The Sony DSR-PDX10. The even higher-end version of the already prosumer TRV950. It records DVCAM, which was a variant of the DV spec targeted at the entry level professional market. From what I've been able to research, the only major difference was that it used "locked audio" and a wider track pitch so that editing was frame accurate with perfectly synchronized sound, both essential for professionals and news equipment. Otherwise it used the same compression, same bitrates, same audio quality, same chrome subsampling (4:1:1 for NTSC, 4:2:0 for PAL), everything else was the same. Well, they also had larger tapes. But as I discovered, this camcorder is too small to take those larger tapes - so the ones I ordered already to go with this camcorder will have to sit on a shelf for a year or so until I get something that does take the larger tapes.
Since it only takes the small tapes but needs wider tracks and more accuracy, in DVCAM mode a 60-minute tape becomes a 40-minute tape. They made slightly longer miniDV tapes, but I believe only up to 63 minutes or so, which would equate to 42 minutes in DVCAM mode. Not fantastic, but better than the 30 minutes of VHS-C, I guess? But that's not a great bar for things to be at. I suppose the locked audio and frame-perfect editing were enough of a benefit for a camcorder like this to make sense to professionals anyways? I mean, they slapped an XLR amp on top of the thing, so that must have been the primary selling point. It originally shipped with a shotgun mic as well, but mine was lacking it. I could find the exact mic on eBay for $50 if I really wanted it. The camcorder has internal mics that sound just fine, though.
You take the lens hood and XLR attachments off and switch it into standard DV mode and this thing really is just the TRV950 without the weird bluetooth functionality and it's grey now. Which, hey, is cool enough for me. It didn't come with the clip on lens cover though so I definitely got ripped off.