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Posted by Bill Farnsworth on 03/20/06 23:24
"Jerry" <xxx@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1e88e18b8360889b989693@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu...
> 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.
Manually wet clean it with head cleaner and good quality swabs.
The dry systems are temporary band-aids. (as you found out.)
20 hours is 20 hours. The tape passes over the heads just as in
playback as it does in record.
Bill F.
www.billfarnsworthvideo.com
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