Atomos Ninja 2
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The Ninja 2 an advanced HDMI smart production recorder, monitor and playback deck. It has been carefully crafted to deliver the ultimate experience in simple operation and mission critical reliability. The Ninja 2 combines multiple devices – external monitor, capture card, playback deck and cut edit suite – into a single affordable tool.
It’s lightweight, tough and robust for operation in the field.
Record direct to Apple ProRes or Avid DNxHD editing codecs onto commodity 2.5” hard discs at the camera, saving you on media costs, time for capturing and of course giving higher quality from any MPEG-based camera.
Atomos teamed up with all the leading camera manufacturers, including Canon and Sony to give you frame accurate timecode and start/stop triggers over HDMI from popular HDMI cameras like the Canon C100, 5D MKIII, and the Sony FS700.
The Atomos Ninja offers you the codec choice– Apple ProRes or Avid DNxHD. This gives you universal non-linear editing support. Both are routinely used for film and TV production, as well as ProAV, event and independent film making.
With Ninja 2 you get focus peaking with multiple levels and colours for ease of use, false coluor in two modes, zebra 0-100% fully adjustable and blue-only for that quick exposure check!
Kit Includes
- Atomos Ninja 2
- 2 x SSD drives
- Camera mount
- SSD dock
- 4 x batteries
- Carry case
Features
- Capture content in real-time directly from the camera sensor and encode it to Apple ProRes or Avid DNxHD formats, eliminating the lossy, time consuming capture-to-edit process. Bypass the image-degrading compression of in-camera flash storage and use limitless and cheap storage on removable 2.5 inch hard disks.
- The AtomOS operating system driving the Ninja-2 allows access to all functions through a fast and responsive touch-screen interface. SmartMonitor helps you accurately assess focus and exposure with focus peaking, adjustable zebra, false colour twin mode, blue-only exposure check and adjustments for individual filters. SmartLog allows you to get started on post-production in the field by logging and pre-editing your footage on the fly.
- The Ninja-2 is built from aircraft-grade aluminium. It’s light and can be mounted almost anywhere. All accessories come in a rugged case: batteries, chargers, disk caddies and a PC/Mac docking station.
- Continuous Power allows you to unplug the depleted battery and replace it with a fully charged one without interrupting recording. The Ninja-2 comes with an AC power adaptor and Lithium Ion camera battery.
Technical Specifications
| Light Weight | 370g / 13oz (without batteries & HDD) | ||
| 670g / 23.5oz (with batteries & HDD) | |||
| Dimensions (without batteries) | 115(W)x87(H)x41(D)mm | ||
| Construction | Aircraft grade aluminium for durability + portability. Fanless for silent operation. | ||
| Operating Power | 3.0W (Monitoring Only) / 6.0W (Rec, Mon & Play) | ||
| Batteries | 7.2V-14.4V Battery System Compatible | ||
| any source | |||
| NP Series | |||
| D-Tap | |||
| and supporting accessories | |||
| All 7.4v | 1. 2600mAh - Up to 10hrs | ||
| 2. 5200mAh - Up to 20hrs | |||
| 3. 7800mAh - Up to 30hrs | |||
| 4. AC Adaptor (included) | |||
| 5. D-Tap Adaptor (sold separately) | |||
| Continuous Power* | Primary-Secondary battery system. | ||
| Change batteries without losing power. | |||
| Loop batteries continuously. *Patent Pending | |||
| Touchscreen Size: | 4.3” diagonal. Resolution: 800x480. | ||
| Aspect Ratio: | 16:9 native / 4:3 Letterbox. SMPTE Colour Specification | ||
| Native Frame Rate Playback | (48-60Hz) | ||
| Video Input | HDMI x 1 , HDMI 1.4 | ||
| Uncompressed 10/8-bit 4:2:2 | HD-SDI/SD-SDI | ||
| Simultaneously displayed on internal 4.3” Ninja-2 screen | (with optional Connect SDI > HDMI converter) | ||
| Video Out | Reclocked, ultra low jitter professional grade HDMI output, “HDMI 1.4” | ||
| Supported Formats (In/Out) | |||
| HD 1080i60 | |||
| 1080i59.94 | |||
| 1080i50 | |||
| 1080p30 | |||
| 1080p25, | |||
| 1080p24 | |||
| 1080p23.98 | |||
| 1080p30(60i) | |||
| 1080p25(50i) | |||
| 1080p24(60i) | |||
| 1080p23.98(60i) | |||
| 720p60 | |||
| 720p59.94 | |||
| 20p50 | |||
| SD 486i59.94 | |||
| 576i50 | |||
| pSF - Progressive Segmented Frame modes are recorded to Progressive rates | |||
| Most HDMI cameras output 24P, 25P and 30P as 50i or 60i | |||
| Realtime Hardware Encoding | |||
| 1920x1080 8/10-bit 4:2:2 to: | |||
| ProRes | HQ - 220Mbps | ||
| 422 - 150Mbps | |||
| LT - 100Mbps | |||
| Avid DNxHD | Avid DNxHD-220X - 220Mbps (10-bit) | ||
| Avid DNxHD-220 - 220Mbps (8-bit) | |||
| Avid DNxHD-145 - 145Mbps (8-bit) | |||
| Avid DNxHD-36 - 36Mbps (proxy) | |||
| Audio input | HDMI 2 channel + 2 analog channels with gain controls | ||
| Audio Output | HDMI 2 channel | ||
| Analog line and Headphone | |||
| Timecode | Sony and Canon compatible HDMI timecode in and out | ||
| Recording Time | HDD & SSDs are hot swappable on the fly in the field | ||
| Edit Formats | (I-Frame Only, 422, 8/10-bit) | ||
| 250GB | 500GB | 1TB | |
| ProRes® HQ (10-bit, 220Mbps) | 2.5 hrs | 5 hrs | 10 hrs |
| Avid DNxHD-220x (10 bit, 220Mbps) | 2.5 hrs | 5 hrs | 10 hrs |
| ProRes® 422 (10 bit, 150Mbps) | 4 hrs | 8 hrs | 16 hrs |
| Avid DNxHD-145 (8 bit, 145Mbps) | 4 hrs | 8 hrs | 16 hrs |
| ProRes® LT (10 bit, 100Mbps) | 5.5 hrs | 11 hrs | 22 hrs |
| Avid DNxHD-36 (36Mbps) | 15 hrs | 30 hrs | 61 hrs |
| SD not supported by Avid DNxHD |
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