Originally Posted by vidvicious

I could help ya on this one ... it really makes no difference to your camera what Tape you use ... Tape stock is a personal choice ... As a DOP in Broadcast I have (thru the years) formulated a Choice of tape based on Construction and Material use by Various companies.

In My humble opinion Fuji Film is the bast tape stock when it comes to analog and digital tape (Sans Memory) .. fuji is know for very abrassive tape .. While sony is know for the Oppisite .. and Maxelle/quantum tends to flake ...

Videotape be it analog or Digital is made of Silver composites .. When the tape travels thru the tape transport it lies on a slight angle against the Head drums .. On these drums there will be 4 to 5 Play heads ... Microscopic needles scrap the video tape when reading or recording .. Hense the reason for the Abrasiveness of the videotape .. the abrasivness will determine the amount tape/silver particals that will be moving around in the transport or remaining on the tape.

My MINIDV videotape ratings

1. Fuji
2. Panasonic (great tape if you use a EDL)
3. Maxelle
4.JVC
5. BASF
6. Sony