I shot a wedding yesterday. I always shoot with two cameras, one that I operate and the other, a stationary camera mounted on a tripod with a wide angle shot so that I have something to cut to.
At yesterday's wedding I was using a DVX100 that I bought used as the secondary wide angle camera. At just after 12 minutes on the tape there's nothing. It just stops right as the bride and groom reached the front.
I'm not sure what could have happened. I am able to fast forward and rewind the tape no problem. I'm going to try setting the camera up and letting it record tonight. Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
Re: DVX100 Stopped Recording by Chris Bryan on Sep 3, 2008 at 2:51:01 pm
No, I don't use the remote, I just hit record about 5-10 minutes before the ceremony starts and leave it.
I thought that the issue might have been because I closed the LCD Monitor and maybe the camera went into some sort of Stand-by mode which seemed weird to me because why would it ever go into Stand-by mode when recording? I set the camera up last night and let it record straight through two tapes with the LCD closed and it successfully recorded so its not that.
Thinking back I feel like I might have bumped the scene file button after I hit record, but that shouldn't stop the camera from recording should it?
Re: DVX100 Stopped Recording by Tim Scarpino on Sep 3, 2008 at 2:59:22 pm
It sounds as though you may have accidently stopped the recording yourself. Do you have the camera setup so the tally light is on to the point where you can see it from your second camera position? If that was on, and you still had a problem, I would be more concerned.
If you don't that tally on, I would turn it on. I would also make sure you camera is setup so a remote can not be used with it. Both settings are in the manual if you need further instruction.
Re: DVX100 Stopped Recording by Chris Bryan on Sep 3, 2008 at 5:27:17 pm
I'll look into those settings, thanks.
One last thing. The last thing in the shot on the second camera at about 12 minutes in, is the bride and groom reaching the end of the aisle. Also in part of the frame I can see myself operating the other video camera. So if I did shut it off, it would have been a delayed shut down as I was not within reach of the camera when it stopped taping. Is there any sort of delayed shut down on the camera?
Re: DVX100 Stopped Recording by Steve Wargo on Sep 10, 2008 at 7:15:37 am
Well, this happened to me about 20 years ago when I had a camera running in a balcony. Someone had tripped on the electrical cord and pulled it from the wall. Seeing what they did, they plugged it back in and went on their way. Needless to say, the camera shut down with no power and powered back up when it got plugged in.
The way I knew was that I was shooting the people coming down the isle and recorded the incident on my front camera. Didn't see it happen at the time but saw it later. The way I knew? I saw the tally light go off when I looked at the tape later.
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