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Mon Sep 23, 2024 12:35 am
Morning - Broadcast Engineer here running out of ideas. I have had a serious problem for the last year with version 8 of the camera firmware. 7 is ok but lacks a few nice upgrades with luts etc. And version 7 does not support the new G2 Micro studio camera. We only use the system in the Autumn.
The system is quite large with 2ME constellation/40x40 videohub/Camera control panels/advanced panel/hyperdecks and a ton of conversion. 10 cameras 4 outside sources and Media players and several graphics PCs.
Cameras are G2 Ursa broadcast/Studio 4K pro/Micro studio/G2 Micro studio. Ursas are ok
Lenses are converted with metabones 0.71 -MFT on Canon CNE 18-80, 70-200, 24-104 photo and direct with Olympus pro. All ok controled directly from camera LCD.
*****However when stripped down to just 1 camera, any lens, 2 sdi leads and a 2ME controlled by software control, version 8 causes havock with the iris. Starting from F2.8 and working down to CLS the iris is sometimes smooth, sometimes jumps in huge steps, sometimes jumps up then down then up then CLS. On the way back up just as bad. If I go back to the latest version 7 the studio cameras are ok. This is not sdi lead related as we have tried every combination and every output on the constellation. And studio camera G2 iris is open/closed.******
I am hoping this can be fixed with a new firmware V9 but alas none of the recent versions include anything written for the studio camera 4k pro. I am also wondering if the data rate is to much or is somehow getting corrupt on the SDI line. Also hoping the new switchers 9.6.2 might help and could use the features this week.
Tech support have a huge email trail regarding this but as yet we wait patiently.
Thanks for reading
The system is quite large with 2ME constellation/40x40 videohub/Camera control panels/advanced panel/hyperdecks and a ton of conversion. 10 cameras 4 outside sources and Media players and several graphics PCs.
Cameras are G2 Ursa broadcast/Studio 4K pro/Micro studio/G2 Micro studio. Ursas are ok
Lenses are converted with metabones 0.71 -MFT on Canon CNE 18-80, 70-200, 24-104 photo and direct with Olympus pro. All ok controled directly from camera LCD.
*****However when stripped down to just 1 camera, any lens, 2 sdi leads and a 2ME controlled by software control, version 8 causes havock with the iris. Starting from F2.8 and working down to CLS the iris is sometimes smooth, sometimes jumps in huge steps, sometimes jumps up then down then up then CLS. On the way back up just as bad. If I go back to the latest version 7 the studio cameras are ok. This is not sdi lead related as we have tried every combination and every output on the constellation. And studio camera G2 iris is open/closed.******
I am hoping this can be fixed with a new firmware V9 but alas none of the recent versions include anything written for the studio camera 4k pro. I am also wondering if the data rate is to much or is somehow getting corrupt on the SDI line. Also hoping the new switchers 9.6.2 might help and could use the features this week.
Tech support have a huge email trail regarding this but as yet we wait patiently.
Thanks for reading