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Martin Wiosna · July 27th, 2009, 01:23 AM

Ok have 3 Mini DV tapes from a Sony FX-1 (1080i). On the last tape I noticed quite a few of these little glitches occurring.

Is there something that I'm doing wrong to get these or is this something that just happens.

Here is an example...right at the 6 second mark.

YouTube - artifact

Chris Soucy · July 27th, 2009, 01:54 AM

That's a dropout, clean the heads.

CS

Ray Bell · July 27th, 2009, 05:21 AM

good to clean the heads as suggested...

also of good habit is to pre run your tape at least 10 seconds before you record the good stuff... just put your hand over the lens and hit record... count to 10 and stop the recording... this keeps the tape lead in away from your good footage..

Ron Evans · July 27th, 2009, 06:56 AM

Try capturing again. How does this playback in the camera? A dropout would more likely cause the error correction to freeze the image for a while on playback in the camera. Are they all the same brand of tape. Don't mix brands as this causes lots of problems.

Ron Evans

Boyd Ostroff · July 27th, 2009, 07:09 AM

That would be my suggestion as well. Try capturing again. Sometimes you will find that these glitches are transient.

Aric Mannion · July 28th, 2009, 12:01 PM

Some people think drop outs are less common by using HD tapes instead of DV tapes.

Andrew Smith · July 29th, 2009, 01:24 AM

I for one record a good minute of footage at the beginning of the tape prior to recording anything of importance.

If using multiple cameras, I will also point them to the same location, hopefully featuring something that is white. This can be very handy when it comes to colour correcting the footage so that both cameras and balanced in post-production.

Andrew

Martyn Hull · August 1st, 2009, 09:27 AM

My fx 7 is giving a lot of drop outs now, some recorded some transient on playack,head cleaners no use to it ,it has not done a lot of mileage in the car talk world either.

July 27th, 2009, 01:23 AM	#1
Martin Wiosna Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: thomaston, ct Posts: 141	HDV issue... Ok have 3 Mini DV tapes from a Sony FX-1 (1080i). On the last tape I noticed quite a few of these little glitches occurring. Is there something that I'm doing wrong to get these or is this something that just happens. Here is an example...right at the 6 second mark. YouTube - artifact

July 27th, 2009, 01:54 AM	#2
Chris Soucy Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fairfield, Dunedin, New Zealand Posts: 3,691 Images: 18	Hi Martin................. That's a dropout, clean the heads. CS

July 27th, 2009, 05:21 AM	#3
Ray Bell Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,414	good to clean the heads as suggested... also of good habit is to pre run your tape at least 10 seconds before you record the good stuff... just put your hand over the lens and hit record... count to 10 and stop the recording... this keeps the tape lead in away from your good footage..

July 27th, 2009, 06:56 AM	#4
Ron Evans Inner Circle Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 4,220	Try capturing again. How does this playback in the camera? A dropout would more likely cause the error correction to freeze the image for a while on playback in the camera. Are they all the same brand of tape. Don't mix brands as this causes lots of problems. Ron Evans

July 27th, 2009, 07:09 AM	#5
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,802	That would be my suggestion as well. Try capturing again. Sometimes you will find that these glitches are transient.

July 28th, 2009, 12:01 PM	#6
Aric Mannion Major Player Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 616	Some people think drop outs are less common by using HD tapes instead of DV tapes.

July 29th, 2009, 01:24 AM	#7
Andrew Smith Equal Opportunity Offender Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 3,065	I for one record a good minute of footage at the beginning of the tape prior to recording anything of importance. If using multiple cameras, I will also point them to the same location, hopefully featuring something that is white. This can be very handy when it comes to colour correcting the footage so that both cameras and balanced in post-production. Andrew

August 1st, 2009, 09:27 AM	#8
Martyn Hull Major Player Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: England Posts: 444	My fx 7 is giving a lot of drop outs now, some recorded some transient on playack,head cleaners no use to it ,it has not done a lot of mileage in the car talk world either.