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Posted by PTravel on 04/29/06 04:47
"Mr. Tapeguy" <mr.tapeguy@pro-tape.com> wrote in message
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> PTravel wrote:
>> "Mr. Tapeguy" <mr.tapeguy@pro-tape.com> wrote in message
>> news:1146238558.848016.115410@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
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>> >> Sony EX is Sony's top-of-the-line miniDV tape. I get it for $7,
>> >> quantity
>> >> 5.
>> >
>> > EX is the same as PR the only difference is the selection process.
>> > That's about what we charge but the Panasonic MQ is a better tape and
>> > it's $1.50 less.
>>
>> No thanks. I don' trust Panasonic products generally and, particularly,
>> would not mix Panasonic tape with Sony tape in my camera. Though it's
>> not
>> true of all of Panasonic's formulations, I've heard enough anecdotal
>> evidence (from people not trying to sell tape) of heads getting gummed up
>> that I wouldn't take the risk, just to save $1.50 on a tape.
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> If you don't clean the heads, you run a small chance of this happening.
Whereas if I stick with Sony EX, I run no chance of this happening.
> Panasonic is the preferred choice of most professional videographers.
There was a survey?
> I really don't care which one you buy. I have made the same
> recommendation, however, to literally HUNDREDS of people and told them
> specifically if I'm wrong, call me up and tell me I'm a liar and I'll
> swap out the tape for them. Hasn't happened yet.
First of all, if I clog up my heads, swapping out tapes isn't going to
exactly take care of the problem. I'm sure Sony would replace the tape if I
experience a drop out. It won't, however, pay for repairing the camera, or
for flying me back to where ever I was shooting. As I said, it's not all
Panasonic formulations, but I've heard enough anecdotal evidence to convince
me that the problem is very real.
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> Use whatever you like but the Panasonic professional series is a higher
> quality product AND at a lower price. Really.
I have no idea what "higher quality" means in this context. I've never
experienced a drop out, either after shooting or from a stored tape --
what's higher quality than that? As for lower price, as I said, $1.50 a
tape isn't incentive for me to risk my heads.
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>> > EX is still consumer tape and you will get better peformance with the
>> > Sony DVM63HD, or DVCAM PDVM-40N or better.
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>> I shoot with a VX2000 -- I can't use DVCAM. As for performance, in
>> several
>> hundred hours, I've never had a single drop-out. I can't think of any
>> reason not to continue using what I've been using.
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> You can use DVCAM. They are compatible with each other and DVCAM is a
> higher-quality product but hey, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Exactly -- it ain't broke.
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