I have a few questions about improving my video quality.
I am using a Samsung SCD101 minidv camcorder to record tuff truck events and wonder what would help me for settings on my camera. I will be taking the video off the camera using firewire then converting to dvd. Will on to my specific problems
First and most annoying is thisit can range from a second to a minute. Which ruins that part of the video
Second at times it seems to just blur for a very short time but is noticeable would different shutter settings help this. As such I found ae settings should I use one of those like sports or high speed
Other then that I only seen very random video distortions.
Here is a vcd example of the type of footage that I will be taking
http://www.t3rry.com/kimmyrolling.mpg
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That's from dirty heads, at least from my experience. Check the manufacturers site or your manual for what they reccoomend for cleaning. In my case it was any dry mini-dv cleaner cassette.
Also buy one brand of tape and stick with it, different manufacturers use different lubricants on the tape. -
Originally Posted by thecoalman
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Originally Posted by DarkShadow
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the coalman is referring to the normal tapes you use. Stick with Sony OR JVC and not both. Different lubricants are used by different manufacturers and a film of crud builds up on the heads where the two types react with each other. Get a head cleaning tape (any brand), use that and then only ever use one brand of tape to prevent the problem happening again. Unless you have worn the head out of course and cleaning won't do anything, new camcorder time.
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Will I have one of each left and don't want one to go to waste so I will clean before switching then stick with whichever one I find is cheapest and likely to be in stock
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Originally Posted by Richard_G
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If the same brand of tape is always used and the cam kept clean and not allowed to get covered in dust, the heads will probably last until it is obsolete and you want a new one. If you let it get filled up with dust, use any old tape you can get hold of and have to run a cleaning tape through regularly, then it isn't going to last at all well. It's like most things, look after them properly and they'll keep going, abuse them and you'll end up with nothing but grief (a bit like women really.....).
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