High Rate of Glitches Canon HX A1 at DVinfo.net

Tom Hickman · July 16th, 2007, 08:35 PM

I bought a Canon HX A1 June 29, 2007, It has a high rate of glitched on Sony Mini DV tapes about one every 4 to 5 min both audio and video, Some times it will work fine and other times the tapes will be full of glitches. Anybody else having this problem??? I have bought a Focus Fire Store to over come the problem but I would like the tapes to be useable also.

Chris Hurd · July 16th, 2007, 08:44 PM

Use a better tape -- preferably one branded for HDV use, such as the Sony DVM-63HD, Canon HDVM-E63PR, JVC M-DV63PRHD or Panasonic AY-DVM63HD. That's the best way to avoid dropouts. Run a cleaning cassette for about five or six seconds before changing tape brands though.

Wynn Bradford · July 16th, 2007, 09:18 PM

Tom we use the Panasonic AMQ tapes period. We have shot about 30 hours with them and have had no problems at all. believe I watched every inch of them and audio and vidro are excellant.

Wynn Bradford

Steve Montoto · July 16th, 2007, 09:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wynn Bradford

Tom we use the Panasonic AMQ tapes period. We have shot about 30 hours with them and have had no problems at all. believe I watched every inch of them and audio and vidro are excellant.

Wynn Bradford

I agree, thats all I use now.

Steve

David Chia · July 17th, 2007, 01:07 AM

I'm also using AMQ tapes and not having any problems. Sony tapes are wet lube and Pansonic tapes are dry lube. It seem that Canon cameras prefer dry lube

Don Palomaki · July 17th, 2007, 06:33 AM

Which Sony tape are you using?

Bill Engeler · July 17th, 2007, 08:25 AM

What seems odd to me is the length of he dropouts. If only one GOP is affected, there should be a problem for 15 frames, but the "freeze" lasts about 1.5 seconds - 40 PAL frames. In any case, cleaning seems to have done the trick for now. We shall see.

July 16th, 2007, 08:35 PM	#1
Tom Hickman New Boot Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Middletown CT Posts: 5	High Rate of Glitches Canon HX A1 I bought a Canon HX A1 June 29, 2007, It has a high rate of glitched on Sony Mini DV tapes about one every 4 to 5 min both audio and video, Some times it will work fine and other times the tapes will be full of glitches. Anybody else having this problem??? I have bought a Focus Fire Store to over come the problem but I would like the tapes to be useable also.

July 16th, 2007, 08:44 PM	#2
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,368 Images: 513	Use a better tape -- preferably one branded for HDV use, such as the Sony DVM-63HD, Canon HDVM-E63PR, JVC M-DV63PRHD or Panasonic AY-DVM63HD. That's the best way to avoid dropouts. Run a cleaning cassette for about five or six seconds before changing tape brands though. __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

July 16th, 2007, 09:18 PM	#3
Wynn Bradford New Boot Join Date: May 2007 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 17	Good Tapes Tom we use the Panasonic AMQ tapes period. We have shot about 30 hours with them and have had no problems at all. believe I watched every inch of them and audio and vidro are excellant. Wynn Bradford

July 17th, 2007, 06:33 AM	#6
Don Palomaki Wrangler Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Northern VA Posts: 4,488	Which Sony tape are you using? __________________ dpalomaki@dspalomaki.com

July 17th, 2007, 01:07 AM	#5
David Chia Major Player Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 427	I'm also using AMQ tapes and not having any problems. Sony tapes are wet lube and Pansonic tapes are dry lube. It seem that Canon cameras prefer dry lube

July 17th, 2007, 08:25 AM	#7
Bill Engeler Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Brussels, Belgium Posts: 162	What seems odd to me is the length of he dropouts. If only one GOP is affected, there should be a problem for 15 frames, but the "freeze" lasts about 1.5 seconds - 40 PAL frames. In any case, cleaning seems to have done the trick for now. We shall see.