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mini DV tape dropouts/mosaic

from Satya Sivaraman (teena@asiaaccess.net.th)
Hello friends,

I recorded some footage last week in rainy conditions and one out of 5 tapes shot had mosaic on the picture which does not go away even when played back on other cameras. The tapes recorded before and after this bad one seemed OK till yesterday when another tape mysteriously turned up with the same mosaic. I have cleaned the heads with a cleaning tape but what worries me is that the camera heads are behaving erratically- recording well at times and producing mosaic at other times. Any suggestions on what this could be due to. My camera is a PD-150 less than one month old and with just 15 hours of shooting. I am recording DV and not DV-CAM (would it help if I recorded DV CAM ?).

I must mention also that the tape which turned out bad last week seemed OK on playback when I saw it on the night of the shooting but the next day turned out to be full of mosaic. Is it also possible that the tapes are being affected by some kind of magnetism - from other devices ?

regards

Satya

(posted 8358 days ago)

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