only get the "Overseas" 36 language version from new in Japan. This is not new, Sony has always been like this but these days they've mostly realized being overly hostile doesn't work. However, they can still be a little hostile, but it's mostly silly labeling tactics like this and avoidable issues like J1 language protection on the product meant to ONLY be sold in Japan. It does sadly work because for example UNLESS I can verify that a6300 from Japan is the Sony Store "unlocked" variant I don't take chances as the last one you can de-J1 is anything that's released BEFORE 2018 (so 2017 and older); too many of the sellers who will import the stuff here do not tell you if it's J1 or not and it's from 2018-present with J1 you need the Sony service tools to even try to remove the language protection if it's even possible beyond the factory level without a new board for the camera.
The approach Sony took is uncommon, but it's absolutely compatible. Now there WAS a time you had to know (Ex: PS1/PS2) due to the use of linear power supplies, but the PS4 and PS5 are using the same global power supply across all of the models due to cost. It's more cost-effective for Sony to use the same part, but "localize" it by changing the label; for example, if you were in Japan it would say 100-120V because Japan is weird about that due to some areas being 100V with others being 120V; this is normal in Japan to see, as they HAVE to design it to run at 100V due to certain differences in the power grid. The same applies in the US; we're a 120V country, so we get it labeled as 120V but has a 100-240V SMPS.[br]
It's the same as if I buy a Sony camera from the UK/EEA or from another country where I can toggle it to English (without severe lockout like the KR language set) and import it to the US for example; if I get the power supply there's one difference: Sony does switch from fixed prongs to a power cord to cut cost with non-US/CAN versions as the UK uses a different plug then Europe so it's cheaper to make them globally modifiable with a copper cable swap and use the same ROW SMPS supply everywhere else; some places like the UK they get a European power cord plus a UK cord because it was designated for the EEA and while one cord is wasted it's cheaper for Sony to spin the UK/EEA version that way. Now, I CAN use the power supply that was bundled with my gray camera in the US, but I need to go through my wire bin to make it compatible. No harm, no foul.
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However, some manufacturers label it 100-240V (others label it 120-240V here but secretly do not admit the power side is designed for 100V due to the Japanese power grid quirk) like Canon did on that charger to give you an example of what "global" labeling looks like. This is far more common than what you see with Sony but you have to remember Sony is willing to remove your ability to switch languages on their cameras ("J1") to discourage the grey market from buying them from other channels that aren't from Sony where you can only get the "Overseas" 36 language version from new in Japan. This is not new, Sony has always been like this but these days they've mostly realized being overly hostile doesn't work. However, they can still be a little hostile, but it's mostly silly labeling tactics like this and avoidable issues like J1 language protection on the product meant to ONLY be sold in Japan. It does sadly work because for example UNLESS I can verify that a6300 from Japan is the Sony Store "unlocked" variant I don't take chances as the last one you can de-J1 is anything that's released BEFORE 2018 (so 2017 and older); too many of the sellers who will import the stuff here do not tell you if it's J1 or not and it's from 2018-present with J1 you need the Sony service tools to even try to remove the language protection if it's even possible beyond the factory level without a new board for the camera.
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Most manufacturers label it 120-240V (others label it 100-240V here but do not disclose the 100V support as it's just only really a thing in Japan due to their power grid). What Canon did on that charger is to give you an example of what true "global" labeling looks like. This is far more common than what you see with Sony but you have to remember Sony is willing to remove your ability to switch languages on their cameras ("J1") to discourage the grey market from buying them from other channels that aren't from Sony where you can only get the "Overseas" 36 language version from new in Japan. This is not new, Sony has always been like this but these days they've mostly realized being overly hostile doesn't work. However, they can still be a little hostile, but it's mostly silly labeling tactics like this and avoidable issues like J1 language protection on the product meant to ONLY be sold in Japan. It does sadly work because for example UNLESS I can verify that a6300 from Japan is the Sony Store "unlocked" variant I don't take chances as the last one you can de-J1 is anything that's released BEFORE 2018 (so 2017 and older); too many of the sellers who will import the stuff here do not tell you if it's J1 or not and it's from 2018-present with J1 you need the Sony service tools to even try to remove the language protection if it's even possible beyond the factory level without a new board for the camera.
The approach Sony took is uncommon, but it's absolutely compatible. Now there WAS a time you had to know (Ex: PS1/PS2) due to the use of linear power supplies, but the PS4 and PS5 are using the same global power supply across all of the models due to cost. It's more cost-effective for Sony to use the same part, but "localize" it by changing the label; for example, if you were in Japan it would say 100-120V because Japan is weird about that due to some areas being 100V with others being 120V; this is normal in Japan to see, as they HAVE to design it to run at 100V due to certain differences in the power grid. The same applies in the US; we're a 120V country, so we get it labeled as 120V but has a 100-240V SMPS.
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The approach Sony took is uncommon, but it's absolutely compatible. Now there WAS a time you had to know (Ex: PS1/PS2) due to the use of linear power supplies, but the PS4 and PS5 are using the same global power supply across all of the models due to cost. It's more cost-effective for Sony to use the same part, but "localize" it by changing the label; for example, if you were in Japan it would say 100-120V because Japan is weird about that due to some areas being 100V with others being 120V; this is normal in Japan to see, as they HAVE to design it to run at 100V due to certain differences in the power grid. The same applies in the US; we're a 120V country, so we get it labeled as 120V but has a 100-240V SMPS.[br]
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It's the same as if I buy a Sony camera from the UK/EEA or from another country where I can toggle it to English (without severe lockout like the KR language set) and import it to the US for example; if I get the power supply there's one difference: Sony does switch from fixed prongs to a power cord to cut cost with non-US/CAN versions as the UK uses a different plug then Europe so it's cheaper to make them globally modifiable with a copper cable swap and use the same ROW SMPS supply everywhere else; some places like the UK they get a European power cord plus a UK cord because it was designated for the EEA and while one cord is wasted it's cheaper for Sony to spin the UK/EEA version that way. Now, I CAN use the power supply that was bundled with my gray camera in the US, but I need to go through my wire bin to make it compatible. No harm, no foul.
However, some manufacturers label it 100-240V (others label it 120-240V here but secretly do not admit the power side is designed for 100V due to the Japanese power grid quirk) like Canon did on that charger to give you an example of what "global" labeling looks like. This is far more common than what you see with Sony but you have to remember Sony is willing to remove your ability to switch languages on their cameras ("J1") to discourage the grey market from buying them from other channels that aren't from Sony where you can only get the "Overseas" 36 language version from new in Japan. This is not new, Sony has always been like this but these days they've mostly realized being overly hostile doesn't work. However, they can still be a little hostile, but it's mostly silly labeling tactics like this and avoidable issues like J1 language protection on the product meant to ONLY be sold in Japan. It does sadly work because for example UNLESS I can verify that a6300 from Japan is the Sony Store "unlocked" variant I don't take chances as the last one you can de-J1 is anything that's released BEFORE 2018 (so 2017 and older); too many of the sellers who will import the stuff here do not tell you if it's J1 or not and it's from 2018-present with J1 you need the Sony service tools to even try to remove the language protection if it's even possible beyond the factory level without a new board for the camera.
The approach Sony took is uncommon, but it's absolutely compatible. Now there WAS a time you had to know (Ex: PS1/PS2) due to the use of linear power supplies, but the PS4 and PS5 are using the same global power supply across all of the models due to cost. It's more cost-effective for Sony to use the same part, but "localize" it by changing the label; for example, if you were in Japan it would say 100-120V because Japan is weird about that due to some areas being 100V with others being 120V; this is normal in Japan to see, as they HAVE to design it to run at 100V due to certain differences in the power grid. The same applies in the US; we're a 120V country, so we get it labeled as 120V but has a 100-240V SMPS.
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However, some manufacturers label it 100-240V (others label it 120-240V here but secretly do not admit the power side is designed for 100V due to the Japanese power grid quirk) like Canon did on that charger to give you an example of what "global" labeling looks like. This is far more common than what you see with Sony but you have to remember Sony is willing to remove your ability to switch languages on their cameras ("J1") to discourage the grey market from buying them from other channels that aren't from Sony where you can only get the "Overseas" 36 language version from new in Japan. This is not new, Sony has always been like this but these days they've mostly realized being overly hostile doesn't work. However, they can still be a little hostile, but it's silly labeling tactics like this and language protection on the product meant to ONLY be sold in Japan. It does sadly work because for example UNLESS I can verify that a6300 from Japan is the Sony Store "unlocked" variant I don't take chances as the last one you can de-J1 is anything that's released BEFORE 2018 (so 2017 and older); too many of the sellers who will import the stuff here do not tell you if it's J1 or not and it's from 2018-present with J1 you need the Sony service tools to even try to remove the language protection if it's even possible beyond the factory level without a new board for the camera.
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However, some manufacturers label it 100-240V (others label it 120-240V here but secretly do not admit the power side is designed for 100V due to the Japanese power grid quirk) like Canon did on that charger to give you an example of what "global" labeling looks like. This is far more common than what you see with Sony but you have to remember Sony is willing to remove your ability to switch languages on their cameras ("J1") to discourage the grey market from buying them from other channels that aren't from Sony where you can only get the "Overseas" 36 language version from new in Japan. This is not new, Sony has always been like this but these days they've mostly realized being overly hostile doesn't work. However, they can still be a little hostile, but it's mostly silly labeling tactics like this and avoidable issues like J1 language protection on the product meant to ONLY be sold in Japan. It does sadly work because for example UNLESS I can verify that a6300 from Japan is the Sony Store "unlocked" variant I don't take chances as the last one you can de-J1 is anything that's released BEFORE 2018 (so 2017 and older); too many of the sellers who will import the stuff here do not tell you if it's J1 or not and it's from 2018-present with J1 you need the Sony service tools to even try to remove the language protection if it's even possible beyond the factory level without a new board for the camera.
The approach Sony took is uncommon, but it's absolutely compatible. Now there WAS a time you had to know (Ex: PS1/PS2) due to the use of linear power supplies, but the PS4 and PS5 are using the same global power supply across all of the models due to cost. It's more cost-effective for Sony to use the same part, but "localize" it by changing the label; for example, if you were in Japan it would say 100-120V because Japan is weird about that due to some areas being 100V with others being 120V; this is normal in Japan to see, as they HAVE to design it to run at 100V due to certain differences in the power grid. The same applies in the US; we're a 120V country, so we get it labeled as 120V but has a 100-240V SMPS.
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However, some manufacturers label it 100-240V (others label it 120-240V here but secretly do not admit the power side is designed for 100V due to the Japanese power grid quirk) like Canon did on that charger to give you an example of what "global" labeling looks like. This is far more common than what you see with Sony but you have to remember Sony is willing to remove your ability to switch languages on their cameras ("J1") to discourage the grey market from buying them from other channels that aren't from Sony where you can only get the "Overseas" 36 language version from new in Japan. This is not new, Sony has always been like this but these days they've mostly realized being overly hostile doesn't work. However, they can still be a little hostile, but it's silly labeling tactics like this and language protection on the product meant to ONLY be sold in Japan. It does sadly work because for example UNLESS I can verify that a6300 from Japan is the Sony Store "unlocked" variant I don't take chances; too many of the sellers who will import the stuff here do not tell you if it's J1 or not.
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However, some manufacturers label it 100-240V (others label it 120-240V here but secretly do not admit the power side is designed for 100V due to the Japanese power grid quirk) like Canon did on that charger to give you an example of what "global" labeling looks like. This is far more common than what you see with Sony but you have to remember Sony is willing to remove your ability to switch languages on their cameras ("J1") to discourage the grey market from buying them from other channels that aren't from Sony where you can only get the "Overseas" 36 language version from new in Japan. This is not new, Sony has always been like this but these days they've mostly realized being overly hostile doesn't work. However, they can still be a little hostile, but it's silly labeling tactics like this and language protection on the product meant to ONLY be sold in Japan. It does sadly work because for example UNLESS I can verify that a6300 from Japan is the Sony Store "unlocked" variant I don't take chances as the last one you can de-J1 is anything that's released BEFORE 2018 (so 2017 and older); too many of the sellers who will import the stuff here do not tell you if it's J1 or not and it's from 2018-present with J1 you need the Sony service tools to even try to remove the language protection if it's even possible beyond the factory level without a new board for the camera.
The approach Sony took is uncommon, but it's absolutely compatible. Now there WAS a time you had to know (Ex: PS1/PS2) due to the use of linear power supplies, but the PS4 and PS5 are using the same global power supply across all of the models due to cost. It's more cost-effective for Sony to use the same part, but "localize" it by changing the label; for example, if you were in Japan it would say 100-120V because Japan is weird about that due to some areas being 100V with others being 120V; this is normal in Japan to see, as they HAVE to design it to run at 100V due to certain differences in the power grid. The same applies in the US; we're a 120V country, so we get it labeled as 120V.
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The approach Sony took is uncommon, but it's absolutely compatible. Now there WAS a time you had to know (Ex: PS1/PS2) due to the use of linear power supplies, but the PS4 and PS5 are using the same global power supply across all of the models due to cost. It's more cost-effective for Sony to use the same part, but "localize" it by changing the label; for example, if you were in Japan it would say 100-120V because Japan is weird about that due to some areas being 100V with others being 120V; this is normal in Japan to see, as they HAVE to design it to run at 100V due to certain differences in the power grid. The same applies in the US; we're a 120V country, so we get it labeled as 120V but has a 100-240V SMPS.
However, some manufacturers label it 100-240V (others label it 120-240V here but secretly do not admit the power side is designed for 100V due to the Japanese power grid quirk) like Canon did on that charger to give you an example of what "global" labeling looks like. This is far more common than what you see with Sony but you have to remember Sony is willing to remove your ability to switch languages on their cameras ("J1") to discourage the grey market from buying them from other channels that aren't from Sony where you can only get the "Overseas" 36 language version from new in Japan. This is not new, Sony has always been like this but these days they've mostly realized being overly hostile doesn't work. However, they can still be a little hostile, but it's silly labeling tactics like this and language protection on the product meant to ONLY be sold in Japan. It does sadly work because for example UNLESS I can verify that a6300 from Japan is the Sony Store "unlocked" variant I don't take chances; too many of the sellers who will import the stuff here do not tell you if it's J1 or not.
The approach Sony took is uncommon, but it's absolutely compatible. Now there WAS a time you had to know (Ex: PS1/PS2) due to the use of linear power supplies, but the PS4 and PS5 are using the same global power supply across all of the models due to cost. It's more cost-effective for Sony to use the same part, but "localize" it by changing the label; for example, if you were in Japan it would say 100-120V because Japan is weird about that due to some areas being 100V with others being 120V; this is normal in Japan to see, as they HAVE to design it to run at 100V due to certain differences in the power grid. The same applies in the US; we're a 120V country, so we get it labeled as 120V.
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However, some manufacturers label it 100-240V (others label it 120-240V here but secretly do not admit the power side is designed for 100V due to the Japanese power grid quirk) like Canon did on that charger to give you an example of what "global" labeling looks like. This is far more common than what you see with Sony but you have to remember Sony is willing to remove your ability to switch languages on their cameras ("J1") to discourage the grey market from buying them from other channels that aren't from Sony where you can only get the "Overseas" 36 language version from new in Japan. This is not new, Sony has always been like this but these days they've mostly realized being overly hostile doesn't work. However, they can still be a little hostile, but it's silly labeling tactics like this and language protection on the product meant to ONLY be sold in Japan.
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However, some manufacturers label it 100-240V (others label it 120-240V here but secretly do not admit the power side is designed for 100V due to the Japanese power grid quirk) like Canon did on that charger to give you an example of what "global" labeling looks like. This is far more common than what you see with Sony but you have to remember Sony is willing to remove your ability to switch languages on their cameras ("J1") to discourage the grey market from buying them from other channels that aren't from Sony where you can only get the "Overseas" 36 language version from new in Japan. This is not new, Sony has always been like this but these days they've mostly realized being overly hostile doesn't work. However, they can still be a little hostile, but it's silly labeling tactics like this and language protection on the product meant to ONLY be sold in Japan. It does sadly work because for example UNLESS I can verify that a6300 from Japan is the Sony Store "unlocked" variant I don't take chances; too many of the sellers who will import the stuff here do not tell you if it's J1 or not.
The approach Sony took is uncommon, but it's absolutely compatible. Now there WAS a time you had to know (Ex: PS1/PS2) due to the use of linear power supplies, but the PS4 and PS5 are using the same global power supply across all of the models due to cost. It's more cost-effective for Sony to use the same part, but "localize" it by changing the label; for example, if you were in Japan it would say 100-120V because Japan is weird about that due to some areas being 100V with others being 120V; this is normal in Japan to see, as they HAVE to design it to run at 100V due to certain differences in the power grid. The same applies in the US; we're a 120V country, so we get it labeled as 120V.
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However, some manufacturers label it 100-240V like Canon did on that charger to give you an example of what "global" labeling looks like. This is far more common than what you see with Sony but you have to remember Sony is willing to remove your ability to switch languages on their cameras ("J1") to discourage the grey market from buying them from other channels that aren't from Sony where you can only get the "Overseas" 36 language version from new in Japan. This is not new, Sony has always been like this but these days they've mostly realized being overly hostile doesn't work. However, they can still be a little hostile, but it's silly labeling tactics like this and language protection on the product meant to ONLY be sold in Japan.
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However, some manufacturers label it 100-240V (others label it 120-240V here but secretly do not admit the power side is designed for 100V due to the Japanese power grid quirk) like Canon did on that charger to give you an example of what "global" labeling looks like. This is far more common than what you see with Sony but you have to remember Sony is willing to remove your ability to switch languages on their cameras ("J1") to discourage the grey market from buying them from other channels that aren't from Sony where you can only get the "Overseas" 36 language version from new in Japan. This is not new, Sony has always been like this but these days they've mostly realized being overly hostile doesn't work. However, they can still be a little hostile, but it's silly labeling tactics like this and language protection on the product meant to ONLY be sold in Japan.
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The approach Sony took is uncommon, but it's absolutely compatible. Now there WAS a time you had to know (Ex: PS1/PS2) due to the use of linear power supplies, but the PS4 and PS5 are using the same global power supply across all of the models due to cost. It's more cost-effective for Sony to use the same part, but "localize" it by changing the label; for example, if you were in Japan it would say 100-120V because Japan is weird about that due to some areas being 100V with others being 120V; this is normal in Japan to see, as they HAVE to design it to run at 100V due to certain differences in the power grid. The same applies in the US; we're a 120V country, so we get it labeled as 120V.
However, some manufacturers label it 100-240V like Canon did on that charger to give you an example of what "global" labeling looks like. This is far more common than what you see with Sony but you have to remember Sony is willing to remove your ability to switch languages on their cameras ("J1") to discourage the grey market from buying them from other channels that aren't from Sony where you can only get the "Overseas" 36 language version from new in Japan. This is not new, Sony has always been like this but these days they've mostly realized being overly hostile doesn't work. However, they can still be a little hostile, but it's silly labeling tactics like this and language protection on the product meant to ONLY be sold in Japan.