they forced me to use another tape brand!

Baluardo

Baluardo

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i have been carefully using always the same tape brand and model on my dvx since i got it and it worked great. never seen a drop. These are the Maxell dvm60SE(B)

in my last work the production imposed its own tapes: Panasonic DVC. i painfully put it in my camera and recorded 1 hour with that.

now i'm wondering: is that really bad?
i have some other days in the next month shooting with the same production and i will have to use still the panasonic tapes.

since i plan to go back to maxell afterwards (even because i have 20 blank tapes), should i do something to clean the heads after that? cleaning tape? or professional cleaning?

how's mixing panasonic and maxell lubes?

thx,
Andrea
 
No its a panasonic brand. I would generally try to use the same brand, the oils and stuff mix and its not nice with heads, but thats usually for sony tapes. As I recall maxwell tapes are dry? This shouldnt be anything to worry about as long as your not just shoving in any random tape.
 
Mmm.

When they don't provide me with my brand, I have them send someone out to get them.

No tapee, no shootee.

Although I usually get a deposit up front, some of which goes toward picking up the proper tapes, myself, beforehand.
 
Yeah, I have refused to use other tapes in my camera "on set". I explain why and they usually understand. Its a shame they forced it on you. Unless they are paying me $1000 for a one day job... than I dont care what tape they put in there. :)
 
There's a 50% chance Pany makes Maxell's tapes, . . . but of course there's a 50% chance Sony makes them as well.
 
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