Sam Clayton
January 25th, 2009, 05:24 AM
Hello everyone
I learned much in my time browsing these forums as a guest and have yet to encounter a problem that I couldn't solve with a search.......until today!
I am nearing the end of shooting a short horror film on a dvx 100A I got second hand a month ago. Its my first proper effort and its been a real challenge so far, much harder than I expected but we are close to finishing now and plan on entering the film to a horror film festival on Jan 31.
A couple of days ago I captured some footage and tried to eject the tape but it was stuck in the deck. I closed it up and tried again but same thing happened. The tape can rewind, play and record/capture normally but will not pull free when I try to remove it. It is loose and comes up about half a centimetre/ quarter of an inch when I open it up but then it snags. Its as if the tape itself is somehow trapped. It reminds me of when a VCR player chews up a video tape and it wont come free when you eject.
Can anyone advise me on this problem? Is it something I can fix myself or will I need to send off for repair? How much is this likely to cost?
My situation is that there are 2 short scenes left to complete the film, will I get away with filming these on the jammed tape without damaging my camera (ive already filmed one other like this and its captured ok and camera seems fine). We’ve all worked so hard on it and it would be a real demoraliser to send the camera off for repair and miss the submission deadline.
Thanks for any help!
Sam
I learned much in my time browsing these forums as a guest and have yet to encounter a problem that I couldn't solve with a search.......until today!
I am nearing the end of shooting a short horror film on a dvx 100A I got second hand a month ago. Its my first proper effort and its been a real challenge so far, much harder than I expected but we are close to finishing now and plan on entering the film to a horror film festival on Jan 31.
A couple of days ago I captured some footage and tried to eject the tape but it was stuck in the deck. I closed it up and tried again but same thing happened. The tape can rewind, play and record/capture normally but will not pull free when I try to remove it. It is loose and comes up about half a centimetre/ quarter of an inch when I open it up but then it snags. Its as if the tape itself is somehow trapped. It reminds me of when a VCR player chews up a video tape and it wont come free when you eject.
Can anyone advise me on this problem? Is it something I can fix myself or will I need to send off for repair? How much is this likely to cost?
My situation is that there are 2 short scenes left to complete the film, will I get away with filming these on the jammed tape without damaging my camera (ive already filmed one other like this and its captured ok and camera seems fine). We’ve all worked so hard on it and it would be a real demoraliser to send the camera off for repair and miss the submission deadline.
Thanks for any help!
Sam