The Ninja Star is the world’s smallest, lightest Apple ProRes recorder (130g/4.6oz). Small enough to fit in your pocket and light enough to hang from a quad-copter - the Ninja Star is the go-anywhere recorder.

Take your consumer camera to a truly Pro recording device. Avoid the internal MPEG compression & go from sub 30Mbps MPEG to 220Mbps ready to edit 10-bit 422 Apple ProRes HQ.

Recording straight out from the sensor means no more 29.59 minute record limits on your internal recordings. Whether you’re filming a soccer match or birds in the wild there is no need to worry about your recording stopping at 29.59 minutes.

The Ninja Star is an efficient little beast meaning it can keep on going for over 5 hours on one battery. Record for the whole shoot and play back all on the included battery.

Weight

Without batteries & CFast

130g / 4.6oz (without batteries & CFast)

With batteries & CFast

249g / 8.8oz (with batteries & CFast)

Dimensions (W x H x D mm)

95 x 60 x 25mm, 3.7 x 2.4 x 1.0”

Construction

Advanced Rubberised Paint

Fan-less for silent operation

Power

Operating power

3.5W / 4.5W (Rec, Play)

Compatible batteries

NP series, D-Tap and supporting accessories (Nikon ENL6, Canon EL6)

Input voltage (battery)

6.2V to 16.8V

Battery time (based on 7.4V)

2600mAh - up to 5hrs

5200mAh - up to 9hrs

7800mAh - up to 14hrs

DC Out

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Continuous power* Patent pending

via optional Power Station

Power Station continuous power dual supply

Optional

Touchscreen

Size

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Resolution

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PPI

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Aspect ratio

-

Color standard

-

Native frame rate playback

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Technology

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Video input/loop out

HDMI

1 x HDMI Micro (1.4)

SDI

-

Signal

Uncompressed 10/8bit 4:2:2 (camera dependent)

Video output (play out)

HDMI

1 x HDMI Micro (1.4)

SDI

-

Signal

Uncompressed 10/8bit 4:2:2 (Playback file dependent)

Supported loop out formats

HDMI to HDMI

1280 x 720p 50

1920 x 1080i 50/60

1920 x 1080p 24/25/30

SDI to SDI

- Video signal conversion

HDMI to SDI

-

SDI to HDMI

-

Supported formats (in/out)

4K

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HD - high frame rate

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HD

1080i60, 1080i59.94, 1080i50, 1080p30, 1080p25, 1080p24, 1080p23.98, 1080pSF23.98, 1080pSF24, 1080pSF25, 1080pSF30, 720p60, 720p59.94, 720p50, SD 480i, 576i

Realtime hardware encoding

4K-UHD 3840x2160 8/10-bit 4:2:2 to

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1920x1080 8/10-bit 4:2:2 to

Apple ProRes

HQ

422

LT

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Onboard processing

Pulldown conversion

50i from 25PSF > 25P (2:2 Pulldown)

60i from 30PSF > 30P (2:2 Pulldown)

60i from 24P > 24P (3:2 Pulldown)

60i from 23.98P > 23.98P (3:2 Pulldown)

Audio input (48kHz PCM audio)

Analog Line

2ch 48KHz (no gain control)

HDMI

2ch 48kHz

SDI

-

XLR

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Audio output (48kHz PCM audio)

Analog Line

2ch 48kHz

HDMI

2ch 48kHz

SDI In

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Balanced Line (XLR)

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Mic Level

-

Remote start/stop

HDMI

Auto HDMI Trigger

Supported Protocols - Canon, Sony, Atomos Open Standard

SDI

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Other

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Recording

Supported media

(Approved List Only)

Atomos CFast & Approved 3rd party CFast

Master caddy case

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Master caddy dock

USB 2.0/3.0 CFast card reader

Supported applications

Supported Applications FCPX/FCP7+ / Media Composer 5.0+ / Premiere 5.5+

EDIUS 6.0+ / Vegas Pro 10+ / Lightworks / Autodesk Smoke 2015+

Accessories included

Main unit, Universal battery charger 110-240V, AC adapter & car charger, CFast card reader, 1 x Atomos 2600mAh battery, Rugged carry case, Cheese plate mounting adapter

Optional extras

D-Tap adapter, Canon & Nikon adapter plates, Connect H2S converter, Connect S2H converter, CFast cards, Atomos specialty HDMI cables, Powerstation