[MacDV] Re: Back UP storage options???

[Thubten Kunga]

Recording black on tape wears out the camera in half the time.

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On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 04:06  PM, Jonathan Fletcher wrote:

> Folks,
>
> Whatever happened to the old technique of recording black on a tape 
> before you used it? I know it sounds a little anachronistic in these 
> days of digital imaging (it was essential when editing analog), but it 
> still seems like it would solve the gapping time-code issue.
>
> When I do it I just leave the camera plugged into the power supply, 
> leave the lens cap on, stick a patch cable (that isn't attached to 
> anything) into the mic jac, hit record and come back in an hour. Works 
> for me. Also it cures the camera's need to take a few frames to resync 
> every time it plays past a non-recorded spot.
>
>
> On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 03:05 PM, Macintosh Digital Video 
> List wrote:
>
>> Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 11:23:09 -0800
>> Subject: [MacDV] Re: Back UP storage options???
>> From: Thubten Kunga <Kunga at FutureMedia.org>
>> Message-Id: <F1295DBB-2E3E-11D7-8BA6-003065E5AA00 at FutureMedia.org>
>>
>> Previous posts lead me to believe that if you care about your code
>> numbers an logging, you can forget about FCE. If you have a reel with
>> multiple zeros due to unrecorded gaps, someone else fill in the answer
>> please. I'm inexperienced with that problem. I think FCP doesn't know
>> where to go beyond the first gapless part. Somebody else knows right?
>>
>> In future, try to make a point of not rewinding tape you are shooting
>> or always be careful about the cue if you do. Always tape a few 
>> seconds
>> beyond the shot you want to allow yourself some resume space if you
>> plane on rewinding and reviewing a shot before taking the next one.
>>
>> Alternately, you can go for a digital dub (assuming you have two
>> cameras or a deck) of that reel's contents so that the dub will have a
>> new set of time code on it that FCP can consistently relate to.But any
>> dub may have dropouts, just like any original may have drop outs 
>> except
>> maybe more.
>>
>> Tape is inherently fragile and drop out prone. It doesn't usually
>> happen. But it does happen from time to time.
>>
>
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