ATOMOS SAMURAI BLADE 5" SDI RECODER

SmartMonitor

Use Waveform monitoring with:

• Luma Overlay
• RGB Parade Display
• Vectorscope
• Vectorscope Zoom
• Focus Peaking
• Adjustable Zebra
• False Color (two modes)
• Blue Only - Exposure Check
• Adjustments for individual filters

SmartControl

Start/stop trigger from rolling timecode set by supported cameras.

SmartLog

Log in And out points on your footage And tag these clips with keywords such as ‘good shot’ (Favourite) or ‘bad shot’ (Reject).

With the Samurai Blade this part of the post production process can now be done on set, or on the move, support by Continuous Power.

SmartLog operates while in Monitor or Playback mode. It saves time, money And allows fast, collaborative pre-editing prior to final post production in Apple Final Cut Pro X.

1280x720 SuperAtom IPS screen

Waveform Monitor, Focus Peaking, Zebra and more.

At 325 dpi And 1 million pixels (1280x720) the Ninja Blade’s 5” SuperAtom IPS Panel delivers amazing resolution, super accurate colours. And super deep blacks.
TheSamurai Blade is the first truly professional monitor that records, offering full waveform functionality, including vectorscope, in addition to focus peaking, zebra, false colour And blue-only monitoring tools.

Any or HD-SDI or HDMI source

DSLRs, Decks, Switchers, PC, Mac, iPad & iPhone

Ninja Blade has HDMI In as Standard And can accept HD/SD-SDI input with the addition of a Connect S2H or Connect-AC H2S.

Instant editing on MAC or PC!

The Ninja Blade seamlessly migrates your productions to the efficient And cost-effective world of file-based workflows.

By recording directly to a production-quality, edit-friendly format, it bypasses the codec in the camera And eliminates time-consuming capture. And conversion, the Ninja Blade’s tight integration with Apple ProRes® And Avid DNxHD means recorded footage is instantly And natively editable in Final Cut, Media Composer, Premiere Pro, EDIUS, Vegas, Autodesk Smoke and Lightworks.

Ready to deliver,

high-capacity HDD or SSD
No more expensive memory cards!
Ninja Blade frees you from the financial And operational constraints of expensive Flash media (eg. SxS And P2) And aggressive compression (MPEG-2) by allowing you to use cheap, commodity storage that’s available anywhere.
Choose inexpensive 2.5” hard disk drives (spinning disks) for 90% of projects And Flash-based SSDs for rough terrain or high security use. HDDs are now cheaper than tapes! Store them on a shelf or hAnd them to your client. Modern commodity storage is extremely reliable.
A 750GB/7200rpm drive holds up to 16 hours of high quality Apple ProRes® footage.

Pristine Playback & Playout

SmartLog – Just Mark & Tag
Use your Ninja Blade’s screen to navigate through And review your footage, to mark in And out points And input XML tags. Instantly show your material to production colleagues, clients or talent, And check each shot in detail, during or after the shoot – logging their suggestions without leaving the set. Review And log an entire day’s shoot on-set, or while travelling, with high-quality playback And comprehensive clip logging & navigation controls.
Just touch “Play” on the Ninja Blade screen And view your full HD recordings, with up to of 10 hours playback And editing on one battery charge (And don’t forget our patent-pending Continuous Power for unlimited operation in the field).

What’s in the box

Samurai Blade works right out of the box, you can be using it within minutes! We supply everything (except storage media).

• Ninja Field Recorder
• NP Series-Compatible Battery
• Battery Charger 110-240V
• AC Adaptor
• D-Tap Adaptor
• 2 X Master Caddy Cases
• 2.5” HDD/SSD Docking
• Station USB 2/3