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tapes C120 (fwd)
> Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 23:39:12 -0400
> To: pixelvision@jupiter.rowan.edu
> From: Bernard Delgado <delgado@nytimes.com>
> Subject: tapes C120
>
> FYI
> Just looking over the PXL booklet & it says not to use C120 tape cuz video
> reproduction will be poor.
> Use high bias chromium dioxide C-90 tape. Runs approx 10 minutes (5min per
> side on C-90tape).
> DONT use metal tapes.
I have noticed that the PXL has trouble even with C-90 tapes unless they
have been rew/ed into a very smooth spool in a good quality cassette deck.
The problem is that it takes a lot of torque to run the tape at 8x the
normal speed, and the motor inside the PXL is just a regular cassette tape
motor with modified gear ratios. My assessment is that the C-120 should
work if and only if it is spooled smoothly and you don't attempt to
wind it back and forth.
> Anyone recommend a good camcorder to use as a taping system for a pxl?
> What's small, lite, & cheap?
Most 8mm camcorders today are small and light, but none too cheap.
Fry's has a Canon ES-170 for $397. The cheapest Sony camcorders
are right around there too. Mail order will be cheaper, and of course
you can find a used camcorder for even less.
IMHO, a camcorder with an LCD "view-screen" is best for this application,
that is if you want to be monitoring what the PXL is really doing to
your images. It would be quite awkward to stick your eye in the view
finder of an 8mm while you are trying to shoot with a PXL....
<<alex kanaris>>
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