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900 Tapes Playback on 1200
Can tapes recorded on the 900 playback on the 1200A.
Is there an extended version of tapes like LP?Any Info will help.
Thanks,
Stan
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5 Replies
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Yes, the 900’s tapes will play on a 1200 and the 900 can only use Medium size cassettes.
Ernie Santella
Santella Film/Video Productions
http://www.santellaproductions.com -
900 have more condensed record head 9 microns vs the Varicam;s 18 so the 900 gets 33 minutes on a Med cass. were as the Varicam gets 33 mins on a Large cass.
This is not the same on LP on DV that causes problems with playback and drop outs.
The 1200 and 1400 can playback both tapes.
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In case anyone offers this as a solution.
Panasonic also made a DVCPro100 HD deck, the 130DC. It will play back Varicam tapes, 18 microns, but not anything recorded on the 1200A, 1400 decks or from the 900 camera, which are all 9 microns.
Ray Palmer, Engineer
Salt River Project
Phoenix, AZ
602-236-8224 office
There are three types of people in this world, those that can count and those that can’t. -
I had this happen too. I shot some footage for a client and he didn’t know that older DVCProHD decks would not play the 9micron tapes. He was freakin’ out that all the tapes were bad. Always wise to check when you shoot for clients not familiar with the differences.
Ernie Santella
Santella Film/Video Productions
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Thank you for all the information.
Stan
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