I am looking into purchasing a camera in the DVX100A class. I rented a brand new 100A and spent a very frustrating week with it. Am I the only one who does not get this camera? I used official Panasonic tape but this thing was clicking and burping in standby constantly. The fast forward and rewind would just stop on its own. (I hate the direction arrows, they go the wrong way).
While trying to transfer footage to FCE the connection would cut out and I would get the New Tape message constantly.
I couldn't figure out the tape counter. It would constantly zero itself. I couldn't get other time code options to work either. The constatnly regenerating smte code was very confusing. This camera was way more confusing then even the Betacams I used to lug around.
Reading the manul over and over didn't help either. Perhaps we are not meant for each other. I guess my question is, why is everyone in love with this camera?
