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Interesting! That's quite a major fault. I'm amazed that passed quality-control. Hopefully a straightforward repair.

I would definitely be interested in hearing the outcome of this! Good luck.

Sorry I don't personally have a recommendation. What country are you in?

That's very unusual! Have you reported this directly to Sony or your dealer?

That sounds similar to the veiling flare / purple grid issue that affected some F5/55 cameras.

Well well well... Catalyst Browse/Prepare 2024 versions have just been released with Apple Silicon support. BUT THEY STILL CAN'T PLAY VENICE 2 X-OCN 8K files! Madness.

I think the only issues with streaming direct from the camera are a) a bit less control over stream settings (bit rate etc), and b) can't insert any graphics, fades, other audio, etc.

As I understand it, S-Gamut is a large colour gamut, so better for scenes with intense saturated colours, neons, fluorescants etc. S-Gamut.cine is designed to be closer to rec709 primaries, and so should be easier to grade in "normal" environments with "normal" hardware (i.e. a rec709 display).

Sony themselves offer a data recovery service via Prime Support.

I don't think it's possible to record or output 1280x720 with an FX9. Except with the proxy feature.

From Sony Creative Software support when asked about VENICE 2 X-OCN 8K in Catalyst: Nice and vague! 🙄

What exactly are you finding problematically different with them? I use both and haven't had any significant issues matching.

You are correct. Most LUTs designed for slog3 seem to be for sgamut3.cine LUT creators should really specify! When people say "monitoring LUTs" they usually mean 33-point or 17-point, as most cameras and monitors will only accept these. But grading LUTs should be 65-point for best quality. https://www.4kshooters.net/2021/07/31/whats-the-difference-between-a-17grid-3d-lut-and-a-65grid-3d-lut/ FYI, if you haven't come across it, you can make your own LUTs with https://cameramanben.github.io/LUTCalc/ / https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/lutcalc/id1000409621?mt=12 (latest version is on the Mac App Store).

That's very strange! Wondering if it's perhaps faulty? Have you tried a hard reset of the camera? If you put the ND on "Auto" does it work? Is the lens iris auto or manual? Is this maybe something to do with the Bokeh Control setting? Is that On or Off?

Can anyone tell me (speculation is fun, but would be good to know for sure) what exactly "709tone" is? I see it's already available in the FR7... wondering if it's a LUT? Or will it be a Paint Menu present (Scene file / Picture Profile setting) like S-Cinetone. I'm also curious what it's "optimum"/"suggested" settings will be (white clip, black clip, legal/full range, matrix boundaries, 90% white, 18% grey, etc etc)? -- Also, I'm curious about the "integrated high-quality 3D LUT processes to mirror the VENICE cinema camera, which allows for more accurate color processing". What exactly does this mean? The FX6 already has LUT support. What's wrong with what it currently has? Or is this just an improvement in LUT "quality" (17x vs 33x 65x) or something like that? Funny it's being marketed as process to mirror the VENICE, when one of the selling points of that was the preferred use of ART files over LUTs! -- Also, direct-from-camera streaming in the FX30 and FX3... but no love for the FX6? I wonder why. Several news stations in the UK are now preferring the FX6 (a somewhat backward decision, in my opinion), so one would expect a demand for streaming in the FX6...