PANAVISION Genesis, User Manual

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8.4 Tape precautions
HDCAM SR tape is very robust. Nonetheless, normal precautions
should be taken for storage in the field: avoid extremes of
temperature and excessive moisture. HDCAM tape is insensitive to
airport X-rays.
8.5 Using Record Review
By using the “Record Review” assignable button, you can safely play
back the last three or ten seconds of your recording to check that
the scene was recorded properly. See
4.2
Panavision does not recommend playback without using RECord
REView on the set, because there is a danger of recording over your
“original negative” or of creating a time code discontinuity.
8.6 Ejecting the cassette
The cassette should be ejected whenever the camera will not be
used for an extended period, such as when breaking for lunch or for
the day. If you insert the same tape later, use the Record Review
function to cue to the end of the last take.
8.7 Changing Time Code Hour with each new tape
Most productions will change the time code hour with every tape.
For example the third tape of the day will start at
3:00:00:00 (3 hours 0 minutes 0 seconds 0 frames)
and the following tape will start at 4 hours.
See section
18.2 to change PRESET time code.
8.8 Different tapes for different speeds
Panavision recommends using different tapes for each different
speed used. See
chapter 20 for more information about variable
speeds.