Real time monitoring with the SuperAtom 5” IPS 325ppi 1280x720 capacitive touchscreen. Monitoring functions at your fingertips including waveform, vectorscope, luma parade, RGB, focus peaking, zebra, false color & blue only.

Maximize use of your camera’s spectacular lens & sensor. Bypass internal high compression recording to H.264 / AVCHD / MPEG & upgrade to virtually lossless ready-to-edit 10-bit 422 Apple ProRes and Avid DNxHD with the Samurai Blade.

Create HD proxies on the Samurai Blade as you record 4K at the camera & in real time rough cut your footage. Tag it as Favorite or Reject and save as a project, ready to finalize in the studio.

Record to standard 2.5” HDDs and SSDs. A 1TB HDD gives you 10+ hours of Apple ProRes HQ. Buy your choice of media that is affordable, reliable and readily available.

Open up Apple ProRes and Avid DNxHD post production quality to thousands of devices (cameras, projectors, tablets, phones, game consoles, medical and industrial equipment).

Weight

Without batteries & HDD

345g / 12oz (without batteries & HDD)

With batteries & HDD

696g / 25oz (with batteries & HDD)

Dimensions (W x H x D mm)

153 x 87 x 48mm, 6.0 x 3.4 x 1.9”

Construction

Aircraft-grade Aluminum for durability & portability

Fan-less for silent operation

Power

Operating power

3.3W (monitoring only) / 6.8W (Rec, Mon, 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 4hrs

5200mAh - up to 8hrs

7800mAh - up to 12hrs

DC Out

-

Continuous power* Patent pending

Primary-secondary battery system

Change batteries without losing power

Loop batteries continuously

Power Station continuous power dual supply

Optional

Touchscreen

Size

5”

Resolution

1280 x 720

PPI

325

Aspect ratio

16:9 native / 4:3 Letterbox

Color standard

REC709 HDTV

Native frame rate playback

48-60Hz

Technology

SuperAtom IPS panel (capacitive touch), calibratable to REC709 with optional Atomos Spyder

Video input/loop out

HDMI

-

SDI

1 x HD/SD-SDI (SMPTE)

Signal

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

Video output (play out)

HDMI

-

SDI

1 x HD/SD-SDI (SMPTE)

Signal

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

Supported loop out formats

HDMI to HDMI

-

SDI to SDI

720p 50

1080i 50/60

1080psf 24/25/30

1080p 24/25/30

Video signal conversion

HDMI to SDI

-

SDI to HDMI

-

Supported formats (in/out)

4K

-

HD - high frame rate

-

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

-

-

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

Apple ProRes

HQ

422

LT

Avid DNxHD

220/220x

145

36

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

HDMI

-

SDI

12ch 48kHz 16-bit

XLR

-

Audio output (48kHz PCM audio)

Analog Line

2ch 48kHz

HDMI

-

SDI In

12ch 48kHz 16-bit

Balanced Line (XLR)

-

Mic Level

-

Remote start/stop

HDMI

-

SDI

SDI Trigger Camera Selectable

Other

LANC control – Slave

Recording

Supported media

(Approved List Only)

SSD 2.5”

HDD (5400 to 7200rpm)

Master caddy case

Master Caddy 1 (included)

75mm x 105mm x 12mm

Master caddy dock

2.5” SATA to USB 2.0/3.0

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, docking station & leads, 2 x master caddy cases, 1 x Atomos 2600mAh battery, Rugged carry case, D-Tap adapter

Optional extras

5 x Master caddy cases, Sunhood, Carry cases, Canon & Nikon adapter plates, Connect H2S converter, Connect S2H converter, Powerstation