Matt Blain
April 18th, 2010, 05:30 PM
Hello All,
New owner of a Z7, and loving it, but just a little concerned at an error message that locked the camera on my last job... "Dirty video head. Use a cleaning cassette". Luckily it occurred during head shots (I videotape weddings), and luckily I'd packed a head-cleaning tape.
Of course, I'd like to avoid this brief interlude in the future, so how often should pre-emptive action be taken? (That is, running a head-cleaning tape/having a service). Or might the maker have forgotten his cleaning rag the day he boxed this great little tool, and this is just a once-off.
Tapes used: Initially, 2xSony MEDVM63; then three and a bit boxes of Sony DVM60PROs. Recorded to tapes once only, and all played back through the camera. Current Hours Meter reads: Operation 140, Drum 100, Tape 70, Threading 150.
Thanks in advance for the help.
Regards, Matt
New owner of a Z7, and loving it, but just a little concerned at an error message that locked the camera on my last job... "Dirty video head. Use a cleaning cassette". Luckily it occurred during head shots (I videotape weddings), and luckily I'd packed a head-cleaning tape.
Of course, I'd like to avoid this brief interlude in the future, so how often should pre-emptive action be taken? (That is, running a head-cleaning tape/having a service). Or might the maker have forgotten his cleaning rag the day he boxed this great little tool, and this is just a once-off.
Tapes used: Initially, 2xSony MEDVM63; then three and a bit boxes of Sony DVM60PROs. Recorded to tapes once only, and all played back through the camera. Current Hours Meter reads: Operation 140, Drum 100, Tape 70, Threading 150.
Thanks in advance for the help.
Regards, Matt