Posted by webpa on 01/16/07 00:17

P.C. Ford wrote:
> My former partner in my PD150 was an idiot who insisted on using the
> camera to do camera to camera tape editing.
>
> When the camera started dropping, I got the heads replaced. He refused
> to pay for the damage he caused and we severed our relationship. (He
> now has caused another camera to start dropping.) (!)
>
> This is the record of the hours on the camera on Dec. 24,
> 2005...before it was overhauled.
> 201 x 10 operation
> 75 x 10 drum run
> 61 x 10 tape
> 429 x 10 threading
>
> The camera was overhauled last spring. I checked the hours a few days
> ago:
> The hours now are:
> 226 x 10 operation
> 146 x 10 drum run
> 43 x 10 tape
> 262 x 10 threading
>
> Both hours records are correct. I have put only a few hours on the
> camera since last spring.
>
> What could explain this? A couple weeks ago, we were in a minor
> accident and the camera got a good bump. Seems to work fine.

Looks like the headwheel was NOT replaced...or the shop seriously
screwed up by not resetting the counter. Contact them and discuss....

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