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viewfinder glitch when starting recording
Anyone have this issue with their Varicam.Sometimes when I start recording I see a glitch in the viewfinder. It never records on tape. It’s a bit annoying. The dealer says it is common in varicams, as it is the varicams way of reacting to sync.This glytch will also be seen on the monitor as well. Any thoughts
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Dan,
I’ve never seen this phenomenon on either of my Varicams. Are you feeding a sync input? Is it a proper tri-level 720p/59/97? There’s no need to do so unless you’re using multiple cameras and need to route through a switcher or slave time code very accurately. Does it happen when there is no sync input?
If the camera is less than a year old, repair service is free, perhaps there is something wrong. It should not do this, shame on your dealer for saying this is common, this reveals a very unprofessional approach! If there were a sync issue, it would definately show up on the tape as well.
JS
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Oh yeah I have seen this and panasonic has never been able to get fixed, I ended up sending to Macie and they just took it apart and put it back together and it worked I have seen this on including mine three of them.
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I see a white flash in my viewfinder everytime I start my camera. I thought it was a fake flash frame panasonic had added to the camera. Not visable on tape.
Chris Bell
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JS This happens without any sync connected to the camera. Based on other replies it seems that I am not the only one experiencing this. I should add that it does not happen every time, perhaps more like 70% of the time. I am really impressed by this camera, I just do not want to have to make excuses to clients even though I know it will not go down on tape. Dan
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I’ve never seen this problem with my VariCam.
Good shooting!
Leo
Director/Cinematographer
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Dan,
It surely is baffeling that it does seem to be occuring on some cameras and not others. I can only say that if it were on my camera I’d really be pissed off and I’d make certain that Panasonic fixed it. To that end I’d suggest you (and others with same issue) contact Steve Mahrer, who is highly placed in the orginization, very knowledgable, technically inclined and very interested in customer satisfaction (mahrers@us.panasonic.com) to make a project out of getting to the bottom of this. I suspect that he’s got his thinking cap on already as he (and others at Panasonic) rightly monitor this forum.
Good luck,
JS
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Yes it happens all the time in my Vari but I
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