mixing tape stock

[Jason Mann]

Okay, I'm buying a new camera (panasonic) and I know I shouldn't mix the dry lube Pana tape with wet lube Sony tape in the camera or demons will invade and wreak havoc.

 

However, what about a deck? Right now I don't have a real one and will just be using my old camera, but I've always used Sony tape in that. And since I work with other folks occasionally, and they mostly use Sony or other brands, does that mean I'm headed for disaster on the capture end?

 

Do more robust decks (like, maybe, the DSR-11, not that I will own one anytime soon) also have this problem?

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated so I can go back to worrying about seventeen other things. Sweet.

[Phil Rhodes]

Hi,

 

I'm sure any advice that goes for cameras would also apply to decks, but I mix stock all the time and I don't notice a particular problem.

 

Phil