Posted by mv on 09/21/06 20:29

In message <4511396f$0$37684$bb4e3ad8@newscene.com>, Toby
<kymarto123@ybb.ne.jpp> writes
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>"Bernie" <bernard.newnham@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
>news:1158738961.256389.202390@d34g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
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>> MPEG2 and DV are two different things, which makes the original quote
>> fairly superfluous. There are drop outs on DV, but from experience of
>> several thousand tapes I can say that they're either extremely rare, or
>> that the drop out compensation on DV cameras / decks is very good.
>>
>> Bernie
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>True. I was thinking about HDV actually...my mistake.
>
>Toby
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>

So far we've shot over 400 hours of HDV on Z1's, A1's and FX1's, mostly
in inhospitable environments. I suppose there might have been a drop out
somewhere but not that I remember. It's certainly not a problem. I'm
aware however that many users are just too cack handed to be allowed out
with a camera, since they have insufficient finesse to take care when
opening the tape compartment in anything but clean still air and have a
generally cavalier attitude about their equipment. Such operators are
utterly useless to us.
--
John Lubran

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