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May 25th, 2007, 09:19 AM | #1 |
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Drop frames or What??
When playing back tape, there's a portion of the footage that freezes. audio still sounds fine but picture stops for 1 to 2 seconds. Is that a HDV characteristic or what? It happening more frequent and it always affects the best takes of the footage...this is very frustrating ... Help!!!!
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How often is this happening and what tape are you using?
What you describe is what happens when you have a tape dropout. It can also be caused by a sharp physical shock or vibration to the camera. Tell us a bit more about the situation. Chris
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I use Sony Premium Tapes. I thought it was because of camera movement but the last few times it happened the cam was tripoded. It drops once per tape now. I've cleaned the heads & still I get drops..
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Do you find the dropouts occurring more towards the front of the tape or anywhere on the tape? Chris
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"I use Sony Premium Tapes."
I am not interested in slandering Sony, but I have never heard a report of dropouts on tapes other than the Sony Premium HDV tapes. Those things are expensive and I think I've read four reports of dropouts. I don't know how to do a scientific study, but I think someone with connections might want to inquire with Sony directly. |
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I'm using the regular Sony MiniDV Tapes.. I thought my V1 was defective and was scared i'd have to send it in for repairs. So, if the dropouts are inherent to tape, why would the HDV tapes fair better?
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Personally, I've had little problems with Sony and Maxell DV tapes. I hear the Sony HDV tapes are better; however, I've never used them. |
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Better quality tapes are less prone to dropouts. If you are unfamiliar with tape dropouts, it is when the metal particles get detached from the background surface. Usually, this is an occurrence of re-using a tape for record or using old tapes. Of course, come to think of it, a hard drive can also experience dropouts if a block went bad. This is my opinion: If the footage is critical, invest in the DR60 hard drive and simutanously record to hard drive and tape. It's a good backup.
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"Then why bring it up at all? "Reports" can be skewed depending on the test."
I'm not referring to tests. I did clarify that my observations are not scientific, but I can't help but be confused why I have seen a few people complain about "I bought these really expensive tapes to try to prevent this exact problem" issues. Perhaps they are more vocal because they are angry that expensive tapes had a problem, but I haven't seen anything written about HDV cameras having problems with tapes but the expensive Sony HDV. I'm not condemning Sony, but I'm curious why I'm reading these complaints about $10 tapes at all. |
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