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Posted by Bill on 02/08/07 14:24
I've had a VX-2000 for seven years. I had dropouts once, but it was
visible as distortion in the image as well and a head-cleaning did the
trick. No problems before or since. Wonderful camera. Thanks for
reminding me not to take that for granted: no problems before or since.
Gary Eickmeier wrote:
> I don't see this talked about much, but it sure has become a problem at our
> studio.
>
> Our Sony VX-2000s are starting to be less reliable in the tape mechanism, in
> particular with sound dropouts, even at SP speed. Usually we can hear the
> sound in analog playback from camera, but upon capture of the digital stream
> there are serious dropouts. The problem seems to stem from the tape path,
> because it gets worse with the 80 minute tapes or at LP speed. We used to be
> able to go LP all day long with no problem, but now we have one camera in
> for repair to check tape path and the other two are starting to exhibit the
> same bad habits.
>
> We are thinking of going with the Firestore FS-4 hard drive recorder to
> bypass the tape altogether. Of course, then you still have to come up with a
> way to archive your work. Perhaps with Blu-Ray disc recorder?
>
> Just thinking out loud, wondering what your experiences are in this. Anyone
> else have the Firestore? For the same reasons?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gary Eickmeier
>
>
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