Atomos Samurai

10-Bit Uncompressed Field Recorder, Monitor and Playback Device HD-SDI

Atomos > Video Capture > Portable Digital Disk Recorder

£979.00
£1,174.80 (inc 20% VAT)

Stock: 2-3 weeks

The revolutionary Samurai is a portable touchscreen Professional 10bit HD Recorder, Monitor, & Playback device that captures pristine video and audio direct from any camera with HD/SD-SDI. It encodes in real-time to the visually-lossless Apple ProRes format, onto low-cost, removable 2 ½ inch hard disks.

It has a super high-resolution 5" HD/SD SDI monitor with an ideal workflow: from sensor to timeline in unparalleled Apple ProRes quality. All the innovative features of the Ninja plus timecode and genlock and the ability to work with multiple synchronised units. The Samurai is the portable touchscreen HD/SD-SDI recorder/monitor the world has been waiting for.


• 5" TFT/LCD 800x480 super high resolution screen
• HD/SD-SDI Connecitvity
• 24 PSF support with 24/60i 3:2 Pulldown removal on capture
• SDI Loop-Though: connect to an external broadcast monitor or director's monitor
• Screen Flipping and more....

SDI Arsenal:

• Captive connector
• Long cable lengths
• Time Code and Gen Lock support
• 3D support with 2 Samurais Genlocked
• Multi Camera Support
• More Professional Cameras with better lenses and sensors
• Samurai packs a host of features into its compact, rugged aluminium body:
• Recording direct to Apple Prores via HD/SD-SDI - Pristine HD uncompressed video from camera lens and sensor directly to Apple ProRes
• Monitoring - Super High resolution 5" 800x480 built in Samurai monitor
• Playback - Instant playback for review of Apple Prores files to the Samurai screen
• Touch Screen - Simple intuitive touch screen functionality - no complicated menus!
• Continuous Power - Atomos Continuous Dual Battery Technology
• Affordable Storage - Infinite affordable 2.5" HDD/SSD storage capability
• And transforms your video production by:

• Eliminating the need for capture cards and wasted time logging and capturing by avoiding the lossy, time consuming capture-to-edit process.
• Bypassing the image-degrading compression needed to squeeze HD onto in-camera flash storage.
• Providing limitless and cheap storage through the use of removable 2 ½ inch hard disks.
• Including all accessories in one rugged case - Batteries, Chargers, Disk Caddies and a PC/Mac docking station.
• Recording to a high quality editing codec at the camera in the field: simple.
• Recycling older cameras with obsolete tape and compression technology and updating them with a modern, high-quality file-based workflow

Samurai Main Unit

• Dimensions (without Batteries): 140(W)x87(H)x41(D)mm
• Operating Power: approx 6.8W (TFT max brightness, recording prores HQ to Hitachi 7200 rpm 500G drive) approx 3.3W (TFT max brightness, monitoring only)
• Batteries:
• 2 x Small 7.4V 2600mAh – recording time 5 hrs HQ; 7 hrs 422; 9 hrs LT
• 2 x Medium 7.4V 5200mAh - recording time 10 hrs HQ; 14 hrs 422; 18 hrs LT
• 2 x Large 7.4V 7800mAh - recording time 15 hrs HQ; 21 hrs 422; 27 hrs LT
• Colour: 16:9 TFT Touch Screen
• Size: 5.0” diagonal
• Resolution: 800x480
• Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Native / 4:3 Letterbox.
• Screen flipping enabled.
• Video Input: SDI SMPTE 259/292/296 Mini BNC (with BNC Adaptor cables)
• Video Output: SDI Loop out.
• Supported Input Formats: HD 1080i60, 1080i59.94, 1080i50, 1080p30, 1080p25, 1080p24, 1080p23.98, 720p60, 720p59.94, 720p50, SD 480i, 576i
• Video Processing: 3:2 Pull-down removal. Double anti-shock buffer.
• Audio Input: SDI up to 8 Channel Embedded
• Line In: 2 Channel Line Level Audio. Analog gain adjustment
• Audio Output: 2 Channel 0.5W Balanced Headphone or Line level output.
• LANC: LANC In and Out Loop for integration with Camera LANC and Accessories
• LANC Loop feature

Master Caddy Specs

• Dimensions: 75x105x12mm
• Supported Storage: 2.5” SSD or HDD minimum 5400rpm
• Standard 9.5mm height or slimmer drive supported
• Master Caddy Dock: 2.5” SATA to Firewire 800, USB2.0/3.0
• Supported Computers (for SATA adapter): Mac - All MacBook, MacPro, iMac and MacPro Models
• Windows: All USB2.0/3.0 compatible Notebooks, and Desktops.
• Note: Apple ProRes Quicktime Application required to run ProRes on Windows
• Applications: Final Cut Studio – All Apple ProRes supported versions
• Quicktime Mac and Windows
• Accessories: Universal Battery Charger 110-240V
• Tripod Screw mounts and adaptors
• Protective cases and Travel Bags


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