Posted by P.C. Ford on 04/24/06 17:14

On 24 Apr 2006 17:42:28 +0100, Martin Heffels <mot@sneeuw.nl> wrote:

>On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 11:02:18 -0400, Dan Wenz <djwenz@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>The difference is the risk of less drop-outs on the more expensive tape. So
>if you're fine with running the risk of maybe a drop-out on the cheaper
>tape, then buy them. And I say "maybe" because you don't have to suffer
>drop-outs on a cheaper tape.

Thought I would add my $0.25.

I've been using Panasonic tape in my PD 150. Panasonic is by far the
most used tape by professionals here in Seattle.

I recently took my camera to the repair shop to replace the heads. (My
"partner" had put 750 hours on the drum and 4500 thread count by using
the camera as a deck.)

Anyway, the repair guy said that Sony tapes were best for Sony
cameras. Kinda makes sense to me. He said the camera was set up to use
Sony tapes and will work best with them. Certainly makes sense to me.
I used Sony tape in the beginning but since everyone used Panasonic I
started using it too.

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