Tapes

1. squirrleyg
   Member

   

   i just recently purchased a new hdr-fx7 and it came with 4
   "victor"? tapes but i was wondering if i should just use my sony tapes becuase i heard using different tapes can ruin the camera

   Posted 2 years ago #

2. robGRAUERT
   Member

   

   the important thing is to be consistent with the brand of tape you use. i'd go with the sony tapes.

   Rob Grauert, Jr
   http://www.robgrauert.com
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   Posted 2 years ago #

3. squirrleyg
   Member

   

    thank u

   Posted 2 years ago #

4. catmouse71
   Member

   

   great one.

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   Posted 2 years ago #

5. Derek Sine
   Member

   

   "There are two kinds of lubrication: Wet, which Sony tapes use and a dry
   powder which Panasonic use. Without this lubrication the camera heads
   would be useless within a few hundred hours.
   Like all things, the more you use the tape, the less it lubricates, so
   the re-used tapes may look okay and record okay but they're slowly
   starting to wear away your tape head, which can be very, very expensive
   to replace.

   Apparently in the past mixing the wet and dry tapes led to the powder
   and liquid mixing to form a gunge which clogged up the heads. This is
   less likely nowadays since the formulas have been changed to avoid this
   but it could theoretically still occur so the perceived wisdom is to
   stick to one brand. If you do switch brands then you should briefly use
   a head cleaning tape before changing."

   *I snagged this from another forum.

    

   Very important to stay consistent a new tape-head is quite expensive where as tapes are really cheap in comparison. I'm sure you won't have any issues going to Sony tapes but in the long run stick with them.

   Derek Sine
   Trails Ventures, LLC.

   Posted 2 years ago #

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