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Posted by PTravel on 10/05/25 11:52
"Binba" <drorworld@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for all the responses... apparently this did stir a heated
> debate :-)
>
> I think there's truth in what everyone says: what can cause "generation
> loss" in a firewire dub will be accumulative tape errors and cable
> errors. The result won't be a general degredation of the picture,
> rather more dropouts.
> It will be actually interesting to do a binary comparison of the tape
> data after 1,5,10 etc. copies. I'm sure someone has done it...
>
> PTravel, I have to disagree with you though. At least in the earlier
> days (circa 1998), we were working with the VX-1000, and I saw a LOT of
> dropouts. It's the same reason that made me write this post: I'm now
> cutting a short film shot with the XL-1, and 2 out of the 5 DV original
> tapes are in bad condition - they play with dropouts throughout on any
> deck which isn't in mint condition.
> There's a reason why when it comes to masters people are strict about
> stock choice, not recycling tapes, DVCAM instead of DV etc.
Well, sure. I use only Sony Excellence in my VX2000, and only once. It
gets played once when I transfer the video. That's just 2 passes for a
higher-quality tape. Use crappy tape (if there's such a thing -- I've not
heard of off-brand miniDV that used tape from a source other than the same
majors who produce for the branded tape manufacturers), or reuse it multiple
times, or store your camera somewhere that's nice and dusty and gritty, or
use the camera in very high humidity, and you'll create conditions in which
the binder can fail.
I'm really surprised that you're having problems with video shot on an XL-1
and XL-2. What were the circumstances of the shoot?
>
> I moved the first question into a new post.
>
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