Atomos Ninja 2 manual

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Atomo s Ni nja-2 – Us er M anual Edit ion 3: M ay 20 13 1 Not ice Copyright © 2013 A TOMOS Global Pty Ltd (‘referred to as A TOMOS’). All rights reserved. All information in this document is subject to change without notice. No part of the document may be repr oduced or transmitted in any form, or by any means, electronic or mechanical, incl[...]

Atomo s Ni nja-2 – Us er M anual Edit ion 3: M ay 20 13 2 Than k y ou f or choo sin g th e A tomo s N inja -2: you r 1 0-bi t H DMI Reco r der/ Mon itor /Pl ayer . It’ s th e mo st comp act por tab le r ecor der avai lab le, wit h ex tr eme ly long ba tter y l ife, a high -r eso luti on scr een, unco mpr essed- qual ity pla you t an d r eal-ti [...]

Atomo s Ni nja-2 – Us er M anual Edit ion 3: M ay 20 13 3 W e try to pr ov ide you wit h a s co mpl ete a p acka ge as p oss ible : y ou d on’ t have to add an ythi ng exce pt 2.5” st orag e m edia (y ou c an buy add itio nal pack s o f em pty Mas ter Dis k C addi es fr om your At omos Re sell er) and some ca bles to sui t y our set -up, li k[...]

Spi nni ng Di sk Dri ves (H DD ) Thes e a re th e ra w s tora ge medi um for Nin ja-2 . Y ou c an use eit her trad iti onal “s pinn ing ” di sks , or th e ne w s olid st ate one s. C hoo se 2 ½ ” spin nin g dr ive s if yo ur N inj a-2 is goin g t o be at tach ed to a tr ipod or if it is n ot goin g t o be su bjec t t o ex ces sive vi brat io[...]

2 . W h a t y o u a l s o n e e d HDM I c abl es (n ot inc lud ed ) Ther e’ s a lot of myth olo gy a bou t HDMI ca bles . M ost peo ple can ’t tell th e di f fer enc e i n pi ctu re qu alit y betw een exp ens ive one s an d chea per one s. Ther e shou ldn ’t be any dif fere nce if as l ong as all the digi ts goin g t hr oug h th e c able ar r[...]

Mou nti ng dr ive s i n t he Ma ste r C add y This is sim pli city it self . J ust ins ert the dis k i nto the cad dy , and se cur e with fo ur s cr ews . T he c add y is li ght and the di sk j ust nee ds to b e h eld secu r ely . Don ’ t ov er -tig hte n th e s cr ews . Th er e a re no con nec tion s t o make be caus e p ushi ng the cad dy i nto[...]

Bat ter ies The Nin ja-2 is a b att ery pow er ed devi ce, and ha s a spe cial fe atur e to ensu r e th at you nev er h ave to int erru pt a r eco r ding to cha nge a b att ery . W e wil l c ome to this sh ortl y . Like al l ba tte ries , y ou w ill nee d t o ta ke car e of th em. Mak e s ur e t hat you don’ t shor t c ir cui t th e c onne cti on[...]

T urnin g O N p owe r t o t he N inj a-2 The start button is located on the right hand side of the unit (as you look at the screen). Momentarily pr ess the circular button on the right side of the Ninja-2 as you look at the screen to power up the unit. After a couple of seconds you will see the Atomos logo, and then the Ninja-2 Home Screen. T urnin[...]

Mas ter Cad dy Slo t On t he left ha nd s ide of the uni t ( as y ou face th e sc r een) is a s lot for Nin ja-2 Ma ster Di sk C add ies. T o ins ert a c add y , gentl y p ush unt il it c lic ks i nto pos iti on. Form att ing dis ks - se e pa ge 13 Scr ew Mo unts The Nin ja-2 fe atur es sta nda rd tr ipod ¼” scr ew mou nts on the top and bot tom[...]

Usi ng the N inj a-2 The Nin ja-2 is con tr oll ed via an intu iti ve t ouc hscr een in ter face . T her e a r e lar ge, ob vio us c ont ro ls for Rec or d, P lay , Mo nit or , an d M enu, as wel l a s the fol lowi ng info rma tion : • Cu rr ent in put for mat and sta tus • Co dec cur r entl y i n us e • Re mai ning ba tter y p ower • Wh ic[...]

Hom e S cr een a nd Men u Fun cti ons Rec (Record) This is the ic on y ou touc h t o be gin a r ecor din g. T ouc h it ag ain to stop a re cor ding. Whil e r ecord ing the Re c i con cha nge s to a Sto p i con. On ce your r eco rd ing has st arte d y ou h ave the op tion to tou ch the Mon ic on t o view th e si gna l yo u a re r eco rd ing . ST AND[...]

Sce ne & S hot Al lo w s y ou to s e le ct t he s c en e a nd s h o t nu m be r t ha t w i ll b e r eco rd ed ne xt . T o se le ct pr es s s c e ne o r sh ot a t th e t op a n d t he n um be r yo u wi sh t o us e f r om t he l i s t be lo w (u p to 9 99 ). Th e n u mb er yo u c ho os e wi ll th en be s h o wn u n de rne at h th e wo rd S c e ne[...]

B a t t e ry I nd i ca t or Sh ow s whe th er y o u’ ve g o t on e o r tw o b at te ri e s co nn e ct ed . I f th er e i s no ba tt er y c on ne ct e d a nu m be r wi l l no t b e di sp l ay ed i n t he a p pr opr ia te s lot . T ouc hi ng t he Ba tte r y I nd ica t or tak es yo u to th e B at t er ies sc r ee n wh ere you ca n cl os ely moni tor[...]

Aud io In Aud io In is in the bot tom lef t co rner of the scr een, j ust bel ow Hea dph one M oni tor ing Le ve l . Ther e ar e f our sma ll s qua re s, e ach of whi ch r epre sen ts a n a udio in put. Inpu ts 1 an d 2 ar e the t wo digi tal emb edd ed i npu ts w hic h co me via the HDMI . I nput s 1 and 2 A ar e the two ana log ue s ter eo lin e [...]

Con nec t t o inp ut As s oon as you con nec t a sup port ed inpu t t o th e N inja -2’ s HD MI inpu t and hav e in ser ted a f orma tte d dr ive :: • Rec an d Mo n i con s wi ll go s oli d an d c olou rfu l • Th e i nput fo rmat wi ll b e s hown in the to p le ft corne r • Au dio inp uts wil l s how lev els in bott om left co rner READY -T[...]

Sma rtC ont r ol Sm ar tC ont r ol i s a ve rsa ti le s et o f fu nct io ns u sed to c ont r ol t he st ar ti ng an d st opp in g of r ec or din g by a uto ma ti c or e xter na l me ans. Thi s s ec ti on outl ine s th e d if fer ent me thod s t o st art and st op r ecor ding . Ninj a-2 Sta rt and Sto p r ecord co ntr ol can be tri gger ed by the fo[...]

Usi ng the N inj a-2 as a fie ld mon ito r a nd vi ewfi nde r Wi th i ts 5 ” h ig h- res ol ut i on c ol or T FT 8 0 0x 48 0p ix el s cr ee n, t he Ni nj a- 2 ma k es a g rea t fie l d mo ni to r . S o go od , in f a ct , th at y ou d o n’t ne ed a ny s e pa ra te m on it or i ng e qu ip me nt . Y ou c ou ld ev en s ay t ha t th e Ni nj a- 2[...]

Fa ls e Co lo u r Sc al e: T o h el p y ou d et er mi ne t h e ex po su re ra n ge w it h mo re a cc ur ac y , pl ea se u se th e sc al e be lo w : Grad ien t ca n b e en a bled in the se ttin gs area . B l u e fo r Ex p os u re Di sp la ys a bl ac k- an d- wh it e i ma ge t ha t is ba se d on t he bl ue c ha nn el of t he i np u t si gn al . Us ed[...]

Smart Log: P LA YBACK MOD E On ce re co rd in g ha s fin is h ed y ou w il l se e t he g ree n or red i n/ ou t po in ts s ho w n on t he t im el i ne o f th e cl ip on ce s el ec te d . Y ou r fi na l st ag e is t o E xp or t th e XM L fl ag : • En te r P la y or M ed ia I n fo rm at io n • On t he bo tt om r ig ht h a nd s id e th ere is a[...]

Org ani sin g mat eri al on th e d isk Ni nj a- 2 u se s a un i tn ame , s ce ne, sh o t an d tak e n am in g co nv en tio n: NI NJA 2 _S 001 _S0 0 1_ T00 1 Th is w as r ec or ded o n a Nin ja- 2 u n it cal led NIN JA2 , the sce n e se le ct ed wa s 1, th e s ho t s el e ct ed w a s 1 an d i t wa s t a ke 1 . Below is an example of your playback br[...]

Ato mos An ti -Sh ock T echn olo gy Spinning disks are very r eliable in a controlled envir onment where movement and vibration are minimal and within the capabilities of the devices. They are ideal for low-cost r ecording, but will suf fer reduced performance if they are jolted or r eceive a sudden impact. Should one of these events occur , the Ni[...]

9 . T i m e c o d e Usi ng Tim ec ode T ouchin g th e t imec ode dis pla y on th e Ni nja -2’ s hom e s cr een , ju st belo w the fou r ma in colo ur ed con tr ols, wi ll t ake you to the Ti meco de setu p scr een (th is is a lso acc ess ible by tou chi ng M enu and th en T ime code ) Occu pyi ng t he lowe r -cen tr e pa rt of t he scr een is the[...]

Wha t i s P ul ldo wn? Many pr ofessi onal an d co nsu mer cam eras av aila ble toda y d o no t s end tru e 10 80p 24, 108 0p23 .98 , 10 80p 25, 1080 p29 .97 or 1080 p30 sig nal s do wn thei r S DI o r H DMI outp uts . Inst ead the y s end 108 0i59 .94 in NTS C r egions (eg USA , J apan ), and 1080 i50 in P AL r egio ns (eg Eur ope) In o r der to c[...]

Usi ng the P lay bac k a nd Pl ayo ut fe atu r es The Nin ja-2 ha s a pow erf ul p lay back fu ncti on that al lows yo u to pl ayb ack pris tin e Ap ple Pr oRes o r (o pti onal ly) DNx HD re cor dings in r eal-ti me with co ntr ols to nav iga te q uic kly to any par t of a clip , t he a bil ity to pla y re cor ded co nten t f aste r t han nor mal p[...]

1 1 . P l a y b a c k & P l a y o u t co nt . Once a file has been selected for playback, you will see the following options: Scr ub Bar This is the thick blue line along the bottom of the playback screen. A vertical white “now” line shows the current playback position. Y ou can think of the scrub bar as repr esenting the length of the cli[...]

Loo p M ode LOOP MODE The Ninja-2 has the ability to play back a single clip in loop mode via the HDMI output. This can performed with captured clips at full broadcast quality or the final edited clips fr om your hard drive. T o do this: • Go into Playback mode • Pick the clip you want to loop Note that when you first select a clip for playba[...]

1 2 . C o n n e c t i n g a n d E d i t i n g Con nec t T o acce ss a nd edit yo ur r ecor ded mat eri al, con nect th e Ma ste r Ca ddy Dock ing Sta tio n to a Mac ® or Win dows ® edi tin g wo rks tati on via USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 . Ejec t t he M ast er C add y fr om you r N inja -2 and ins ert it into th e Do cki ng Stat ion . Af ter a s hor t wa[...]

1 2 . C o n n e c t i n g a n d E d i t i n g co nt . Imp ort ing Final Cut Pro (version 7), Final Cut X , Adobe CS5 (with 5.51 update), EDIUS 6, Sony V egas 10, Lightworks and Avid Media Composer 6 support imported files from your Ninja-2 disk. Imp ort ing N inj a-2 fo ota ge in to Fin al Cu t P r o Y ou can import Ninja-2 footage into Final Cut [...]

Sma rtL og wi th FCP X Prior to importing the XML files into FCP X, ensure that: • Y ou have exported XML whilst the drive is in your Ninja-2 • Y ou have connected your Master Caddy Docking Station and inserted your Master Caddy into the Dock • Y ou are using an operating system that supports ExF A T • Y our QuickTime version is up to date[...]

1 3 . U s i n g N i n j a - 2 w i t h e x t e r n a l p o w e r s u p p l i e s 1 4 . U s i n g N i n j a - 2 w i t h A t o m o s C o n n e c t C o n v e r t e r s AC Ada pto r (in clu ded ) This co nnec ts on t he batt ery slo t o n th e b ack of the Nin ja-2 . P leas e ensu r e it is con nec ted to slot 1. The en d of th e ad apt or w ill con nec[...]

1 5 . S o f t w a r e up da t e s Upd ati ng At omO S ( Fir mwa r e) Fr om time to tim e w e wi ll issu e s oftw ar e u pdat es for you r Ni nja -2. T o upda te the firm war e (that ’ s the soft war e that run s i nsid e y our Nin ja-2 ), ther e is a si mple pr ocedur e you have to fol low . • Go to w ww .at omos .co m/ni nja -2-fi rmw ar e/ [...]

Nin ja -2 Ma in Uni t Light Wei ght 370g / 13oz (with out b atteri es & HDD) 670g / 23.5 oz (wi th ba tterie s & H DD) Dimens ions (witho ut bat teries) 1 15(W)x87(H )x41( D)mm Const ructio n Aircr aft gr ade al umini um for durab ility + por tabil ity . Fanles s for silen t oper ation . Operat ing P ower 3.0W (Monitoring Only) / 6.0W (Rec,[...]