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Posted by Jerry on 03/20/06 20:59
Canon GL2
The symtoms of dirty heads, failure to record and mosaic on tape when it
manages to record. I ran the Canon head cleaner tape and the problem
went away but returned after two more hours of taping. So ran cleaner
tape again for 10 seconds and its ok now. Using Sony premium mini dv
tapes. Unfortunately the Canon camera sensor did not tell me to clean
the heads until after my taping session was done, so the session was not
recorded. Looked fine in the viewfinder of course.
After reading the discussion about Sony tapes, with lubricant, and
Maxell tapes, without lubricant, I will keep using the Sony tapes until
the heads fail. Has anyone else had experience with the lubricated tapes
clogging the heads sooner than the dry type?
Should I be cleaning the heads sooner than the 20 hours that Canon
recommends? Does the 20 hours mean just recording or also include
playback? Does the tape drag across the record heads during playback?
I also use a Panasonic PV 250 camera with Maxell tapes. The manual has
no info on hours of recording before cleaning. Any suggestions?
Are all head cleaner tapes the same?
Thanks all.
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