Posted by Jim on 12/23/07 18:23

"Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@xp7rt.net> wrote in message
news:13mt96eji4obif6@corp.supernews.com...
> "Jim" wrote ...
>> Thanks for the responses from everybody!
>> "Richard Crowley" wrote ...
>>> Well, I downloaded the PDF manual for the camcorder,
>>> and INDEED it does keep a *count* of tape threadings
>>> rather than the "threaded hours". I would be fascinated
>>> to know why they think that the number of threadings
>>> is significant and the threaded hours is not.
>>
>>
>> Would threaded hours as you speak of, be the same as 'Tape Run'?
>> Since that is the time of the tape running past the heads (threaded
>> obviously)
>
> No. "Tape Run" is incremented while the tape is actually
> moving, not just threaded into the machine.

Gotcha.

>
> Perhaps "threading count" is significant because they
> aren't making the mechanics as beefy as they used to,
> and they have some significantly limited life expectancy.

True. All my Beta stuff if threading hours of course, but as I was googling
an answer to this, it seems a common thing for the newer
plasticams ;) to have threading count.

Thanks Richard (and P.C.) Merry Christmas!!

Jim

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