Interesting Scenario- "Auto Off Cylinder Lock"

[rreichenfeld]

My friend and I just shot a wedding video, he had a sony so he bought Sony Tapes. I recorded on his sony tapes with my 100a. I thought everything would be fine but when I went to log them onto FCP I kept getting error Messages on FCP saying "There is an error reading the tape" and it wouldn't let me log anything.

Then I put in the next Sony tape. This time I rewinded it, then pressed play, then the "Auto Off Cylinder Lock" message came up on my Camera. The weird thing is that I stuck in a Panasonic tape I had and it played just fine.

I checked out the message boards to see what to do. Someone said something about how the Cylinder Error Message could be because of a bad tape. Is this true? Do I just need to not use Sony tapes anymore? Do I just need to have the thing cleaned (which I have'nt done yet)? Then I read that the message means the drum isn't spinning and it costs $700.00 and $100 just to look at it. If my Panasonic tape plays does that mean that my drum is not broken?

I'm desperate for help, and being a poor student (who by the way did the wedding video to make a little money for top ramen) I'm strapped for cash. But I will do what is needed.

[rreichenfeld]

This is a plagueing problem, if anyone could please help me out... by all means respond. Yes I sound desperate becuase I am. All the camera stores all closed on the weekends so there is no one to call, DVXuser.com is my only hope for now....

[Diesen]

but, you should never mix Sony tapes with a Panasonic camera. This brands does not like each other. I had problems with this myself and you might be able to batch your material if you try another source. borrow a sony cam and try.
But you might be f*ked i`m afraid...

_D

[andy_starbuck]

There are "wet" lubricant tapes and "dry" lubricant tapes.

When the lubricants mix they make something similar to lacquer.

Yuck.

Never mix types of tape.