woofy75 wrote:Yes, this wasn't drifting slightly, it was like 8 hours out!
It's not out by 8 hours.
It's likely your internal clock is set to the time that is 8 hours out from your timecode source. In the absence of the external timecode source, the timecode reverts to the internal CLOCK (not timecode)
Start your day at 8AM. Jam the camera with timecode set to 14:00:00. After working for three hours the timecode is at 17:00:00 and it's 11AM. You power down but do not re-jam the clock.
When you power up the camera the timecode will revert to the internal time of day clock that is 11:00 am, which means your timecode will be "out" by 6 hours.
woofy75 wrote: Also, it wasn't happening every time I turned the camera off. If you have to re sink every time you power down then you really have to use a V lock battery on the camera as the internal batteries only last 30 mins so you'd have to re jam time code every 30 mins.
Best practice is to LEAVE an EXTERNAL clock fitted FULL TIME. The internal clock can be fine, but requires a lot of discipline on your behalf. That's why most people get external clocks. It's takes all that away.
The "cheap" way is to jam from your audio device, but they often don't have great clocks either AND you have to do it every time.
JB