Bill Farnsworth
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 Posted:
Sat Nov 06, 2004 12:17 pm Post subject:
Re: Sony DSR-1 DVCAM owners question |
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| Quote: | "G.I.O." <tfg1@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:418BF4AF.19737EC6@mindspring.com...
f you own the DSR-1 and have a 537A (or 637A) analog camera on the
front...
When you press the return button on your lens does the deck playback the
end of the last
take and recue for you?
If you are past the last take and you press return will it back up to
the end of the last take
and recue for you?
Thanks,
George
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"Steve Guidry"
| Quote: | I don't think so, because that's not what "return" means. It just means
return video "from" the deck - - as opposed to video going from the camera
"to" the deck.
Steve
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Steve, pretty much all the Sony camcorders and dockable units (in the
broadcast line) use the return video button for momentary playback of the
internal, or external VTR if a compatible external VCR is tied to said
camera via a 26 pin connector.
OR, the RET button can be used to view a return video signal input to
GENLOCK IN connector. This all depends on if the internal CAM RET function
switch is set to "ON". In the "OFF" position, only the last two or ten
seconds of recorded video can be reviewed.
Pressing RET momentarily will roll the tape back two seconds then play that
back and re-cue. Hold it down longer and it will roll back and play the
last ten seconds and re-cue. And all y'all gotta hit that RET button every
time the tape goes off the heads. (SAVE or shut down)
To answer the original question. The answer is ...........sorta. Depending
on how long that RET button is held down, the recorder will back to what it
thinks is two seconds back or ten seconds back. If video is not present, it
will just play back blank tape and stop after two or ten seconds.
The VCR must have a signal to lock on to for the re-cue to last frame
function to work.
As an aside, I had my faith in this function come back and bite me in the
ass. I thought that if I had re-racked the tape to watched a scene (not just
a few seconds via the RET button, but an actual rewind and play) and then
hit the RET button even though I had not got to the end of the take, that
the tape would be re-cued to the end of the last video. NOT! I lost about
ten seconds of footage. So remember, if you gotta check the footage, get it
back to as close as possible before using the RET button for re-cue.
I hope this helps.
Bill F.
www.billfarnsworthvideo.com |
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