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Camera Care

&
Maintenance
Video equipment lasts well
when it’s treated well.

Common sense and regard for


its susceptibilities will keep it
running smoothly for a long
time.
Camera Care &
Maintenance
•Equipment Storage •Liquid & Food
•Equipment Transport •Tape Clogging
•Wet Weather •Magnetic Fields
•Heat & Humidity •Lens
•Sea Spray / Salt / Sand •Cable Faults
•Dust
Equipment Storage
• Always return the equipment to its case
after use.
• Ensure that the case is stored upright or
placed on a flat horizontal surface.
• Don’t stack heavy pieces of equipment
on top of each other.
• Put sachets of silica gel in the case to
absorb moisture.
Equipment Transport
• Never bang or drop the video equipment.
• Ensure that the case is well padded and that
the case can’t be flung about or banged.
• When transporting by car, put equipment on
the floor of the back seat as this prevents it
from falling during sudden stops.
• On airplanes, carry your camera as carry-on
luggage.
Wet Weather
• Rain and spray can cause short
circuits or total equipment failure.
• Raindrops falling on microphones
will mar the sound track.
• Use an umbrella or wrap the
camera and VTR in a plastic bag if
you have to shoot in the rain.
• Don’t run cables through puddles.
Heat & Humidity
• The temperature in a closed car in the sun
can reach over 50ºC and cause permanent
damage to both video tapes and
equipment.
• If you move suddenly from a cold, dry
environment to a hot, moist one, the “dew”
warning light on the VTR will light up, the
VTR will automatically switch off. It won’t
operate again until it dries off inside.
Prevention / Solution

• Allow the equipment time to warm up


and acclimatize before switching it
on.
• Plan extra set-up time into your
production schedule.
• To dry out quickly, get the equipment
into a dry-air environment.
Sea Spray / Salt / Sand
After a day at the beach, clean the
equipment thoroughly because:
• salty air and sea spray is corrosive to video
heads, metal parts of video equipment including
the chassis and circuit board.
•salty air will form a coating on the front element
of the lens.
•sand can wreak havoc in the tape transport
mechanisms.
Dust
• Keep the camera and the VTR in a
dust-free environment.
• Dust will coat lenses, cause
abrasions on the video heads and
lead to drop-outs on the tape.
Liquid & Food
• Avoid eating, drinking or smoking
around video equipment, in control
rooms or near editing decks.
• Split coffee has accounted for
many loud bangs, blue flashes and
large repair bills.
Tape Clogging
• VTRs left in pause mode for longer
than 30 seconds will start to lift tape
particles off the tape and clog the
head leading to dropouts and head
damage.
Magnetic Fields
• Avoid power transformers, electric
motors, television sets and
loudspeakers.
• The magnetic fields generated can
scramble the information on tape or
interfere with recording.
Lens
• Use an air bottle or a lens brush or
special lens cleaning fluid to remove
surface dust.
• Never rub the lens to remove spots.
• Use a neutral density filter to protect
the lens from scratches.
• Fit a lens cap when the camera is not
in use.
Cable Faults
• Most camera problems result from
cable faults.
• Look for problems in the cable that
link your camera to the recorder.
• Avoid pulling directly on the cables
or resting heavy objects on
exposed cables.

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