Field Recorders at Foto Care Rentals

You can now rent the Atomos Ninja 2 and Atomos Samurai Blade at Foto Care! These two camera-mounted field recorders take the video signal out of HDMI or HD-SDI and convert it to 10-Bit 4:2:2 ProRes or DNxHD.  Footage is stored on a swappable 2.5” Solid State Drive and transferred with a proprietary USB3 reader. As a monitor, it gives you focus assist, false colors, zebra, and the touch screen functions conform to what has become standard to us all (thanks to smart phones).

The Ninja 2

The Ninja 2 is the world’s most advanced HDMI smart production recorder, monitor and playback deck. Every part of its physical and operational design 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 tool. 

On-camera view

For media professionals working with DSLRs & HDMI cameras.

• Real-time monitoring, playback, playout & edit logging in the field
• 4.3” 800 x 480 touchscreen monitor
• Focus assist, zebra & false color monitoring
• Record direct from the sensor to 10-bit, 4:2:2 ProRes or DNxHD
• Trigger REC/STOP from camera (certain Canon & Sony models only)
• Timecode from camera (certain Canon & Sony models only)
• Uses inexpensive 2.5” HDD/SSD media
• AC/DC/battery with patented Continuous Power
• Battery adaptor plates for Sony, Canon & Nikon DSLRs (available July 2013)

With Ninja 2 you get focus peaking with multiple levels and colors for ease of use, false color in two modes, zebra 0-100% fully adjustable and blue-only for that quick exposure check!

All audio, even analog audio, is locked frame accurately to every video frame, never drifting or losing sync. If the digital audio is out of sync from the camera you can even adjust this on the fly by advancing or delaying the audio coming in – very smart!

With up to 2 channels of digital and 2 of analog audio always available to view and monitor on headphone jacks or line out, audio is taken care of. From mixing desks and line out to XLR adaptor boxes like Beachtek and juicedLink, AtomOS covers all your audio needs. 

The Samurai Blade

The Samurai Blade is the world’s most advanced smart production recorder, monitor and playback deck. Every part of its physical and operational design has been carefully crafted to deliver the ultimate in simple operation and mission critical reliability. The Blade 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.

The new Samurai Blade offers a stunning 1280 x 720 SuperAtom IPS touchscreen, at 325ppi 179-degree viewing, 400nit brightness and multi-frequency (48/50/60Hz) operation, depending on video input, giving super smooth monitoring and playback. 


Packed into the light and mobile camera-mountable Samurai Blade are all the essential tools you need to set up on-site accurate colors and exposure including full waveform monitor functions - Vectorscope, RGB and LUMA parades. Each provides an intuitive transparent interface offering full screen, lower 3rd or bottom right corner positioning to give you a range of options when setting up, recording and playing back your shot.

The ultimate portable recorder for filmmakers.

Features:

• Unbelievable super-bright 5” IPS 1280 x 720 touchscreen monitor
• Full waveform vectorscope with zoom & RGB/luma parade displays
• Standard BNC connectors
• Real-time monitoring, playback, playout & edit logging in the field
• Focus assist, zebra & false color monitoring
• Record direct from the sensor to 10-bit, 4:2:2 ProRes or DNxHD
• S-Log/C-Log recording
• Trigger REC/STOP from camera (Canon, Sony, ARRI, Panasonic, RED, JVC)
• Timecode from camera
• Uses inexpensive 2.5” HDD/SSD media
• AC/DC/battery with patented Continuous Power

And so much more! To learn more about the Ninja 2 and Samurai Blade, check out the Atomos website. If you'd like to rent on of these recorders, they both rent for $85 for a 1-day rental and $255 for a weekly rental.