Posted by Toby on 09/22/06 14:29

<mv@movingvision.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In message <4511396f$0$37684$bb4e3ad8@newscene.com>, Toby
> <kymarto123@ybb.ne.jpp> writes
>>
>>"Bernie" <bernard.newnham@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
>>news:1158738961.256389.202390@d34g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
>>>
>>> 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
>>
>>
>>True. I was thinking about HDV actually...my mistake.
>>
>>Toby
>>
>>
>
> 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

You may not find dropouts worrisome, but the IBE cites industry-wide
experiences on that score, and they do exist and they are of concern to
broadcasters.

Toby

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