HD250 and Playback Problem at DVinfo.net

Dave Beaty · June 6th, 2007, 12:45 PM

One of our producers called me from Poland, he had shot a bunch of footage with the HD250 and could not see anything when playing back on the LCD. He was understandably concerned he had no image on tape. I checked another camera here and it's pretty straight forward, hit the VTR button behind the VF and play.

I couldn't think of any other buttons to suggest. He said when he hit play, the HDV/DV Light on the camera would switch to "DV" and he would see TC moving and only a blue screen. He shot in 720p30 HDV mode.

He tried head cleaning with no change.

Any ideas what we can try?

Dave Beaty

Thomas Weilguny · June 6th, 2007, 01:24 PM

have him check if the camera is in the right mode - make sure its set to 30p HDV (in record mode) if the material was shot in that mode. I´m not sure if the camera automatically switches, I think you´d have to reboot it by switching the settings manually.

do other tapes work? have him set everything to 30p HDV, record a few seconds on a fresh tape and then play back right away.

Jad Meouchy · June 6th, 2007, 03:01 PM

There are playback options in the menu that may not be set correctly (i.e. force DV instead of autodetect).

Tim Dashwood · June 6th, 2007, 03:47 PM

Make sure PB TAPE is set to AUTO. You can find it on the 2nd page of VIDEO FORMAT.

Dave Beaty · June 7th, 2007, 03:26 PM

John came back from Poland today and luckily the footage on tape is fine.

I checked out the camera and loaded my standard scene file. The VTR played back perfectly with some HDV tapes from previous shoots. I haven't tried the tapes from Poland but I am assuming operator error and somehow one of those menus you mentioned had the wrong setting.

Phew!

Dave

June 6th, 2007, 12:45 PM	#1
Dave Beaty Major Player Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ft. Myers, FL Posts: 240	HD250 and Playback Problem One of our producers called me from Poland, he had shot a bunch of footage with the HD250 and could not see anything when playing back on the LCD. He was understandably concerned he had no image on tape. I checked another camera here and it's pretty straight forward, hit the VTR button behind the VF and play. I couldn't think of any other buttons to suggest. He said when he hit play, the HDV/DV Light on the camera would switch to "DV" and he would see TC moving and only a blue screen. He shot in 720p30 HDV mode. He tried head cleaning with no change. Any ideas what we can try? Dave Beaty

June 6th, 2007, 03:01 PM	#3
Jad Meouchy Major Player Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 663	There are playback options in the menu that may not be set correctly (i.e. force DV instead of autodetect). __________________ software engineer

June 6th, 2007, 03:47 PM	#4
Tim Dashwood Wrangler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Posts: 3,637	Make sure PB TAPE is set to AUTO. You can find it on the 2nd page of VIDEO FORMAT. __________________ Tim Dashwood

June 6th, 2007, 01:24 PM	#2
Thomas Weilguny Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 51	have him check if the camera is in the right mode - make sure its set to 30p HDV (in record mode) if the material was shot in that mode. I´m not sure if the camera automatically switches, I think you´d have to reboot it by switching the settings manually. do other tapes work? have him set everything to 30p HDV, record a few seconds on a fresh tape and then play back right away.

June 7th, 2007, 03:26 PM	#5
Dave Beaty Major Player Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ft. Myers, FL Posts: 240	John came back from Poland today and luckily the footage on tape is fine. I checked out the camera and loaded my standard scene file. The VTR played back perfectly with some HDV tapes from previous shoots. I haven't tried the tapes from Poland but I am assuming operator error and somehow one of those menus you mentioned had the wrong setting. Phew! Dave