[Duke Bishop] “It seems this issue only occurs with 10-bit captures.”
We previously had an issue with our Kona 3 capturing 10 bit. After much trial and error and help from AJA support, they concluded it was a faulty card and replaced it. The replacement worked fine. The original card would capture 8 bit codecs flawlessly, but would add an insane amount of noise to 10 bit captures. You might just have a defect, who knows? It happens sometimes