So my camera is acting a little odd...

[Staven]

Maybe this is a common problem with a simple resolution, but after a quick browse over posts, I didn't find my prob.

Went to use my camera today, and the moment I turned it on, the timecode was counting up, like as if I was recording. I had no tape in it, and the no tape symbol was flashing.

After an initial freakout, I found that somehow the timecode counter was on free run. I switched it off, and everything seemed okay.

I recorded some stuff, turned it off, took out the tape and went about doing other daily stuff.

I've come back to use my camera, turned it on and my timecode that was on when I recorded is still present on the screen. I just put in a tape, rewound it, and upon stopping it jumped back to the timecode that was on the screen when I turned it on.

Anyone know my problem. Anyone know a solution?

Thanks.

 

[Barry_Green]

Re: So my camera is acting a little odd...

You probably have your TC in PRESET rather than REGEN mode. Preset will continue on from the last TC recorded. Regen restarts at zero whenever encountering a blank spot on a tape, or pick up the existing timecode on the tape if there is one.

The DVX ships with REGEN as the default.

 

[Staven]

Re: So my camera is acting a little odd...

Thank you Barry!

Somehow my camera magically did some switching on it's own, but it seems as though the problem is solved(at least for now),
thanks.

and Merry Christmas to you (and everyone else for that matter!)

 

[cur-sed_neil]

Re: So my camera is acting a little odd...

i've had similar problems with my camera switching settings on it's own... it changed from SP to LP when i swapped batteries ! and also displayed the date and time and took off the time code !
not cool.
a good solid whack with a hammer seemed to fix it, though.
seriously, though, you should be "twice shy" from now on... i'm in negotiation as we speak to have my dvx swapped from panasonic for the second time in 5 months!
(i'm already on my second camera and may be receiving a third... under warranty of course, but a pain in the ass non the less).
i often wonder if panasonic even bothered to beta test this camera... it has tons of problems.