As suggested, I ran the cleaning tape through the camera again, and also tried running the tape back and forth from end to end with no luck. Of course that does not mean it’s not a dirty head issue. I have only used Sony tapes in my cameras because of the issues with the different tape formulas (wet & dry). I do occasionally run the cleaning tape through the cameras, usually after I have several shoots or when I notice an increase in dropouts. Thank you everyone for taking the time to reply. Don't clean the heads until you need to, but when you start having problems, don't fret about having to clean them. This is simply what happens to tape recorders and tape-based cameras as the oxide-based tape moves across the heads.
There were lots of posts about this a decade ago, stating that the difference in tape formulations could increase the likelihood of a head clog.ĭon't worry too much about dirty heads. For example, don't try to play a Panasonic tape, and then right after that play a Sony tape.
While the camera is in this funky state, try to avoid switching between tape brands. This action of moving the tape rapidly over the heads sometimes will clear simple head clogs. If you don't have a cleaning tape handy, try fast-forwarding all the way to the end, and then rewinding all the way to the beginning. I expect that if you use it 1-3 times, the problem will go away. Buy a cleaning tape, follow the directions exactly, and don't run it for more than 10 seconds at a time. I agree with the earlier post that this is most likely just a simple dirty head issue. I've seen things like this before, both with my FX-1, as well as with my older SD Sony TRV-11 DV camcorder. If you can see something when fast forwarding, then the tape is still probably good. All of the other tapes I used before and after this one worked fine. I can fast forward the tape and see the video, but it will not play back at normal speed. I'm sure we would be willing to help if you want to mail the tape around. I have several HDV cameras, as do many others on this board. Except that he never got the audio off the tape. He copied it that way, they sped it up in his NLE and it was perfectly fine. One thread I saw just now while rummaging around with Google says that one guy got the video off his HDV tape by playing it in a deck that was able to play back at slow speed. That may have been the issue in the first place. Perhaps one will be able to pull a satisfactory signal off the tape. So I think it's a signal-strength issue.Īll I can suggest is trying every HDV camera you can get your hands on. I've noted here that when in the past I experimentally re-used 80-minute HDV tapes many times there came a point at the beginning of the tape where playback couldn't build an image for the first few minutes, because of all the previous test passes on that part of the tape. On FF the electronics in the camera can get enough information to build a low-res image, but otherwise can't build an HD image on regular playback, though they have enough to generate a timecode. I think what is happening is that the recording camera heads are getting clogged and are not putting a full-value signal on the tape.
I had an identical issue with an HDR-HC3 when they first came out.
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