BMFin 0 #1 September 8, 2006 Recently I have had some issues with my camera. Now and then I get some disturbance on the picture. The other half of the screen goes much darker and starts gleaming. (or something) This usually lasts only for a couple of seconds and goes away. But it sure makes those seconds of footage useless so I must get rid of it. My guess would be that somehow the "recording heads" are dirty and need to be cleaned. Am I right ? If correct how should I clean them/it ? Cleaning casette ? Also I would like to hear how to avoid this. There are all kinds of rumors like : you shouldnt use casettes from other peoples cameras or you should only stick to one brand of DV-casettes etc. are these rumors true at all ? Thanks !! -Ville- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Costyn 1 #2 September 8, 2006 On my Sony PC105 I get bright horizontal bars when pointing towards some very bright surface or area, but this is only if I have it in sports mode. If I select another mode, the weird effect goes away. Perhaps this is what you are experiencing?Costyn van Dongen - http://www.flylikebrick.com/ - World Wide Wingsuit News Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #3 September 8, 2006 Could be lots of things. I once used a camera that one of the boards in it was going and it would cause the night shot to flicker on and off even with the switch off. It looked like a strobe and drove me nuts. Get a cleaner and see if it helps, if not its probally a parts issue and you might want to look for a new camera Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BMFin 0 #4 September 8, 2006 QuoteOn my Sony PC105 I get bright horizontal bars when pointing towards some very bright surface or area, but this is only if I have it in sports mode. If I select another mode, the weird effect goes away. Perhaps this is what you are experiencing? Yes. I have noticed the same thing when using sports more. But this is not the issue here.. Thanks anyway.. Also I will try to post a picture of it so we can see if someone has had the same problem... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boyfalldown 0 #5 September 9, 2006 Sounds kind of like vertical smear, a common problem with a lot of ccd's that only shows itself when the camera is used in a high contrast situation ( exit shot with the bottom of the plane in one part of the screen and the sun in the other, or when shooting a tandem from underneath with the sun behind ). Sadly, if that is your issue there is not much to be done about it. If I get some free time I'll see if I can find a frame in some of my video and post it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boyfalldown 0 #6 September 9, 2006 Here is a classic example of a bad case of vertical smear. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BMFin 0 #7 September 9, 2006 ok... Thanks a lot for the help. This kinda does resemble the problem I have. Its hard to tell from the picture u posted, but you could be right on this. Anyway If I remember right the disturbace has always been exactly half of the picture vertically. Yours is only about 1/4 of the picture. I have to check this out... Thanks -Ville- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
