[Eduardo072]

I just finished shooting a doc with 2 z1u’s. When I started capturing I realized every tape I shot was capturing fine while my colleague’s tapes were being broken up into clips (we shot it in HDV 50i). We realized that his camera had the “quick rec” feature on while mine was off. We read further and found out that some cameras where sold with the feature on and some with the feature off.
The “quick rec” feature allows the camera’s head to continue spinning , not going into full standby. This allows you to…well get a quicker response when you press record. Apparently what this feature also does is that it sometimes disrupts the timecode every start/stop.
Check to see if your hvr-z1u camera (I dont know about other cameras), has the feature “on”. I am aware of the capture window settings that allow you to control this from FCP, however you will realize that if the “quick rec” feature is on in you camera, most likely your tape will be split up into different clips without you being able to control it from the capture window.