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DHC009

DHC009

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I have been experiencing something similar with my 100. After shooting, with out review, as I am trying to log and capture in FC I will loose the footage and time code. I can try and rewind the tape or ff but it won't pick up anything. I can remove the tape and play it fine on another camera but my 100 will not play it. Even with the camera disconnected from the computer and trying to play footage on the LCD it will not play nor will it pick up any time code. I just spent a couple of hrs with a local tech (non-Panny tech) pull tape out of my 100 and insert into another camera and it would play fine, back in my 100 and nothing. I have always used the Panasonic tapes but he got me to try a Fuji, we recorded on , and played it back with no problem.

So for now we came up with the conclusion that the slight amount of wear on my heads (70 hrs) is enough that they have a tough time reading the thinner panasonic tapes. Fuji tapes, a little thicker with a little lube, and the heads can read the tape. This theory is still under test and would appreciate any ideas out there.:undecided
 
After thinking about it, the head cleaning thing makes less sense to me. The images I got off the tape are very crisp, brilliant and sharp. It's just not doing something correct with the time code between stops and starts.
 
Oh I know what you are talking about. The same thing happened to me the other day with my camera that has 174 hours on it. Up until this point it never had a problem. The way I solved the problem was running a tape cleaning through the camera. This is not something you should usually do but in a bind it could work for you. If you want to get serious about cleaning the heads send it off to a dealer or you can get real fancy and buy cleaning supplies and do it yourself.
 
My heads have been cleaned by both methods, tape and manualy. Worst case scenario, any ideas on the cost of a head swap?
 
same thing happens to me, but I capture with a canon ZR80, but my DVX (120 hrs) hasn't given me the "clean the heads msg"
I don't have a problem with it though, as long as it doesn't drop any frames.
I must add that I only use MQ and MQA tapes.
 
All you have to do is go into the menu and find the setting that is about the timecode. It should be on RECRUN or something like that
 
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