I used two different kinds of tapes. Will my camera die?

[andrewhasse]

I don't know how many times I've been told "don't use different tapes, especially not ones with different kinds of lubricants." Well, last night, in the heat of the moment, I let a "consumer level" Sony tape slip into my virgin Panasonic-Master-Quality-Only HD100, without even cleaning the heads first.

What to do? I've read that cleaning the heads now can jam all the gunk together more.

Do I stick to the new, slick Sony? Go back to my trusty, betrayed JVC? Get a head cleaning?

 

[Huy Vu]

Not that big a deal. Unless you constantly uses two different tapes then nothing will happen. The worst that can occur is that you get more drop out once in a while. I've occasionally (three or four times) had to use consumer tapes in my A1 and it still worked fine.