Atomos Shogun Introduction from Atomos Video on Vimeo.
Note for German readers: You have plenty of new Sony Blitzangebote today (check list at Dealsrunner).
The Atomos Shogun is finally shipping (in Germany at Redcoon in USA at BHphoto). If you own the A7s and want to record 4K this is the way to go. So let’s read the first previews:
EosHD (Click here) writes:
Something which I am very much looking forward to testing is the support for LUTs. When shooting S-LOG 2 on the A7S without the Shogun it is very difficult to get the correct exposure monitoring from the flat image. The Shogun will allow you to record in S-LOG but monitor in Rec 709 or with a LUT applied so you can see the final look of the footage whilst shooting. It’s a high end IPS panel as well so colour should be absolutely stunning on the display. Additionally Atomos offer a tool to calibrate the screen, with their Spyder device. Further useful features include a start / stop trigger so you can trigger recording on the Shogun the normal way with the camera’s video button, along with time code, WIFI remote control and optional CFast card adapter.
3Dkraft (click here) writes:
The hardware ist finished but the new “AtomOS6” video operating system currently supports only a subset of the announced features:
Atomos assures to release the remaining features in a few weeks. The good news is that the most important feature – the 4K ProRes HDMI recording – is available right now in order to enable the full 4K recording performance of the Sony A7S.
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Atomos; impressive bit of kit -for the serious people -but also shows why 4k internal is so nice if you want to be mobile!
Agree.
why not use the sdi connection then ? All atomos devices have them or can be added. I use a ninja blade for all kinds of reasons and it makes sense for me they seem to be selling enough to have a bigger and bigger booth at things like IBC and NAB someone seems to buy them….
Yep, besides if hdmi isn’t even reliable enough to work as a viewfinder connection I don’t want to even imagine run&gun’n with this. I’ll wait for the FS7 to think 4K again.
External recorders are as stupid as separate sound for most productions, they are fine when you have someone to make sure everything works, just like audio. You can do it all and get nice results but it takes time and takes attention away from te creative process. So you either need a larger crew or more time, in both cases you are wasting the money that should been spend on the right camera. then again I see a lot of really cool stuff made with a mickey mouse rig so who cares hah. Check out Kendy on vimeo.
Don’t criticize that which you don’t understand, stick with still photography if that’s all you know. Your comments only show your stupidity on this topic.
Are you working for Atamos ?
Intern for Atamos perhaps? 🙂 Send there as part of anger management therapy no doubt.
Atamos? never heard of that company. but theres a atomos
When I have time I will make a drawing explaining the joke.
Exactly, don’t criticise what you don’t understand. This isn’t like the LEGO camera’s you have been playing with. If you have a point to make about why you think it is fantastic having a $5K camera setup depend on a external recorders with two unreliable HDMI connectors and a rubbish cable, please let me know. I’m sure you speak from decades of experience…..
I could agree with that. Recording separate sound does detract, its a PITA for a solo operator. One of the areas where Sony shines is in audio dept, XLR’s on the camera via the XLR adaptor negates separate sound for the most part. Fingers crossed that 4K internal will arrive with the A9!
There’s a lot of other reasons for separate sound rather than having an XLR connector on your camera or not. There’s plenty of high quality unbalanced solutions for getting sound into camera, but YES, it is a PITA for the solo operator. I feel that the external recorders are for those who work in teams… operator, AC, maybe even a non-shooting DP, sound mixer, boom operator, director, couple of field producers, 2nd / 3rd cameras etc… where media goes back to a DIT for ingest and grooming, you know, a typical professional workflow, that also happens to involve timecode… oops, Atomos seems to have dropped the ball and on one hand has limited or compromised utility for the small production / solo operators, but also is not compatible with the larger productions that do need a product like this. Good timing for Convergent Designs to nearly release their 7Q+.
Exactly, when I started to use the 5DII we put TC on the audio channels, wireless or cable, a bit like working with the old nagra I guess. With the Sound Devices multi channel recorders location sound is a breeze. In most cases I put a little 302 in front of any DSLR or A7S when recording sound. Besides I think anything with more then two people talking: you need a sound person, and I don’t mean someone who can carry stuff, I mean someone who knows sound because is you F up sound, it’s the one thing you can almost never correct properly. A big reason for switching from Canon to Sony was the fact it had the XLR option and it makes a nice B cam for the F3/F55
I have no interest for this technology. An internal 4K camera does the job and it’s mobile. I do not see myself with a Atamos on the beach or in some european cities… It is run after the disturbance, theft, etc.
You have no interest in serious videography, might as well use an Iphone. Typical know nothing comment.
4K internal is more convenient, meets my needs and is more useful for me.
Good for you.
Those looking for storing SERIOUS 4K quality at affordable storage prices and high quality preview (including LUTs for color profiles like S-Log2) corrently have no better alternative.
Well it was about time
Seems like a good value for only 2k