Atomos is very excited about the latest announcement from Nikon. The new D4 offers a clean HDMI feed, making recording to the Atomos Ninja a reality. What's more, Nikon demonstrate how the D4 and Ninja complement one another. See the video for the latest, or check out the reviews at dslrnewsshooter.com
Dslrnewsshooter video: Nikon D4 - video feature run through from Dan Chung on Vimeo.
The revolutionary Samurai is a portable touchscreen Professional 10bit HD Recorder, Monitor, Playback and Playout device that captures pristine video and audio direct from any camera with HD/SD-SDI.
The Samurai builds on the impressive design of the Ninja and offers a range of professional in the field recording, monitoring and playback features at an incredible price.
There’s been a huge demand for Avid support on the Samurai range. We’ve listened to our customers, and soon, editors will be able to use Avid DNxHD, ready-to-edit on their Avid system directly and instantly from their Samurai HDD or SSD.
*Avid Codec is optional upgrade - available Q1, 2012.The Samurai has a great screen. With 480 x800 pixels and a 5” display size, it’s ideal for monitoring while recording. Now you can use it instead of a field monitor, because we’ve included focus and exposure assist - yet again reducing cost and the number of devices you have to carry with you.
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Connect Converters are the ultimate battery powered, in-the-field converter tool for any situation. With SDI and HDMI connectivity, internal and external battery options and Atomos’ patent pending Continuous Power technology, you can connect & forget about conversion anytime, anywhere.
10bit Uncompressed HDMI to Apple ProRes Field Recorder, Monitor and Playback Device. All inclusive.
The revolutionary Ninja is a portable touchscreen Professional 10bit HD Recorder, Monitor, & Playback device that captures pristine video and audio direct from any camera with a clean HDMI output. It encodes in real-time to the visually-lossless Apple ProRes format, onto low-cost, removable 2 ½ inch hard disks.
January 31, 2012: Samurai 2.7 adds even more recording features. See the Samurai Firmware page for full details.
Samurai – ATOMOS V2.7
January 19, 2012: New Ninja Firmware V2.03 available now.
Ninja – ATOMOS V2.03
Continuing to improve the functionality and feature set of our recorders is a major priority for the Atomos Team. Details of new features, updates and known issues are available on the firmware pages.
The Samurai Manual is now ready for download. This manual will be updated occasionally as new features are added. Any additions to the user manual will be advised on Firmware pages.
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Samurai is now shipping and is currently available through any of our resellers.
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Adobe CS5 Production Premium 5.5.1 now delivers full native Apple ProRes file support on Mac and PC Learn more here
Ninja users be advised the Atomos docking station and Lion, over firewire only, are experiencing connectivity issues. This problem is being rectified.
In the meantime, if you are a Lion user, please connect your dock via USB and refer to your Ninja manual for USB operation. The Atomos Team apologise for this inconvenience and will endeavour to expedite this process.
Introducing Atomos Connect, the world's smallest 3G converter. HDMI>HD-SDI or HD-SDI>HDMI. Features continuous power + enables continuous power to other devices via battery plate. *Patent pending
Jeromy Young talks you through the new features of our HD/SD-SDI Recorder, including PLAYOUT and Avid DNxHD now available as optional codec.
Ninja firmware 2.01 is now available.
AtomOS v2.01 demonstration from Team Atomos.
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Atomos' Jeromy Young presents an overview of The NInja; features, recording time, recording formats, batteries and more.