Does This Mean I Have Dirty Heads?

Steven Bogda

Steven Bogda

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Every so often reviewing footage i recently shot, there is a second that looks like it is dirty. Like with the horizontal lines. Not like the black bars that you see if you put in a dirty tape or have dirty heads. Some of the frames in consecutive order look like this:

(shot is supposed to be out of focus)

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I have about 200 hours on my DVX and I have a Panasonic Head Cleaning tape that I would use once and a while when needed. I never sent it anywhere to have the heads professionally cleaned, but I looked at a DIY way to clean the heads on here but I don't think the pictures were of the 100B because the inside of the camera in the tutorial differed than my 100B. Plus I don't trust myself working on the inside of my camera. My tapes are all new Panasonic AMQs so I don't think it is the tape that is causing the problems.

Also, once and a while a frame jumps. It looks like it jitters a pixle to the left or right, then back to normal.

Are these signs to bring my camera to a servicer? Anyone ever have problems like this or know what might be the cause? Or what I should do.

I'd appreciate the help,
Thanks,
Steven
 
Ive had that happen on occasion when i used to use the MQ tapes(not AMQ) and figured it was just a bad section in the tape. I have never cleaned my heads (not sure the hours at the moment. I havent had the problem at all since i've switched to the plain ol' PQ tapes. This could all totally be coincidence and it could just be a speck of dirt on the heads that causes the dropout and gets wiped away with the tape passing over it.
 
Thanks for the input, I will put in a different tape and record a little and see if I have the same problem. Anyone else send their DVX to a servicer to get it cleaned due to a problem, help me out
 
But besides using a head cleaner, aren't you suppose to have the heads actually hand cleaned by a professional place? I thought I read somewhere that its recommended like every 75 hours
 
thanks blindowl but i already saw that. I am just wondering what signs would appear if my dvx needs its heads professionally cleaned
 
My opinion is that if you re-use a tape, you get those (and the black/blue) bars. So dont re-use tapes unless your like me and cant afford new tapes (now THAT is sad isnt it?).
 
its not sad dory, im just like you too. the problem just started happening recently so i dont think it is from re using my tapes cause thats all i have done for the past year and a half with the camera. im probably just going to send it to nyc and have the heads cleaned, im sure its worth it even if it isn't the main cause of the flipping out
 
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