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Posted by Fred on 02/13/07 04:03
Bill wrote:
> This could be helpful. But is there any non-anecdotal evidence that
> it's true? I'm not saying it's not. It's just that I've never done it
> and I've never had a drop-out or bad tape, except for one instance where
> a head-cleaning immediately solved the issue.
>
>
> Fred wrote:
>> Frank wrote:
>
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>> Everybody knows to "pack" their tapes,right? On putting a new
>> tape into
>> the camera, Fast Forward to the end and Rewind back to the beginning.
>> The result is fewer dropouts.
>>
>>
I just had a workshop this weekend and the instructor, who is a
professional with ten years experience, told us to do it. I don't know
what the stats are, but if it happens once, it could ruin a scene that
might be very expensive to replace, or a big drop in quality to leave out.
He only recommended it for new tapes which can loosen in shipping or maybe
it's stretch that causes it, I don't know. He also puts the finished cut
back on DV tape for archival storage. He said he knew of one company that
spends about $75,000 on a video program and buys a large capacity portable
hard drive just to archive the project.
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Regards, Fred
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