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strange tape speed problem
After using my DVX100 for several years problem free, I now have an unusual problem. I should preface this by saying it started after several days of shooting in the Sahara–despite my best attempts it was exposed to sand and extreme temperature variations.
The problem started during the recording of a pivotal event. My tape, an AY-DVM63AMQ (I have been using the MQ for years and now switched when it was discontinued), was chewed: never happened in years of shooting. The camera said Wheel Lock Auto-Off. Fine. So I changed tapes.
The next tape, which normally records about 64 minutes (SP of course), told me I was out of tape after 32 minutes of recording. The timecode showed 32 minutes, and the tape was definitely at an end, and I rewound to the beginning and I had started from the beginning of the tape. I thought it was a dirty camera not properly reading the timecode track so I cleaned the heads with my Panasonic head cleaner tape but it didn’t solve the problem.
The next time I tried to capture my footage using the camera, it would only play at 2x speed, and when I checked on another camera, much of the footage I had recorded earlier seemed as though it had only recorded every second or so on-and-off, full of timecode breaks. It was unusable.
I tried ANOTHER tape and it too was full after only 32 minutes of shooting, however the material I have I can digitize using another camera no problem. I have checked and my camera is definitely set at SP. It seems to be an on-and-off problem, as at times I can record and play with no problems; other times it doesn’t record or play at the right speed.
Is this a head speed problem? Related to the new tapes? Dust or dirt? Mechanical?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!
Thanks,
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3 Replies
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Probably heads are dirty or blown. You need to take it to a service center for repair- don’t keep shooting.
-Noah
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Thanks. If I keep shooting will it further damage the heads? Also… why would dirty heads mean that I would only get 32 minutes out of a 63-minute tape if I’m still shooting SP?
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Do not keep shooting- get it fixed.
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