VX2000 Repair - Sony Laredo
by paris bishop
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Oct 14, 2009 at 2:23:19 pm
Does anyone have experience having their cameras sent to Sony Laredo for repair?
The people at Laredo tell me that they would bring the camera back up to factory specifications for a flat rate of 516.oo. They also said that in the end I would have a fully functioning VX2000 that would be like new. I also have a blown firewire port and asked if that would be fixed as part of this deal and they said, yes.
My camera has distortion problems that transfers to tape.
I had Eric's Camera Repair out of Glendale,CA fix it twice. They said they don't know what is wrong with it( first they said the guide post) but that if I replace the tape compartment completely, that the problem will be solved.
Because they didn't fix it before, they said they would pay for half of this job which would cost me about 250.00 or so.
Assuming that my distortion is caused by the tape mechanisim then it sounds like replacing this part would take care of that problem. I just don't have 500 bucks lying around right now to send this to Sony. but, if Sony would really bring it up to factory specs and repace this or that, then it might be worth it,yes?
Re: VX2000 Repair - Sony Laredo by paris bishop on Oct 16, 2009 at 3:30:55 am
The distortion is a visual distortion that occurs whenever there is motion presented in the left side of the "screen".
The distortion appears as waves or more like a mirage heat wave distortion. Yes, like the image is underwater, or the water is rippling for a moment.
So, if someone walks by the camera from left to right, the distortion would appear as a rippling/wavy distortion until they reached a certain point. It only occurs in the left side.
It definetely gets encoded onto the tapes as I've played this back on multiple systems.
Again, the camera shop says it was (is) a guide post and arm extention unit problem.
They couldn't fix it but say if I replace the whole tape compartment that it should take care of the problem as all the heads and tape mechanisims will be brand new.
Re: VX2000 Repair - Sony Laredo by Brian Louis on Oct 16, 2009 at 6:31:07 pm
Do you see the same problem if you capture directly from firewire using the cam as a live camera head and bypassing tape? also capturing by digitizing composite or s-video as a live camera head??
