80 min. mini dv cassettes-AY-DVM83MQ/Anton Bauer

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Does anyone know if you are able to use 80 minute (SP) cassettes in the dvx100a? I was reading the camera manual and it says not to use 80 min cassettes. Why? If this is true, how do you handle an event that is longer than 60 minutes without a break? Do you have to use 2 cameras? Any help would be appreciated.

Also, does anyone have experience with the QR-DVX100 anton bauer battery pack.

Thanks,

Guy
 
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Never tried it, but as far as I know you shouldn't use 80-minute tapes because they're not as strong, so they won't last as long.
 
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Do not use 80 min cassettes. Read the manual p 23 DVX100AP and p 22 DVX100AE
 
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PHD,

I know the manual says no 80min...read me note from above. My question was why? Do you know why?
 
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Just use:

PANASONIC AY-DVM63MQ

AYDVM63MQ.jpg
 
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wouldnt that be cool if EVS could watermark the tapes like that photo in real life haha!
 
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Thanks John. I was still curious though, do you know why panasonic says not to use the 80 minute length?

Thanks.

Guy
 
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I dont know the specifics as to why or why not. :-/
 
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maby tape is to thin for deck in the camera and maby has antother magnetic quality
 
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magnetic density is the same, but the tape is much thinner, and because of this it can flake and break which, as you can imagine, is not good.
 
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[quote author=Guy link=board=Links;num=1093098808;start=0#0 date=08/21/04 at 07:33:28]If this is true, how do you handle an event that is longer than 60 minutes without a break?  Do you have to use 2 cameras?  Any help would be appreciated.
Guy[/quote]

Hmmm...two cameras... You can firewire a second camera to the first, right? And it will pick up where the first tape runs out? I think that's what I read.

I wonder if it even has to be a DVX for #2.

Just musing.
Dan
 
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doesnt need to be a dvx, it can be any firewire capture device, even a Quickstream HD. They actually made a little deck for the dvx100 for awhile that looked just like the tape part of the DVX.

Anyways, you can always shoot LP...
 
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Thanks for everyones replies....so my next question is why does panasonic make an 80 min tape in the first place if it is really not reccommended?

Thanks,

Guy
 
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Con-sumers. People not looking for quality...People wanting 80 minutes straight of their wife giving birth.
 
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Thanks Phil,

Another question...is their any advantage to using mini-DVCAM tapes instead of mini-dv in the dvx and if you are going to record a master post-edit to like a dsr-11, should you use dvcam tapes for that?

Thanks,

Guy
 
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ive been using 80 minutes tapes and have not had any problems...sue me if you guys are against it....but if there is no evidence of anything bad comming of it...then whats to loose...until i see the day where someone had a crappy expierence da well, ill let u know if i have any problems
 
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Very interesting, let us now your experiens of 80 min tape
 
I've used 'em on 4-5 occasions where I really needed a continuous shot over an hour... never had any problems, but I tend to shoot once, capture once, and never use the tape again. I don't know if there are longevity issues woth more extensive tape use.... but I always try to find a way to schedule a tape change if possible.

For extreme cases... buy a digital-8 camera and some of Sony's 90-minute digital-8 tapes, and run firewire into that. Digital-8 is a much more reliable tape format...
 
John_Hudson said:
Just use:

PANASONIC AY-DVM63MQ

AYDVM63MQ.jpg
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Just to let you all know, I spoke with Rush (at EVS) on Thursday, and he told me Panasonic has discontinued making these tapes, and that the new "equivalent" tape will run over $10.00 a piece.
He did say that he had about 2000 tapes in backstock, but that they'ed probably all go pretty soon.

seriously, anyone want to go in on making a bulk purchase?...

-elie
 
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