Atomos, the creator of the award-winning camera mounted recorders
Ninja-2 and Samurai, and the Connect converter range, have commenced
shipment of their latest recorder/monitor, the Samurai Blade.
The new Samurai Blade offers a stunning 1280 x 720 SuperAtom IPS
touchscreen, at 325ppi 179-degree viewing, 400nit brightness and
multi-frequency (48/50/60Hz) operation depending on video input giving
super smooth monitoring and playback. Every screen is calibrated to
SMPTE Rec 709 colour space and a D65 white point with 100% gamut from
factory. On the fly screen calibration is built into every Samurai Blade
so you are always accurate in any shooting environment.
“The new screen is truly spectacular,” adds Jeromy Young, CEO and
Founder of Atomos. “With AtomOS 5 now offering waveform as well as
monitor assist, I believe we have really raised the bar in the
affordable monitor and field recorder segment. We’re the first to
combine professional monitor functionality with recording and deck
playout, all in a space-saving, camera-mountable unit. Customers are
continually amazed at the speed and low cost workflow we offer, Blade is
no different”.
Like its Ninja-2 and Samurai predecessors, Samurai Blade allows the
recording of pristine, 10-bit images straight from the camera sensor
directly to inexpensive HDD or SSD drives, captured using Apple ProRes
or Avid DNxHD codecs. Waveform, vectorscope and monitor assist tools
such as tri-level focus peaking, zebra, false colour and blue-only offer
a very comprehensive test and shot setup tool kit. The Samurai Blade
has standard BNC connectors.
Also shipping are the Ronin portable recorder, monitor and deck,
and the Connect-AC converters. Ronin is a rack-mountable solution for
both fixed-facility and on-location production, based on the Samurai
design. It can operate on location with battery or DC power, but it also
has AC power built-in, standard HD/SD-SDI BNC connectors and balanced
XLR inputs and outputs.
No engineer’s tool box would be complete without an Atomos Connect,
and this portable and versatile battery-powered HDMI/HD-SDI converter,
with built-in test pattern generator and audio tone, is now joined by
its fixed-facility counterpart, Connect-AC. Stand-alone or
rack-mountable, Connect-AC converters are powered by a standard
figure-of-8 IEC cable and offer all the great functionality of Connect
while rendering ‘wall-warts’ a thing of the past.
