• Panasonic Cameras

  Strange Vibrations

  Posted by Matt Burrows on May 4, 2009 at 1:49 pm

  Hi Everyone,

  I recently noticed a strange, subtle vibration on the lens hood and lens area of my Panasonic HVX-200. This vibration is fairly subtle and it doesn’t seem to affect any functions of the camera and it only happens when I’m in tape mode. I checked this quirk against another HVX-200 and it did not appear to be happening.

  Any thoughts????

  Thanks
  Matt

  Matt Burrows replied 17 years ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  Michael Sacci

  May 4, 2009 at 6:05 pm

  What are you doing when you see this vibration? If you can see it, it has to be effecting the recording. Are you on a tripod? is OIS turned on?
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  Matt Burrows

  May 4, 2009 at 6:24 pm

  Well that’s just it, you can’t see it but if you put your hand on the lens hood you can barely feel it. Sort of like putting your hand on a power supply. To be honest, I don’t think I checked the OIS. Let me check that and get back to you. I know that can cause problems if you’re on a tripod.

  Thanks
  Matt
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  Matt Burrows

  May 5, 2009 at 9:01 pm

  Actually, I really think that’s exactly what I’m feeling. The guy I hired to run the HVX-200 on the shoot pointed the vibration out to me and I had never noticed it before so it sort of made me nervous. I’ve reviewed the footage and it all looks great. I tend to get paranoid when it comes to one of my money makers being on the fritz. This would be a really bad time to be down a camera. I checked it WITHOUT a tape and there was no vibration at all.

  Thanks for your suggestion!

  Matt Burrows
  Columbia, SC
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  Matthew Romanis

  May 5, 2009 at 9:05 pm

  You’re not just feeling the tape servos spinning when you are in tape mode?
  Matthew.

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