Firmware 2.0 Video Signal Monitor Issues

This is a story of woe regarding my issues with the histogram "video signal monitor"Everything described below is using CineEI Since purchasing the camera, I was never able to get the VSM to display consistently. There seemed to be little rhyme or reason to when it displayed and when it didn't. As with any other issue, I put my faith in the second coming, firmware 2.0. Today, I excitedly downloaded and installed 2.0. So far, only disappointment. Initially, I was able to get the VSM to display in every 23.98 recording format (I didn't try other framerates)I even tried turning on all the outputs, and was happy to find that my VSM stuck around. - Everything that follows is XAVC-L 1080 @ 23.98 - Then I tried turning on a LUT and everything went to ****** in a hand-basket. After turning on a Viewfinder LUT, I ony got that lovely "cannot proceed" message every time I tried to enable the VSM. I tried turing off all the outputs, turning off output displays, nothing helped. Frustrating, needless to say. But, because the VSM would be sampling the post-LUT image anyway, I wasn't heartbroken...yet. Defeated, I turned OFF the viewfinder LUT. Got excited to see my new friend the VSM. But now, even with the LUT off, I get the "cannot proceed" message. I've switched every related setting in the camera, outputs, output display, output formats, other LUT settings. Nothing helps. Now I can't do anything to get the VSM to display on my camera. I've tweeked every setting imaginable. I've tried restarting multiple times, even switching between Cine EI and custom. the VSM won't even display in custom mode now... The only fix I've found is to do an All Rest. Doing so allows the VSM to display without a LUT. But, once I turn on a LUT, the VSM disappears for good, even after I switch the LUT back off. I wouldn't wih this frustration on my enemies but has anyone else experienced this after upgrading to 2.0? Sony, is there a matrix somewhere that can educate us on when the VSM can and cannot be displayed? It's hard to discern when I'm experiencing nominal behaviour without knowing what to expect from normal operation.

ok, I found an output combination that I must have missed earlier which narrows my issue. My VSM won't display unless an SDI output is enabled. HDMI output setting makes no difference. So, after enabling SDI in "Output On/Off": SDI 2048x1080Psf HDMI --- VSM: YESSDI 1920x1080Psf HDMI --- VSM: YESSDI --- HDMI 1920x1080P VSM: NOSDI 1920x1080i (2-3pd) HDMI 1920x1080i (2-3pd) VSM: YES The same concept holds true for UHD and QHD. Without an SDI output enabled, no VSM. Erik, I suspect that if you enable an SDI output, you'll be able to display the VSM in all recording formats.

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You can download a free application like CPU-Z or Speccy to find your RAM frequency and many other internal features of your computer.
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