Which Tape Brand for GL2/XM2? at DVinfo.net

Paul Grove · February 26th, 2006, 11:55 AM

Hi all - having fallen victim once to the "remove tape error", I now use just Panasonic AY-DVM63PQS as they seem to have good support.

However, they are expensive and I'm shooting on a tight budget with a major project coming up.

I was thinking of finishing up my four last Panasonics and switching to Fuji DVM60CME E - again which are well viewed but are a bit cheaper. I've been using them for stuff on other cameras with 100% reliability.

Views?

Thanks,

Paul.

Graham Bernard · February 26th, 2006, 12:10 PM

. .and over my left shoulder are nearly 400 Sony DV Premium 60. I mostly, 96%, don't re-use tapes. Those I do, I use them to experiment with, or tape something from the TV on my Panasonic deck. I try NEVER to plop 'em back into my camera. £1.67 per pop? Not an issue.

So:

1/- Make a decision and stay with that brand of tape.

2/- Do a search here if you don't believe me!

Peace & Love

Grazie

David Ennis · February 26th, 2006, 05:26 PM

I have three camcorders including a GL2, and I have always used whatever brand I had handy in all of them, always consumer grade. I also tape in LP mode sometimes, and I often reuse tapes.

Alan Craven · February 27th, 2006, 01:29 AM

Like Graham, I never re-use tapes. Unlike him, my several hundred are all Panasonic DVM63PQ.

The one time I put another brand in the camera - a JVC as I recall - to test something for a friend, I had to use the head cleaner. I shall not repeat that mistake.

Paul Grove · February 27th, 2006, 04:21 AM

Thanks for the replies so far all - like you I never re-use tapes, nor rewind/wind them in my GL2/XM2 - not keen to repeat another £250 bill!

Still unsure whether to switch (permanently) from Pannies to Fuji though.

Nathaniel McInnes · February 27th, 2006, 10:25 AM

I use Sony DV Premium 60. Brillient. I know film productions companies use them if they are shooting on dv.

James Bright · February 27th, 2006, 11:50 AM

I also use sony.
I don't re use them.

Julien T. Chartier · March 8th, 2006, 07:56 PM

I use JVC M-DV60ME3HT tapes and still no problem.

I did find a place where I can get TDK Mini-DV tapes for a real good price. 8 tapes for $25 (CND).

Anybody wouldn't recommend TDK tapes or do I have a go!?

Dale Guthormsen · March 9th, 2006, 02:29 PM

I have used solely blue arapped sony premium 60. I do not reuse tapes.
I have never had a dropped frame from them. I have run 50 through my camera this year. They are economical. i bought two maxwells and only used one for 20 minutes and the data was fine, but I will stay with the one brand.
On my sony camcorder I used what ever i could get and did have some trouble.

Here is a site to get Tapes at a reasonable price!!

http://store.yahoo.com/protape/new-u...--mini-dv.html

Gus

Nathaniel McInnes · March 9th, 2006, 02:56 PM

NEVER USE JVC!!! if you look at the threads to do with the famous remove cassette error you will notice all these people use JVC tapes.

i thought you only get dropped frames when you move the camera around and the tape going around the drums gets distorted.

February 26th, 2006, 11:55 AM	#1
Paul Grove Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Liss, Hampshire, UK Posts: 67	Which Tape Brand for GL2/XM2? Hi all - having fallen victim once to the "remove tape error", I now use just Panasonic AY-DVM63PQS as they seem to have good support. However, they are expensive and I'm shooting on a tight budget with a major project coming up. I was thinking of finishing up my four last Panasonics and switching to Fuji DVM60CME E - again which are well viewed but are a bit cheaper. I've been using them for stuff on other cameras with 100% reliability. Views? Thanks, Paul.

February 26th, 2006, 05:26 PM	#3
David Ennis Fred Retread Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Hartford, CT Posts: 1,227	I have three camcorders including a GL2, and I have always used whatever brand I had handy in all of them, always consumer grade. I also tape in LP mode sometimes, and I often reuse tapes. __________________ "Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence..." - Calvin Coolidge "My brain is wired to want to know how other things are wired." - Me

March 9th, 2006, 02:29 PM	#9
Dale Guthormsen Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Saskatchewan Posts: 3,048	Tapes I have used solely blue arapped sony premium 60. I do not reuse tapes. I have never had a dropped frame from them. I have run 50 through my camera this year. They are economical. i bought two maxwells and only used one for 20 minutes and the data was fine, but I will stay with the one brand. On my sony camcorder I used what ever i could get and did have some trouble. Here is a site to get Tapes at a reasonable price!! http://store.yahoo.com/protape/new-u...--mini-dv.html Gus

February 26th, 2006, 12:10 PM	#2
Graham Bernard Old Boot Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: London UK Posts: 3,633	. .and over my left shoulder are nearly 400 Sony DV Premium 60. I mostly, 96%, don't re-use tapes. Those I do, I use them to experiment with, or tape something from the TV on my Panasonic deck. I try NEVER to plop 'em back into my camera. £1.67 per pop? Not an issue. So: 1/- Make a decision and stay with that brand of tape. 2/- Do a search here if you don't believe me! Peace & Love Grazie

February 27th, 2006, 01:29 AM	#4
Alan Craven Major Player Join Date: May 2003 Location: York, England Posts: 518	Like Graham, I never re-use tapes. Unlike him, my several hundred are all Panasonic DVM63PQ. The one time I put another brand in the camera - a JVC as I recall - to test something for a friend, I had to use the head cleaner. I shall not repeat that mistake.

February 27th, 2006, 04:21 AM	#5
Paul Grove Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Liss, Hampshire, UK Posts: 67	Thanks for the replies so far all - like you I never re-use tapes, nor rewind/wind them in my GL2/XM2 - not keen to repeat another £250 bill! Still unsure whether to switch (permanently) from Pannies to Fuji though.

February 27th, 2006, 10:25 AM	#6
Nathaniel McInnes Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Taffs well, Wales Posts: 190	I use Sony DV Premium 60. Brillient. I know film productions companies use them if they are shooting on dv.

February 27th, 2006, 11:50 AM	#7
James Bright New Boot Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: London Posts: 12	I also use sony. I don't re use them.

March 8th, 2006, 07:56 PM	#8
Julien T. Chartier New Boot Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 15	I use JVC M-DV60ME3HT tapes and still no problem. I did find a place where I can get TDK Mini-DV tapes for a real good price. 8 tapes for $25 (CND). Anybody wouldn't recommend TDK tapes or do I have a go!?

March 9th, 2006, 02:56 PM	#10
Nathaniel McInnes Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Taffs well, Wales Posts: 190	NEVER USE JVC!!! if you look at the threads to do with the famous remove cassette error you will notice all these people use JVC tapes. i thought you only get dropped frames when you move the camera around and the tape going around the drums gets distorted.