PROBLEM WITH CAMERA PLAYBACK
Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 8:41 am
Visual disturbance with playback from camcorder. Can anyone In the technical department give me some ideas?
I have experienced some picture disturbance in the view finder while playing back my camcorder last night. My camera is a Panasonic DV30E 3CCD. It has just over 200 hours on the clock. The camera is kept in a dry place and at normal room temperature and had been used for recording the previous weekend.
I was searching for something on older DV tapes and with the camera running at normal playback speed, a series of regular horizontal lines appeared on the screen. They were very precise broad horizontal bands about a dozen in number, like Venetian blinds and you could see the picture between them. Between the lines, the digital images were static broken squares.
I took the tape out and tried the last one I had recorded to see if it was a problem with and older tape. The problem was still the same. I connected the camcorder to my TV to see if it was a problem with the camera screen but it still manifested its self on the TV.
My first thoughts were that the heads wanted cleaning. I have always steered very clear of this idea. It looked almost as is if the tape was being fast forwarded with but with these precise horizontal bands.
I tried another couple of tapes and then the problem cleared. I re-tried the same tapes again and happily everything played OK from fast forward to normal play.
I was about to connect the camera to the computer via the fire-wire and then the problem cleared. It plays everything without a problem.
I am about to record a drama project next weekend, I fear that something nasty is about to reveal its self with the camera.
I think if this camera goes wrong as well as the previous one, with comparatively little use, I will be joining the local boules club instead.
I have experienced some picture disturbance in the view finder while playing back my camcorder last night. My camera is a Panasonic DV30E 3CCD. It has just over 200 hours on the clock. The camera is kept in a dry place and at normal room temperature and had been used for recording the previous weekend.
I was searching for something on older DV tapes and with the camera running at normal playback speed, a series of regular horizontal lines appeared on the screen. They were very precise broad horizontal bands about a dozen in number, like Venetian blinds and you could see the picture between them. Between the lines, the digital images were static broken squares.
I took the tape out and tried the last one I had recorded to see if it was a problem with and older tape. The problem was still the same. I connected the camcorder to my TV to see if it was a problem with the camera screen but it still manifested its self on the TV.
My first thoughts were that the heads wanted cleaning. I have always steered very clear of this idea. It looked almost as is if the tape was being fast forwarded with but with these precise horizontal bands.
I tried another couple of tapes and then the problem cleared. I re-tried the same tapes again and happily everything played OK from fast forward to normal play.
I was about to connect the camera to the computer via the fire-wire and then the problem cleared. It plays everything without a problem.
I am about to record a drama project next weekend, I fear that something nasty is about to reveal its self with the camera.
I think if this camera goes wrong as well as the previous one, with comparatively little use, I will be joining the local boules club instead.