I work at in a TV Production department and we have 2 of the DVX100 cameras. Our cameras are some of the original ones. We got them 3-4 months after they came out. One that we checked has 91 hours logged on it.
We have consistently had the "Red X" problems as long as we have had the cameras. Now I know that the common cure is to clean the heads, which we have done. We have had them cleaned by our engineering department so much they wore the heads out and had to get them replaced. We have also sent the cameras off to Panasonic to have them checked out and they came back OK.
Originally we were using Panasonic PQ MiniDV tapes. We found somewhere on the net to use the MQ tapes which we are now doing, and this has helped the problems somewhat. Pre-MQ we would have the Red X almost every shoot. Post-MQ we have them around 1/4 of the time.
I have seen some of you mention to use the cleaning tape. When our engineers clean the cameras they do not use these tapes. They open the camera up and clean it that way. They feel that the tapes are abrasive.
From reading these and othe forums I have not found anyone else having the amount of problems with the DVX100's that we are. The problems are so consistent that our photographers are almost afraid to use them.
Any information or ideas anyone has is greatly appreciated. I know that these are good cameras and want to get the most out of them.
We have consistently had the "Red X" problems as long as we have had the cameras. Now I know that the common cure is to clean the heads, which we have done. We have had them cleaned by our engineering department so much they wore the heads out and had to get them replaced. We have also sent the cameras off to Panasonic to have them checked out and they came back OK.
Originally we were using Panasonic PQ MiniDV tapes. We found somewhere on the net to use the MQ tapes which we are now doing, and this has helped the problems somewhat. Pre-MQ we would have the Red X almost every shoot. Post-MQ we have them around 1/4 of the time.
I have seen some of you mention to use the cleaning tape. When our engineers clean the cameras they do not use these tapes. They open the camera up and clean it that way. They feel that the tapes are abrasive.
From reading these and othe forums I have not found anyone else having the amount of problems with the DVX100's that we are. The problems are so consistent that our photographers are almost afraid to use them.
Any information or ideas anyone has is greatly appreciated. I know that these are good cameras and want to get the most out of them.
