Posted by Bob Ford on 08/25/07 21:32

On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:28:20 GMT, "Bill Farnsworth"
<bill.farnsworth@verizon.net> wrote:

>
>"Tom" <Tom@invalid.com> wrote in message
>news:Xns9996B042E296CTominvalidcom@news.supernews.com...
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I found three techniques for preparing a new blank video tape. After
>> inserting a new blank video tape into the camera:
>>
>> 1) Record a muted black video signal onto the entire tape and rewind
>>
>> -or-
>>
>> 2) Fast-forward once to the end of the tape and rewind
>>
>> -or-
>>
>> 3) Start shooting the subject since no preparation is required.
>>
>> Between the so-called lining up of magnetic particles and/or
>> re-packing
>> and re-tensioning, to nothing at all -- there is quite a big
>> difference
>> between the three techniques. And, maybe I not aware of a forth or
>> fifth
>> technique?
>>
>> So, I guess my question is, which is the better technique when
>> opening a
>> new DV tape?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Tom
>
>Option 3.
>Just today, I finished shooting Martin Yan's latest PBS Network
>cooking show that will begin airing in January.
>We shot it all on three Panasonic AJ-SDX900 cameras in DVCPro. And
>burned through ninety nine tapes.
>Not one of them had been striped (blacked) or packed (FF~RWD).
>In the thirty years I have been shooting video in various and assorted
>tape formats, I have never been asked to shoot on prepared tape.
>Just shoot.
>

Bill, that is my experience also.
I have ran miles of tape thru my cameras without "unpacking" and had
no problems. On a very few occasions I have encountered a tape prone
to drop out problems but that is a problem in the tape factory.
>Bill Farnsworth
>www.billfarnsworthvideo.com
Bob Ford
Images In Motion
www.imagesinmotion.com

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