Sony PMW F5 recording to Gemini 10 bit 4444 Dual Link Recording Workflow

The unit comes with 2 SSD Cards that hold 512 Gigs of data each You will get 84min of 4:4:4:4 10 bit recording on the two cards
Load them into the Gemini by flipping down the metal doors in the back of the unit and sliding the cards in. They only go one way so don't force them. Insert them with the sata connection towards the unit and the labeling facing up.
Power connections for the Gemini
When the unit powers on you will see both green lights signaling both SSD cards are being accessed
Next step is to format the SSD cards. Click on "Menu"
Click on "Gemini" SSD's > Format Both – OK Formatting please wait – Takes about 1 min per card to format Each card is about 512 gigs Gemini does support spanning but try to avoid it.
Next go to the "Setup" menu and set that to >Project>Frame Rate> Follows Input This will set the Gemini to record the same frame rate as the camera is outputting.
Set the Gemini to start recording when the camera starts recording. Go to Menu>Record>Trigger>Camera
Plug in the SDI 1 and SDI 2 Out of the F5 into the SDI A and B Input on the Gemini
SDI A and B Input on the Gemini Plug into the Gemini
SDI 3 which has the camera menu overlays plug into the monitor input
Turn on the Sony F5 using the on switch
Use the knob to Navigate through the menus and press the knob to select the menu item
Go to System Menu
Reset the camera to defaults Go to System>System Settings
Scroll down to All Reset and choose Reset Will have to power cycle the camera
Go to System > Record Format> HD
Select the Record Format
These are the choices>you can only choose the XAVC 1920x1080 because the Gemini does not work with the XAVC 2048 x 1080 you have to use the SXS Pro cards or the sony external recorder to record these formats
Use these Sony SXS Pro cards to record 2048 x 1080 2K footage 32 gig will hold 40 min and the 64 gig will hold 80 minutes
Choose the basic HD XAVC 1920 x 1080P setting
Next got to Go to Recording Menu Choose>SDI Rec Control Setting set to "On" This will put the Gemini in record when you press record on the camera
On the Gemini select the >Record>Trigger> Camera to place the Gemini in the "Camera Control" mode
Note on the Gemini that the unit shows that the recording will be controlled by the camera
Currently the camera is set to YPbPr. The Gemini will see a 1080PSF 23.98 4:2:2 signal
Go to >System>Base Setting>Main Operation>Change the setting to RGB *NOTE we don't have RAW recording capabilities*
Confirm the changes by choosing Execute
Double check to make sure to set the color space Go to the >System> >Base Setting> Color Space
Go to >Color Space>S-Gammut/Slog2
The Gemini now auto detects the 1080PSF signal to be 4:4:4 1080PSF 23.98
To check the Input status to make sure we are recording dual link click on the soft key 1080PSF 23.98
The Input Status should read SDI A: 1080PSF 23.98 4:4:4 SDI B: 1080PSF 23.98 4:4:4 Dual Link 3G DPX 10 Bit The color should look correct on the Gemini Monitor
Now set to record press record on the Sony F5 camera and it will begin recording on Gemini too
Gemini in Record mode
Press the SSD Save Eject and Eject the 1 and 2 cards
The only way to turn off is to unplug the unit
Remove the cards and load them into the USB card reader in the Gemini Kit Connect the USB to the computer to offload the media
Now we need to load the files into a computer for editing
Open Adobe Media Encoder
Go to File>Add Source
Make sure the Cineon/DPX File Sequence is checked and then navigate to the firs file of the folder with the lowest number Then Click "Open"
Change the Format to QuickTime
Click on the "Yellow" Preset to set the quicktime settings
Choose the following: Format – Quicktime Export Video only Choose the Apple ProRes 4444 Video Codec Video Settings set to 100 Frame rate 23.98 Progressive Square Pixels 24 bit Choose to save and click OK
Click on Output File

Click the green arrow to start the encode
Open AVID and create a AVID 1920 x 1080 Color Space - RGB
File>Import
Click on Options
Choose Image sized for current format Choose the 601 or 709 Pixel to Video Mapping Click OK
Choose the file and the resolution as Apple ProRes 4444 MXF and select the Storage drive as the destination for the AVID file
The import will fast import the video. You should see the term Fast Import or else the image is not coming in at 10 bit 4444