Member of the Month

KilaTsunami
October, 2024

Online

Welcome to the Newschoolers forums! You may read the forums as a guest, however you must be a registered member to post. Register to become a member today!

Fucked up camera

profile picture
tBatt
Posts: 9632 - Karma: 580
ok i went skiing today and got some decent footy. after we were done taping for a while we watched it and it was working fine. later i videoed for a little while more. i wnet to watch the footy from the whole day and the footy from the first section of filming and from 2 days ago wouldnt work...the screen was all blue like it normally is whn nothing is playing but it was supposed to be playin and it had the little green triangle for play on the screen. the shit from later in the day worked fine and the stuff from 2 weeks ago work fine but everything else ws just blue. is there anyway i can get it to work again and still have my footy. if it helps i have a jvc (not sure waht model) and it take mini dv tapes
Feb 4 2006 1:42PM
0 0
profile picture
Snowcase
Posts: 11456 - Karma: 634
try putting it on your computer
Feb 4 2006 1:45PM
0 0
profile picture
tBatt
Posts: 9632 - Karma: 580
^im at my dads and he doesnt have a firewire port on his comp
Feb 4 2006 1:57PM
0 0
profile picture
Snowcase
Posts: 11456 - Karma: 634
then do it later. try recording on a different tape and see if the same thing happens
Feb 4 2006 1:59PM
0 0
profile picture
tBatt
Posts: 9632 - Karma: 580
^i dont have any other tapes either
Feb 4 2006 3:29PM
0 0
profile picture
Snowcase
Posts: 11456 - Karma: 634
too bad
Feb 4 2006 3:32PM
0 0
profile picture
treesmann
Posts: 2675 - Karma: 49
i lost some footage recently also.and there were 3 blue horizontal lines across the footage that was still there
Feb 5 2006 6:40AM
0 0
profile picture
Leckett
Posts: 0 - Karma: 13
yea see if it works on the computer. also are you sure your tape didnt fast forward or rewind without you knowing? try taking tmie to search for it
Feb 5 2006 6:44AM
0 0
profile picture
Paul-o-Rama
Posts: 3301 - Karma: 13
mine did that, go and buy a tape deck cleaner at any drug store, it fixes that
Feb 5 2006 6:47AM
0 0
profile picture
tBatt
Posts: 9632 - Karma: 580
i watched through the whole tape 3 times...im sure its not just fast forwarding
Feb 5 2006 7:44AM
0 0
profile picture
tBatt
Posts: 9632 - Karma: 580
i know itll make it so it doesnt happwen again but can it fix the tape?
Feb 5 2006 7:45AM
0 0
profile picture
JamesB
Posts: 1461 - Karma: 11
man this has happened to me when you where filming you didnt fast forward your tape all the way to the last footi u shot so it overcopied some tape previously and gets fucked. atleast thats wat happened to me..
Feb 5 2006 10:47AM
0 0
profile picture
Paul-o-Rama
Posts: 3301 - Karma: 13
yeah, mine said there was no footy on my tape and i knew there was footage there, so i bought a tapedeck cleaner and now it works
Feb 5 2006 6:01PM
0 0
profile picture
alev
Posts: 7819 - Karma: 410
the horizontal lines happen when u replay ur tape fully before it has warmed up. ive found that its best to leave ur cam to completly warm up until u replay ur footage because the horizontal lines are there from the frames freezing. im not sure if thats why that happens, but if it continues to happen def get a inner tap cleaner or whatever its called if u know what i mean cuz that should fix it.
Feb 6 2006 3:46AM
0 0
profile picture
Leckett
Posts: 0 - Karma: 13
your tape is probably fine try playing it on a different camera
Feb 6 2006 5:09AM
0 0
profile picture
Crock360
Posts: 2100 - Karma: 23
welcome to the world of digital-dropout

was the tape brand new? or were you recording over old footage? Probably only thing you can do is get a cleaning tape....sry.

I ruined my final project for my video class last year because of digital drop out. I shot an interview with a guy at Killington talking about the new Camp Freeride and stuff, and when i went to log and capture it 90% of the interview was useless. Shit happens bro.
Feb 6 2006 12:31PM
0 0
profile picture
treesmann
Posts: 2675 - Karma: 49
i wouldnt normally playback on the mountain but my snollerblading friend made me do it because he wanted to see his gay box slide.
Feb 6 2006 2:03PM
0 0
profile picture
tBatt
Posts: 9632 - Karma: 580
the rest of the tape works its just one section. the whole thing is taping over old shit. i dont ave another camera to try playing it on.
Feb 6 2006 3:08PM
0 0
profile picture
Crock360
Posts: 2100 - Karma: 23
If it's just one section, you're fucked. the footage is gone forever. if you're ever shooting something that's important, make sure it's on new tape. usually you can record over old footage, but why take the chance of it not working? just get a new tape man. They're not that much.
Feb 6 2006 3:22PM
0 0
profile picture
tBatt
Posts: 9632 - Karma: 580
fuck
Feb 6 2006 3:26PM
0 0
profile picture
tBatt
Posts: 9632 - Karma: 580
how much are the tapedeck cleaner thignd?
Feb 6 2006 3:32PM
0 0
All times are Eastern (-5)