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Old March 28th, 2007, 08:32 AM   #1
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Quick! Every A1 / Wacom owner should read!

If you are like me you use a lot of nice tools for media creation.

One being the Canon A1.

The other being Wacom Intuos 3 graphics tablet.


WELL GUESS WHAT?!

When sitting on the tablet...the camera won't play back correctly! I thought I was seeing dropped frames/blank tapes, until I lifted my camera from the tablet a few inches. Voila! Perfect tapes, perfect capture.

The tablet now sits on my floor.

Hope this prevents someone from nearly killing themselves on a projects.
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Old March 28th, 2007, 07:03 PM   #2
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Interesting -- some kind of electrical interference from the tablet. Thanks for this report Brent,
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Old March 28th, 2007, 07:56 PM   #3
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Sorta like why you don't store tapes on top of monitors...magnetic field possibly.
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Old March 29th, 2007, 12:15 PM   #4
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Huh... weird.

My wacom 3 usually sits near my cam, no problems.

But I wonder if it's contributing to my sound lag?> Who knows :P
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Old March 29th, 2007, 02:01 PM   #5
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Uh, is the watcom intuous 2 safe, anyone know? Kidding... :) Nice find.
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Old March 29th, 2007, 09:12 PM   #6
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Wow... thanks for the warning... I have my Wacom Intuos 3 sitting right next to my A1 as I read this post. I'll be sure to keep it away next time... makes perfect sense at least. Would hate to ruin anything.
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Old March 30th, 2007, 02:33 AM   #7
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I would think this applies to ANY electrical device that could possibly emit interference & most if not all manuals for electronic gear have some kind of diddy in the manual regarding placement/installation anyway.

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Old March 30th, 2007, 05:48 AM   #8
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While we're on the subject...

Is the intuos 3 not THE BEST thing ever? I love mine to death. Best $400 I ever spent.
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Old March 30th, 2007, 09:04 AM   #9
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Seriously, a total thread hijack but who cares?!!

The Intuos is amazing, I love her... (creepy longing look at inanimate object)

Haha, later guys.
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Old March 30th, 2007, 11:22 AM   #10
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To Hijack even further... does anyone know the correct pronunciation of WACOM? I've been pronouncing it as 'wwah cum'
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Old March 30th, 2007, 11:57 AM   #11
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thanks al lot man for the info :)
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Old March 30th, 2007, 01:19 PM   #12
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To Hijack even further... does anyone know the correct pronunciation of WACOM? I've been pronouncing it as 'wwah cum'
Works for me, but I think "whack 'em" is good too.
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Old March 30th, 2007, 04:40 PM   #13
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To Hijack even further... does anyone know the correct pronunciation of WACOM? I've been pronouncing it as 'wwah cum'

It's "wahcom". I had to call tech support years ago & confirmed it because I was curious myself.

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Old March 31st, 2007, 05:22 AM   #14
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It's "wahcom". I had to call tech support years ago & confirmed it because I was curious myself.
Is the 'com' part pronounced like 'dot com', or more like the 'com' in 'computer' (cum)?
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Old March 31st, 2007, 01:15 PM   #15
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I suppose you could say it's as in "dot.com". I don't really hear a difference much and I don't pronounce computer as "cumputer".

Call it whatever you like :)

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