[Paul Maddison]

Thanks for the advise and info. I think what you said is wise. While reading a review of the FS100, I was impressed with the detail in the shadows of the FS100 at +9 gain compared to 5D footage at 1600 ISO ( https://www.eoshd.com/content/7862/sony-nex-fs100-as-a-dslr-alternative-first-impressions ) which I thought was a fair comparison (I’m sure the FS700 would be at least as good). That boosts my confidence in sony’s AVCHD a little. We all know that low light performance should not be a major issue when we have control over lighting, but I have been in some situations where I had to work in the light provided by the customer. I think I will take your advise to rent and do some tests with the codec. Can’t wait to see the new recorder.

[Paul Maddison]

Yes, comparatively the FS700 looks quite competitive. The only thing holding me back buying this camera is the codec. Has anyone used a Ki Pro Mini or NanoFlash with this camera? Recording to prores or DNxHD would be better than AVCHD, even if it outputs only 8 bit. I am currently working in 422 8 bit, which seems fine for what I am doing at the moment but would like to future proof myself as some clients have asked me to take on some broadcast work in the near future and cinema ads in the more distant future. Competition is rife at the moment, so holding back until I know what the up-grade will cost and how it will perform.

[Paul Maddison]

The way I did the upgrade was:
Deactivate Media Composer
Uninstall Media Composer
Upgrade/Install Lion
Install Media Composer

My first attempt was to just do an upgrade. Media Composer 5.5 appeared to be working fine, but I wanted to install version MC6. After some testing I decided it is better for me to run MC6 on Lion in its own partition (the partition runs only Lion and MC6, and soon BCC8). I have had all sorts of difficulties trying to get BCC 7 to work on MC6 with Lion. Ran into some difficulties in uninstalling BCC7 in Lion, Made periodic backups after successful steps.