[Patrick Sheppard]

Yikes, so sorry, just realized I posted this in the JVC forum! Never mind what I said above in this case, as I was talking about Panasonic cameras. My apologies! 🙂

[Patrick Sheppard]

Barry Green’s guide to the Panasonic UX Series may be helpful here, provided the GY650 has similar functionality:

https://info.panasonic.com/ux-series-e-book.html

He also talks about using the vectorscope and color chart to adjust the color in different cameras to make them look the same, I think in this video but not 100% certain:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWaPfVqOEFQ

And I may be remembering this wrong, but seems like custom scene files can be copied from camera to camera (?) and again this is in context of the UX Series, but if so then maybe the GY650 can do the same…?

[Patrick Sheppard]

Are they using iPhones to shoot video and sending the videos through the iPhone to you?

If so, it could be that the iPhone is transmitting a down-sampled (i.e. not full resolution) version of the video.

This article may be helpful:

https://www.howtogeek.com/228626/htg-explains-why-do-videos-sent-from-my-iphone-vary-so-much-in-quality/

[Patrick Sheppard]

I believe you have to turn off live view, then adjust the iris, and then go back into live view. I used to own a D5300 and shot in manual mode for video, and it was the same way. An online search should confirm this. It’s just how Nikon built these DSLR bodies.

[Patrick Sheppard]

It seems very highly unlikely to me that Apple would be ending FCPX development, especially with the release of the new Mac Pro. I think that FCPX will not only continue to be developed well into the future, but also be optimized to fully take advantage of the new MP’s horsepower.

[Patrick Sheppard]

Craig,

Not sure what the answer is to your specific questions about Migration Assistant and emails, photos, etc.

If you do a clean install on a dedicated external drive and then use Migration Assistant, you can then test the new install to see if everything came over or not. This method leaves your Sierra boot drive intact and unharmed.

Alternatively, you can clone your Sierra boot drive with CCC to an external drive and then update to your preferred OS on the clone drive. This method also leaves your Sierra boot drive intact and unharmed.

With either method, if something messes up then it only messes up the new OS install on the external drive. You can boot from the new OS install on the external drive and test it out to see if everything is as it should be before committing to it.

[Patrick Sheppard]

Craig,

Per this article from Apple: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201475
…you can upgrade to Catalina from as far back as Mavericks

— AND —

Per this article from Apple: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210190
…you can upgrade to Mojave from as far back as Mountain Lion

So you can upgrade to either Catalina or Mojave from Sierra. But note that either option will convert your Sierra boot drive to APFS, and update your Mac’s firmware, prior to installation of the OS.

Be sure to make a full bootable backup of your Sierra boot drive before doing the upgrade. Carbon Copy Cloner works well and is my preferred method. I’ve not yet used Time Machine enough to know it’s capability, but many people seem to like and use it.

Also be advised that if you upgrade to Catalina and decide you want to install Mojave instead, you may encounter a Catalina firmware/Mojave OS installer compatibility issue that would prevent you from installing Mojave. So you may want to upgrade to Mojave, which according to what I’ve read has been overall a lot more stable for people than Catalina. Then you’ll still have the option to upgrade to Catalina and beyond.

Per my previous post above, yes, do a clean install. My process was to clean install on a freshly formatted external drive, then use Migration Assistant to copy user data files and settings from the internal drive to the external drive, then boot from the newly created external drive, then reformat the internal drive, then use Carbon Copy Cloner VERSION 5 to clone the new external drive to the internal drive. Carbon Copy Cloner can create a full bootable clone of the new boot drive while booted from it. The software just needs certain permissions to access the entire disk and will guide you with visual prompts on how to do that. It’s very easy to setup.

[Patrick Sheppard]

David,

Is there audio over the AJA’s HDMI out? If so then it might indicate an issue with the analog audio out.

Patrick

[Patrick Sheppard]

Correction to my last post: I said that Migration Assistant moved the files, but I meant to say that it copied the files.

[Patrick Sheppard]

Since you’ve got audio through the UltraStudio4K (I assume via Thunderbolt), it sounds like something going on with the AJA unit itself.

Did you try unplugging power from the AJA, waiting 20-30 seconds, and then reconnecting power?