Sean Weaver wrote:…I ran a search to see how/if I can re-install the firmware. I'm a little confused by the above. When you say " "there will be an icon to erase the Camera Setup app" are you referring to something in-camera or on the Mac? I'll be looking into this before doing anything…
Apologies if that wasn’t clear. I’ll go through the steps in a little more detail. The firmware version I run with is 8.1. You could even download a later version as that won’t hurt anything.
1) From the Mac web browser, select the BMD Support page; scroll down the left column to a camera update; select that and download the camera update .dmg file to the Mac.
2) open the .dmg file and it will open a window with some icons; open the bottom right icon to Uninstall the Camera Setup program on your Mac. This erased all related files on your Mac so the new version will be clean.
3) after running the Uninstall, then open the Install Camera Setup on the bottom left; this will install a new version of the Camera Setup in your Applications folder.
4) if you run programs from the Dock, you’ll need to drag the Camera Setup icon to the Dock or simply proceed on the map to execute the Camera Setup program from the Applications folder.
5) turn On your camera and connect your camera via USB-C to your Mac.
6) the running Camera Setup program on the Mac will recognize your camera and you select the button to proceed with the update.
This action to Uninstall the current Camera Setup using the provided icon after opening the .dmg is a step that shouldn’t be skipped although nothing forced you to do that—it’s just a good practice to follow each time.
BMD support --- are you still looking out for bmpcc6k cameras? (at a charge, of course). I'm used to tube guitar amps that are still running 65 years later. I figure a camera should last at least 1/8th as long if not much longer.
My first camera is 60 years old this summer and it is still fine. A shame the world of electronics and chips means everything we buy is a ticking time bomb. As a teenager, my brother rescued a Ford Model A from a farmer’s field and restored it so it was running well for many decades. Voyager 2 is still functioning more than 50 years after launch and it’s a 64KB memory system! Today enormously complex cars and expensive appliances die less than a decade old because a chip can no longer be replaced… well at least the chip in the Jaguar lasted twenty years.
Vendors warn you not to expect longevity from anything nowadays. Even camera manufacturers don’t expect you to enjoy many years of service. Sad when some die so young, while others may have a relatively long life. My UM4.6K is 8 years old in a few weeks and going strong, but I know one day it won’t. All the best to you.