Announcements from this year's NAB just keep coming! This time, we're looking at the new Atomos Samurai Blade, a video field recorder inside a 5" production monitor with a ton of useful features. Read on for the full specs, pricing information, and the video from Atomos:
The Samurai Blade includes the following features:
- 325 dpi SuperAtom IPS 1 million pixel touchscreen for sharpness, brightness, and rich blacks
- Recording of 10-bit 4:2:2 directly to ProRes or DNxHD with 2.5" HDD or SSD
- Standard BNC connectors
- Full waveform/vectorscope
- Adjustable gamma
- Real-time monitoring
- Focus assist, zebra and false color monitoring
- S-log/C-log recording
- Trigger rec/stop from camera
- Timecode from camera
- Hot swap drives
- Cutting and tagging clips within the unit
This looks like it could be a good fit for some of these new digital cinema cameras, and will ship in May 2013 for $1,295. What do you think of the latest ninja-themed gadget from Atomos? Start the discussion in the comments below.
Link: Samurai Blade — Atomos
