Problem: Your camcorder reset its time counter to 00:00:00
even though you know you had many minutes of video already recorded to tape.
WHY DID THIS HAPPEN TO YOU:
You most likely (or maybe it was your friend; why do I always blame you?) switched to playback mode on your camcorder to review some of your footage. Then, when you were done, you cued the tape back up to approximately where you left off on the tape.
You (or your buddy) thought you were at the end of the last scene, but you actually cued the tape forward just a little too far. (Usually the screen turns solid blue when it runs past the end of picture)
Once cued past the tape’s data, the camera will assume that it to prepare a new tape for recording. Then, it correctly starts back at time 00:00:00
Solution: Cue your tape to about a second BEFORE the last scene is over on your tape.
Super Solution: Really plan ahead here, and roll each shot about 3 seconds longer than you think you need to. It’s a good habit to get into- so that you have plenty of extra data on the tape for the camcorder to be able to read when you are cuing the tape.
