J.R. Hudson
Spirit Animal
I just got my new DVX 100 but when I move the camera around it makes this clicking sound?
Just kidding
For those that know, you know.
Just kidding
For those that know, you know.
Clicking Sound
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Zachadoodle
Well-known member
Norbro, uh I don't think that answers his question? I think he's talking about some loose screw in his camera.
CharlesPapert
Director of Photography
Zachadoodle, I think the "just kidding" and "for those that know, you know" would indicate otherwise.
I remember the sound well (wasn't it more of a little clunk?) but I can't remember what actually caused it.
I remember the sound well (wasn't it more of a little clunk?) but I can't remember what actually caused it.
Zach, it’s an old joke among DVX100 users.
What's that clunk noise in the HVX/DVX?
It's a DVXuser rite of passage for new camera owners to pull out their brand new factory smelling DVX/HVX, clutch it in their trembling hands, and then to have their hearts drop as a rattling sound emanates from their new camera’s bowels. Everyone experiences this moment. You think something’s...
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(The image has since disappeared from that post. Long story short: the image stabilization system would “float” the lens elements, but with the camera powered down the floating mechanism was not stabilized and would “clunk” if the camera was moved.)
@J.R. Hudson Good to see you back here!
scorsesefan
Veteran
Oh man. Brings me back to my old dvx100a days. Seems like 50 years ago but I think I bought it in 2005. What was the difference between the A and B anyway?
J.R. Hudson
Spirit Animal
I think it was like the shutter or some gyroscopic thingy. I remember 95% of the people buying the camera posting about this.
If I recall correctly, the B added the ability to de-squeeze anamorphic mode and display a letterboxed 16:9 in the EFV and the flip-out LCD.
Improvements to resolution and overscan as well, and sharing of scene settings between cameras over FireWire. I think the B is also when they added a switchable PB/EE mode on the headphone output. There were other additions that escape me at the moment.
scorsesefan
Veteran
Oh right. I remember having to buy a bulky and expensive anamorphic adapter to shoot 16:9
But wasn’t there also a 16:9 squeeze mode, no adapter needed? I shot in that mode a bit, but it would display as 4:3 squeeze until the updated B model. I had the A.
scorsesefan
Veteran
I don’t recall there being an in-camera squeeze mode on the A. I think it was just done optically with the adapter. Could be wrong though
Looked up the manual for the A online. There was a squeeze mode. I remember using it to get 16:9. I believe the difference between using in-camera squeeze and using an anamorphic lens adapter, was that the in-camera squeeze cropped from the sensor, and the anamorphic adapter allowed use of the entire sensor.
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scorsesefan
Veteran
Right, you lost resolution. That's why I bought the adapter...
NorBro
Veteran
Maybe a bit of a false memory and nostalgia at this point, but the DVX100 (B for me) seemed extra special with how loose something felt inside.
It's like the object moved from left to right if you tilted the camera back and forth, I can sense the action in my brain so many years later, ha.
It's like the object moved from left to right if you tilted the camera back and forth, I can sense the action in my brain so many years later, ha.