Hey, I bought my DVX100 used with low hours a while ago. Right now it only has about 140 hours on the heads, but don't know if it's ever been serviced (doubt it). I have a shoot coming up and want it to be in good condition.
Anyone know a trusted camera shop in the NYC area I can ship it to for a cleaning? I don't trust myself to clean the heads safely and I'm worried about the video heads messing up while filming. Also, how bad will this hurt my wallet? At 140 hours, am I risking the heads getting messed up? It hasn't skipped or anything so far and I only use type of tape but have no clue what tapes were used with the prior owner. It's the original DVX but it's still in great shape cosmetically and practically.
(I should note that a decent amount of those hours were use capturing to a laptop rather than tape, so it's probably much less than 140 on the heads, but still).
Anyone know a trusted camera shop in the NYC area I can ship it to for a cleaning? I don't trust myself to clean the heads safely and I'm worried about the video heads messing up while filming. Also, how bad will this hurt my wallet? At 140 hours, am I risking the heads getting messed up? It hasn't skipped or anything so far and I only use type of tape but have no clue what tapes were used with the prior owner. It's the original DVX but it's still in great shape cosmetically and practically.
(I should note that a decent amount of those hours were use capturing to a laptop rather than tape, so it's probably much less than 140 on the heads, but still).
rogar-Mark-01(DBG)