DVCAM vs Sony Premium at DVinfo.net

Henrik Bengtsson · September 9th, 2002, 12:16 AM

Hm.. with all this discussion re. the dvcam vs normal minidv tape. My PD100 has a tendancy (hehe) to record in DVCam on normal MiniDV tape (ie. i only get 40 min out of a 60 min tape). But is this advisable if you shoot on the cheaper Sony tapes? Are the manifacturing process accurate enough to allow this?

Regards,
Henrik Bengtsson
DocuWild

Frank Granovski · September 9th, 2002, 02:09 AM

Personally, I would use DVCAM tape for a PD100A. I think Fuji makes it.

Bryan Beasleigh · September 9th, 2002, 08:16 AM

In all likelyhood this camera has used Sony tapes. It would be unwise to switch to Fuji and risk gunking up the heads and the tape path.

Margus Kivilaan · September 9th, 2002, 09:25 AM

i wrote about that earlier somewhere in that forum, but..
a couple of years ago i edited 'pet clinic' type documental soap. It was shot entirely with pd100 onto DV tapes. We had minor dropout problems with approx 90 tapes shot. I think, when using cheap tapes in DVCAM, you have less risk of dropouts than cheap tapes in DV. But that risk is quite small anyway.

regards, Margus

Zac Stein · September 9th, 2002, 10:30 PM

this is a strange thing that happened to me while shooting.

I was using a sony pdf-150 provided by my university, it wasn't in the best of conditions, and i was shooting, and realised after i only got 40 mins to the tape, delved into the menu and found some strange settings.

When later it came to editing, i was getting break up and sound drops as well capturing straight from the tape.

was not fun.

Anyone shed some light on this? obviously this sounds like the camera was setup for dvcam, i dunno.

kermie

Margus Kivilaan · September 10th, 2002, 01:48 AM

kermie,
was that recording OK when playing back with camera?
did you use the same camera for feeding into computer?
i'm not familiar with editors, but don't believe that it was because of using DVCAM. Maybe because of head glogging or worn heads. (just guessing)

regards, Margus

September 9th, 2002, 12:16 AM	#1
Henrik Bengtsson Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Borås, Sweden Posts: 167	DVCAM vs Sony Premium Hm.. with all this discussion re. the dvcam vs normal minidv tape. My PD100 has a tendancy (hehe) to record in DVCam on normal MiniDV tape (ie. i only get 40 min out of a 60 min tape). But is this advisable if you shoot on the cheaper Sony tapes? Are the manifacturing process accurate enough to allow this? Regards, Henrik Bengtsson DocuWild

September 9th, 2002, 02:09 AM	#2
Frank Granovski Outer Circle Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hope, BC Posts: 7,524	Personally, I would use DVCAM tape for a PD100A. I think Fuji makes it.

September 9th, 2002, 08:16 AM	#3
Bryan Beasleigh Trustee Join Date: May 2002 Location: Barrie, Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,922	In all likelyhood this camera has used Sony tapes. It would be unwise to switch to Fuji and risk gunking up the heads and the tape path.

September 9th, 2002, 09:25 AM	#4
Margus Kivilaan Regular Crew Join Date: May 2002 Location: Tallinn, Estonia Posts: 123	i wrote about that earlier somewhere in that forum, but.. a couple of years ago i edited 'pet clinic' type documental soap. It was shot entirely with pd100 onto DV tapes. We had minor dropout problems with approx 90 tapes shot. I think, when using cheap tapes in DVCAM, you have less risk of dropouts than cheap tapes in DV. But that risk is quite small anyway. regards, Margus

September 9th, 2002, 10:30 PM	#5
Zac Stein Major Player Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 730	this is a strange thing that happened to me while shooting. I was using a sony pdf-150 provided by my university, it wasn't in the best of conditions, and i was shooting, and realised after i only got 40 mins to the tape, delved into the menu and found some strange settings. When later it came to editing, i was getting break up and sound drops as well capturing straight from the tape. was not fun. Anyone shed some light on this? obviously this sounds like the camera was setup for dvcam, i dunno. kermie

September 10th, 2002, 01:48 AM	#6
Margus Kivilaan Regular Crew Join Date: May 2002 Location: Tallinn, Estonia Posts: 123	kermie, was that recording OK when playing back with camera? did you use the same camera for feeding into computer? i'm not familiar with editors, but don't believe that it was because of using DVCAM. Maybe because of head glogging or worn heads. (just guessing) regards, Margus