Josh Bass
October 23rd, 2004, 06:21 PM
XL1s here.
I've had this little problem recently where, while rewinding in the camera, sometimes fast forwarding, as I watch the timecode numbers roll back, or forward, they sort "blink" on and off, erratically. I know I have continuous timecode, so it's not that I'm rewinding/fast forwarding past parts that have no timecode on them. Today, when trying to capture something, the tape couldn't cue to the in point of my first clip, because every time it would start rewinding, and really get going, the timecode would just "disappear," which made it immediately stop rewinding and try again. I cancelled the capture, pushed stop and rewind myself, and it did the same thing. I ejected the tape, no pieces of tape hanging out, and put in my head cleaner, put the other tape back in, and now it's a little better, though the timecode readout still flickers on and off. What's going on here? Major or minor?
Some answers to questions I predict:
Yes, I know one is not supposed to use the camera for anything other than taping. This includes, captures, playback, rewinding and fastforwarding. However, I was also the under the impression this was only a serious problem if one did a lot of capturing/rewinding/etc. on a daily or even weekly basis, which I don't. I have periods where I do stuff a lot, and then may go for months barely touching the camera.
Why don't I get a DV Deck? 'Cause they're ungodly expensive, and I rarely make money from using the cam. When I do, it's not much. Spending 500-1000 or more on a deck when I know I'll barely use it seems ridiculous. Even $400 for a one-chip miniDV cam seems a little extreme considering how rarely I have to capture and whatnot.
Uh, I guess that's it. Please tell me if this thing's about to fall apart or something. Though some are XL1/s haters, I love my baby, and don't want to domestically abuse her.
I've had this little problem recently where, while rewinding in the camera, sometimes fast forwarding, as I watch the timecode numbers roll back, or forward, they sort "blink" on and off, erratically. I know I have continuous timecode, so it's not that I'm rewinding/fast forwarding past parts that have no timecode on them. Today, when trying to capture something, the tape couldn't cue to the in point of my first clip, because every time it would start rewinding, and really get going, the timecode would just "disappear," which made it immediately stop rewinding and try again. I cancelled the capture, pushed stop and rewind myself, and it did the same thing. I ejected the tape, no pieces of tape hanging out, and put in my head cleaner, put the other tape back in, and now it's a little better, though the timecode readout still flickers on and off. What's going on here? Major or minor?
Some answers to questions I predict:
Yes, I know one is not supposed to use the camera for anything other than taping. This includes, captures, playback, rewinding and fastforwarding. However, I was also the under the impression this was only a serious problem if one did a lot of capturing/rewinding/etc. on a daily or even weekly basis, which I don't. I have periods where I do stuff a lot, and then may go for months barely touching the camera.
Why don't I get a DV Deck? 'Cause they're ungodly expensive, and I rarely make money from using the cam. When I do, it's not much. Spending 500-1000 or more on a deck when I know I'll barely use it seems ridiculous. Even $400 for a one-chip miniDV cam seems a little extreme considering how rarely I have to capture and whatnot.
Uh, I guess that's it. Please tell me if this thing's about to fall apart or something. Though some are XL1/s haters, I love my baby, and don't want to domestically abuse her.