Now you have no excuse for shooting 8bit 4:2:0 with your mirrorless 4K camera or your Super 35 4K camcorder – Atomos just dropped the price on the Ninja Assassin 4K HDMI recorder by $300 from $1,295 to $995 and also slashed $500 off the price of their flagship Shogun 4K recorder, which is now $1,495! Talk about a deal here – for the first time ever, there’s a 4K recorder for less than a grand. For those with Sony A7s II, or A7R II or any other HDMI based 4K camera – the Assassin is really a no-brainer, so if you’ve saved up until now for a 4K recorder, or just want to grab a 2nd one, now is probably the best time to do it. Sony FS5 owners can bump up their internal 8bit 420 UHD recordings to a crispy clean and robust 10bit 422 with either the Shogun or the Ninja Assassin.
For those looking to get SDI, Genlock and 4K RAW to ProRes conversion – as most FS7 and Sony FS700 owners do, the Atomos Shogun can give you all that. Plus of course a really nice 7-inch ISP touch screen with a host of other image control functions such as Peaking, Scopes, Frame Guides and 3D LUT support.
Atomos’ CEO Jeromy Young had this to say:
“We are very proud to offer such cutting edge technology at truly amazing price points. 4K for under $1K will continue to speed up 4K adoption globally. Don’t forget, these are the most affordable 7” Full HD monitors on the planet, ignoring the 4K/HD recording, playback, and editing capability we give you for free”.
Atomos Shogun 4K Recorder Highlights
- 1920 x1200 IPS Touchscreen Display
- Records 4K (3840 x 2160) up to 30 fps
- Records 1080p up to 120 fps
- ProRes, DNxHD, DNxHR and Encoding
- UHD 4K-Capable HDMI Input
- 12G-SDI Input and Loop-Output
- Stores to Single or RAID HDDs or SDDs
- Video Playback and 4K Down-Conversion
- 5 x Master II Drive Caddies Included
- XLR Audio LEMO Breakout Cable Included
While the Shogun offers some addition benefits such as balanced XLR audio via a Lemo brake-out cable and industry standard SDI connection, plus the ability to loop-out to other devices, for solo shooters on a budget the now super-affordable Ninja Assassin makes a lot more sense. It features the same awesome 7-inch IPS display, same image control functions, but looses the SDI, Genlock, Balanced Audio and ability to recorder Raw or convert Raw to ProRes/DNxHD.
Atomos Ninja Assassin 4K HDMI Recorder
- 1920 x1200 IPS Touchscreen Display
- Records 4K (3840 x 2160) up to 30 fps
- Records 1080p up to 120 fps
- ProRes, DNxHD, DNxHR and Encoding
- UHD 4K-Capable HDMI Input
- Stores to Single HDDs or SDDs
- Video Playback and 4K Down-Conversion
- Single Master II Drive Caddy Included
Atomos are also doing a promotion on their smallest ProRes recorder – the Ninja Star. Those purchasing a new Ninja Star from authorised resellers get a free 64GB Cfast 1.0 card (also made by Atomos) thrown in for free ($185 value List) saving you more money in the process. The Ninja Star is priced at $295.
There have been quite a few happenings in the 4K recorder segment as of lately, with Convergent Design dropping the price of their Odyssey7Q+ by $500 too, and also new comers to the market Video Devices shipping their 7-inch PIX-E7 4K recorder, which is also an awesome piece of kit, I recently had a chance to check one out at a rental house. In any case, it’s a win/win for content creators and filmmakers.
Order Links
Atomos Shogun – $1,495 (B&H, Adorama)
Atomos Ninja Assassin – $995 (B&H, Adorama)
Atomos Ninja Star – $295 (B&H, Adorama)
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