I have finally begun the necessary upgrades to my digital "darkroom" that is centred around independent content creator and work-from-home. The current set-up has served me well for the last 7 years, but it is finally reaching its use-by date. The software of the Epson V700 scanner has a flaw as it won't scan b+w negatives but I cannot upgrade it as the O/S of the Mac Pro is too old.
The upgrade is going to involve buying new computers around June 2022 when Apple release the more professionally oriented MX Macs; plus new processing software for both still photography and video. The hardware plan is that a Mac mini plus an Eizo screen will replace the old Mac Pro (2009) that I have been using for my film photography. Then I will be able to upgrade the Epson software.
The first step in the longish upgrade journey was to upgrade the operating system of the 27 inch iMac (2015 Intel) that I use for my digital still photography and to download new post- processing software. To my surprise I was still able to upgrade the macOS for the iMac from the macOS High Sierra that I had been using to the recently released macOS Monterey. (I thought that the 2015 iMac would be too old to upgrade to the latest macO/S).
My fingers are crossed as I'm hoping that the iMac has the capacity (processing power) to be able to use process the 4K videos from the recently acquired Panasonic SH1.