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camera not recording
When I hit the record-button to stop recording, the time code goes back to 00;00;00. I rewound the tape to the beginning and played it. There was nothing. Tried downloading it to my PC but Premiere did not detect any recording. What’s wrong?
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What model cam
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It’s a Canon XL1.
I used a cleaning tape and tried recording again and at times it would record, at times it won’t. When I play the tape using the camera, some recorded scenes have blue horizontal lines.
This morning, I played the tape again and the time code is again at 00;00;00 on a blue screen but I can tell that the tape is playing because of the green arrow play symbol at the top of the time code. I played the cleaning tape again and it started to play (but erratically) and still with some horizontal blue lines on some scenes.
Since initially, I thought that the camera did not record my shots, there was this time that I rewound one particular tape to the beginning and shot again. When played, there was again horizontal lines but this time, the previously recorded video is showing on top of the newly shot video as horizontal lines.
I think this is a drum/ head issue but I’m not sure if the camera simply needs professional cleaning or if something is out of alignment. What do you think?
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If a couple of passes of a head cleaner didn’t do the job its probably time for a pro clean job, you could have a bad head or some debris clogging the heads, over using the cleaning can cause damage as its an abrasive tape, also using a cleaning tape too long on a cleaning cycle can overheat the heads and glaze them.
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My guess is that the head assembly is out of alignment… which is not an uncommon problem.
Unfortunately that is usually one that only Canon can fix… most service guys, even really great ones (like the one we use), will say that a head alignment problem means you need to send the body back to Canon.
T2
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Todd Terry
Creative Director
Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc.
fantasticplastic.com
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Thanks guys! But are there any particular signs that will tell you that the head needs to be replaced?
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“…But are there any particular signs…”
Yeah, and I think you are seeing them.
Proably not replaced, but I suspect you do need a head alignment.
T2
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Todd Terry
Creative Director
Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc.
fantasticplastic.com
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Thanks everybody.
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