User Manual EDITION 1: NOVEMBER 2018 Register your NINJA V within twelve months of purchase to upgrade to a 3 year warranty* Registering your product ensures you receive communication on all future updates
Contents Warranty & Conditions Introduction 1. What’s included 2. What you also need Media (HDD/SSD) HDMI Cables Standard 1/4” or 3/8” mount 3. Mounting disks in the Master Caddy II 4. Connecting and powering up Power ON/Power OFF 5. Ninja V connections 6. AtomX SSDmini, Master Caddy II and Screw Mounts Master Caddy II / SSDmini / Mounting options 7.
Warranty & Conditions International Hardware Limited Warranty ATOMOS warrants that: • The main product, not including the IPS screen, or any external accessories, will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of 1 year from the date of purchase; or 3 years upon completion of product registration within 1 year from the date of purchase at www.atomos.
Introduction Thank you for choosing the Atomos Ninja V 5 inch 4Kp60 HDR Monitor Recorder. Featuring a super high-resolution screen in a lightweight aluminium alloy chassis, and an array of essential production tools including waveform monitoring, vectorscope, focus assist and the world’s leading support for HDR monitoring; Ninja V will give you the creative and commercial advantage you’ve been looking for.
1. What’s included Your Ninja V includes base accessories to get you started, such as a mains power supply and a media Master Caddy. Additionally you will need a 2.5” Solid State Drive (SSD) or AtomX SSDmini, a compatible HDMI cable (Camera out/Ninja in) and compatible batteries. Optional AtomX accessories including power and accessory kits and are also available. Visit the Atomos website for the latest accessory options. Not all drives are compatible with the Ninja V.
2. What you also need Media We have worked closely with Angelbird and Sony to develop new media designed specifically for the Atomos Ninja V. The new AtomX SSDmini is smaller than a standard SSD, but utilises the same SATA connection as normal HDD/SSD media and is compatible with all Atomos recorders and docking stations. AtomX SSD mini fits directly into the Ninja V without the need for a Master Caddy II. Speed and reliability are the main factors.
2. What you also need Backing up and archiving Standard 1/4” or 3/8” Mount/Arm Remember that no storage media, including tape, optical disks, spinning The Ninja V is designed for versatility – including multiple mounting options disks and flash memory, is completely immune from failure. to suit just about every possible scenario. The unit includes both 3/8-16 You should bear this in mind when deciding how to manage your recorded content.
3. Mounting disks in the Master Caddy II Mounting drives in the Master Caddy II If you choose to use your own disks instead of a pre-built AtomX SSDmini There is very little that can cause problems and the most likely thing is then follow this procedure to install it in the provided Master Caddy II. that the Master Caddy isn’t properly flush with the drive inside. A quick Insert the disk into the caddy, and secure with four screws.
4. Powering the Ninja V Battery slot Gently slide down into battery slot and lock into position Push the release button to unlock the battery and slide battery upwards to remove. Choosing your power source The Ninja V can be powered by the included AC-powered Battery Eliminator, or by using a compatible DC battery. If you are the owner of other Atomos devices, the batteries you have for these devices (NP-F series) will be compatible with your new Ninja V.
4. Powering the Ninja V Fan ventilation On + forced power down Release button Tally Light Flashes red when recording Turning ON power to the Ninja V Battery - Menu Screen The start button is located on the top right hand side of the unit (as you look at the screen). With a charged battery attached momentarily press the recessed circular button on the top right side of the Ninja V as you look at the screen to power up the unit.
5. Ninja V Connections 4 5 1 2 6 3 1. Mic/Line in 5. HDMI in and volume for headphone monitoring is via the audio controls section, video. This connection also supports embedded audio and timecode if accessible by touching the audio meters in the upper right side of the your camera or device sends these out over HDMI. The image is both touchscreen (monitoring mode) or in the bottom right of the screen displayed and recorded to the Atomos monitor/recorder storage media. A 3.
6. AtomX SSDmini, Master Caddy II and Screw Mounts AtomX SSDmini / Master Caddy II Slot Flexible mounting options On the rear of the unit is a 2.5” slot designed for Master Disk Caddy II or The Ninja V is designed for versatility – including multiple mounting options. AtomX SSDmini. To insert your caddy or SSDmini, gently push until it stops The unit includes both 3/8”-16 and 1/4”-20 screw mounts top and bottom, as the end of the drive slot.
7. Using the Ninja V With the introduction of AtomOS10 operating system for Ninja V, there have been some significant changes in the way we do things compared to our previous models – especially in the overall look and feel, the placement of buttons, and the way that AtomOS10 works. With AtomOS10 you get the ultimate touch interface for monitoring and recording. This new version of our operating system has a clear, elegant design. It’s easy to understand yet gives you total access to all functions.
7. Using the Ninja V - Best Practice Understanding the basic controls and ‘housekeeping’ functions will save you time in the future. Before you start enjoying your Ninja V it will help to set it up with a ‘device name’ and file naming conventions. a. Format Media b. Unit Name c. File Naming d. Screen Lock e. Firmware Updates a. Format Media (HDD/SSD) Make sure your drive is correctly inserted and all data from previous shoots has been securely backed-up.
7. Using the Ninja V - Best Practice b. Unit Name c. File naming Information bar. listed previously in ‘b. Unit Name’. Create your own unit name by To access the unit name tap the input indicator from the home screen To access the unit name and file naming screen simply follow the steps pressing the arrow to change and enter the letters in. Pressing OK will allocate the new unit name and return you to the menu screen. This process can be very useful when using multiple devices or with multicam shoots.
7. Using the Ninja V - Best Practice e. Firmware Updates (AtomOS) From time to time we will issue software updates for your Ninja V. To update the firmware (that’s the software that runs inside your Ninja V), there is a simple procedure you have to follow. • Check your current Firmware version Navigate to the Info tab by first pressing either the input, output, codec or media indicators and then navigating through the menu.
7. Using the Ninja V The Main Screen - Home Screen The new AtomOS10 homescreen is designed for unobstructed monitoring at controls are non-obtrusive and incredibly intuitive to use. Monitoring tools all times. The clean and uncluttered design of AtomOS10 concentrates the are only one-touch away, and now allow for a better view of your subject while attention on the image, not on the device’s operation. From the muted main adjusting monitor-assist functions such as focus peaking and false color.
7. Using the Ninja V The Main Screen - Information Bar At the top of the Ninja V screen is the area referred to as the Information The content of the Information Bar is dependent on what mode you are in, Bar. Info here relates to the settings of your input device/camera, Ninja V, for example Recording and Monitoring will display the Video Input type, but media, audio and more.
7. Using the Ninja V The Main Screen - Monitoring Features At the bottom of the Monitoring screen are the Monitoring Features, features are available at first glance – to reveal all Monitoring features, swipe accessible by toggling the MON icon. Monitoring Features do not affect your monitoring icons to the left. The icons will behave in a carousel like manner recorded file and can be turned on and off, or adjusted whilst recording and you can swipe left and right to access any of the features.
7. Using the Ninja V Home screen and menu functions REC (Record) This is the icon you touch to begin a recording. Touch it again to stop a recording. While recording the Rec icon changes to a Stop icon and a red frame is present around the screen. Standby EDIT Recording EDIT Ninja V uses a unit name, scene, shot and take convention to name the clips. Select the clip you want to play by touching the file name and this will start to playback. To exit the playlist simply touch close, or any other button.
7. Using the Ninja V Video Input Gamut Video Output Monitoring Gamma Information Bar - Adjust your settings Codec Meters Media Battery The Information Bar of your Ninja V displays the settings of your input Alternatively you can access these setting by tapping the device/camera, current settings of your Ninja V, media, audio, disk Record Settings icon. Tapping the Settings button will open capacity and more.
7. Using the Ninja V On Output Output This menu displays the active video format being output from HDMI. A 4K to HD down conversion can be applied to the output. This enables you to send a 4K input signal to a HD device. When working in HDR a signal will be output with the correct HDR flag to activate a compatible HDR display’s settings. This can be useful if you wish to monitor log footage in the studio.
7. Using the Ninja V Record PULLDOWN The record menu allows you to apply pulldown removal if recording from a source that applies pulldown to the output signal. Note for 3:2 Pulldown removal, movement in the frame may required to accurately lock signal, simply wave your hand in front of the camera to achieve Meters Meters The meters and audio settings are easily accessible by touching the audio meters (shown below) on the record, monitor and playback home screens.
7. Using the Ninja V Audio Audio Media Media Media menu shows current media type and capacity. Audio Input Options To adjust the gain on the analogue input you need to Format disks from this menu. See Format Media on bring up the audio options page by pressing in the page 12. Information about compatible drives is lower right corner of the audio menu. available at atomos.com/drives To select the input line Level to match your device.
7. Using the Ninja V Record Run With this setting you set the starting Timecode for the first clip. The following clips will start at the frame immediately after the out point of the preceding clip. This will continue for all clips that follow. This is also known as continuous Timecode. Auto Restart With this setting, the Timecode will be reset to the Timecode you have defined whenever you press record. All your clips will start with this same Timecode.
7. Using the Ninja V Battery Battery The Battery icon on the left of the screen indicates the remaining power in the attached battery. In the center of the screen is a ‘power down’ button. Hold down for 4 seconds to shut down the unit. When using the supplied Battery Eliminator, the Info Info Shows the software (firmware) version and unique device ID (DID) of your Ninja V device. This will be required to activate the Avid DNxHD / Avid DNxHR codec.
8. Monitoring & Recording Setting up for recording SmartControl inserted a formatted drive the following will happen; and stopping of recording by automatic or external means. This section As soon as you connect a supported signal to the Ninja V input and have • The REC icon will be illuminated (red) • The input source & format will be shown in the top left corner of the information bar • Audio input meters will be responding to source.
8. Monitoring & Recording Monitoring Features At the bottom of the Monitoring screen are the Monitoring Features, accessible by toggling the MON icon. Monitoring Features do not affect your recorded file and can be turned on and off, or adjusted whilst recording. Not all Monitoring features are available at first glance. To reveal all Monitoring features, SWIPE MONITORING FEATURE ICONS TO THE LEFT.
8. Monitoring & Recording Cinema Guides Cine or TV frame guides. Safe Areas Action area and title safe areas displayed. The Waveform Monitor will remain on screen when hiding the overlays ensuring the focus remains on calibrating your image. If the MON button is pressed the WFM will move in to the bottom icon line up. Vectorscope The Vectorscope display shows color information of hue (shown as a phase vector), and saturation (measured by outward distance from the center).
8. Monitoring & Recording Opacity Brightness Focus Assist Outline The Brightness slider directly controls the intensity of the waveform while the opacity slider adjusts the transparency values of the waveform display on screen. Experiment with these controls to achieve your desired monitoring setup. Using Monitor Assist tools AtomOS10 features monitoring tools that help with making your shot picture perfect.
8. Monitoring & Recording False Color Scale Cinema Guides / Safe Areas / Anamorphic De-Squeeze AtomOS 10 has advanced frame guides and safe areas. You can cycle through your required cine or TV frame guides by repeatedly pressing the guides icon. Action safe area and title safe areas can then be turned on and are proportional to the frame guides based on SMPTE standards. Cinema Guides To help you determine the exposure range with more accuracy, please use the scale on the left hand side of the display.
8. Monitoring & Recording LUTs A LUT or Look Up Table is a table that transforms the color response and as To load a LUT select the desired slot (curve button) and press on the such adjusts the ‘Look’ of the input. 3D LUTs have a combination of three curve icon and then tap the folder file.
8. Monitoring & Recording 3 options that relate to the processing of the LUT: During Record If this option is selected to the recording it will bake the LUT look into the recording and this is a non-reversible process. It cannot be undone in Post so we advise you consider your workflow before the use of this option. When enabled, a CUSTOM LOOK icon will flash in the top corner of the monitor and the LUT cannot be activated during recording to avoid any potential issues with the recorded content.
8. Monitoring & Recording Understanding HDR and Log The first step in HDR is to recognize you have a HDR scene. Look for a One of the key elements to understand is that if your camera can shoot in Log good range of contrast across the brightest and darkest parts of your then is can already capture the more dynamic range than you can display in image and also across the color and tonal range as each color also SDR.
8. Monitoring & Recording Display File Recovery adjusting the slider when in Native mode. As you slide to the right the brightness power fails or the drive is removed accidentally all but the last few will increase and when at 100% the image will be using the full 1000nits of seconds of the clip can be recovered With this mode selected you have the option to change the screen brightness by the display.
9. Playback & Playout Playback mode Pressing the Play button switches the device into playback mode and the Clips/Playlist can be selected by tapping the folder icon in the lower right last clip recorded on to the drive will instantly begin to playback. of the screen, or skip to the next or previous clip via the on screen controls.
9. Playback & Playout Playback Mode One of the key elements of the Ninja V is the ability to utilize the monitor recorder as a play back and play out device for the content that has been recorded whilst maintaining the same visually lossless high quality images. Ninja V’s Play out capability also allows you to send the live and recorded footage out to a larger HDMI monitor or switcher. Recorded Files Browse recorded files 0% The Order Arrow allows you to choose order in which clips playback.
9. Playback & Playout Video Format Video Format Output Output For information about this menu see page 20 The Video Format menu contains information about the current settings of your Ninja V. The Format, compression rates and time remaining on you disk are displayed. CAMERA OUTPUT Indicates the total recording time remaining on your Meters For information about this menu see page 21 Date Date For information about this menu see page 23 HDD/SSD media at the current settings.
10. Edit Edit mode Edit mode allows you to tag your clips during recording and playback, Favorite clips can easily be built into a Playlist in playback mode and as well as the ability to add in and out-points to recorded clips. these tagged sub clips can then be played out, back to back. By the pressing the Favorite and Reject icons you can assign a “good AtomOS10 has introduced extended tags to allow you to apply more clip” or “bad clip”.
IN OUT B 10. Edit 1 2 Markers and Tagging Icons (SmartLog) EXPORT XML Using Markers and Tags you can quickly start the editing and review process right here on your Ninja V, avoiding delays incurred when XML EXPORT importing inferior and unwanted footage. You can review and tag B immediately on-set with your client or director, or work through your takes without having to dump the recorded files to another workstation/NLE.
T 10. Edit IN 0% Favorite/Reject Press Play and when you see the section of the footage you would like to mark as good or bad, press Favorite or Reject and then press again to stop marking that section. Multiple IN tags can be applied to your clips to provide Timecode accurate meta tags that can be exported to Apple FCPX XML. 1 A green or red line will appear in the timeline scrubbing bar so you IN OUT can identify the region that has been selected.
11 . HD Pulldown 1080p23.98 or 1080p24 If you have set 1080p23.98 or 1080p24 in your camera and your Ninja V displays 1080i59.94 or 1080i60, then you can easily remove the pulldown by following these steps: • Select the Input Menu from the top Left and toggle the blue arrow underneath Record repeatedly until you see 1080p23.98 (or 1080p24) displayed. You may not get a green tick in this column immediately.
12. Connecting & Editing Connect To access and edit your recorded material, connect the Master Caddy Docking Station to a Mac or Windows editing workstation via USB 2.0, ® ® USB 3.0 or UBS-C 3.1. The Master Caddy Docking Station is a sophisticated device supporting two different data interfaces: USB 2 and USB 3. When using the Master Caddy Docking Station you may need to connect Eject the Master Caddy or SSD mini from your Ninja V and insert it into the Docking Station.
12. Connecting & Editing Importing Final Cut Pro (version 7), Final Cut Pro X, Adobe CS5 (with 5.51 update), You’ll see the folders in the Ninja V drive. Select the folder containing the EDIUS 6, Sony Vegas 10, Davinci Resolve 8.0 +, Lightworks and footage you want to import: Avid Media Composer 6 support imported files from your Ninja V disk. Importing Ninja V footage into Final Cut Pro X You can import Ninja V footage into Final Cut Pro X (FCP X) in just a few simple steps.
12. Connecting & Editing SmartLog with FCP X 2.
13. Technical Specifications Weight and Dimensions Video Signal Conversion Without batteries & media 360g / 12.7oz HDMI (4K > HD) With batteries & media - Codec Dimensions (W x H x D mm) 151 x 91.5 x 31.5mm Construction Aluminium alloy chassis with ABS Polycarbonate back plate Mounting points Anti-rotational 3/8-16 screw mount points, 1/4-20 screw mount adaptor installed. 1x top and 1x bottom.
14. Optional Accessories Atomos has a wide range of optional accessories to enhance your Ninja V, from basic media requirements through to Sunhoods and mounting arms. AtomX SSDmini by Sony AtomX Arm & QR plate by Lanparte Designed specifically to fit the • 10” and 13” models Ninja V the drive is just 8cm Designed to provide a robust long, 7.5cm wide and weighs and easy solution for mounting a mere 88g. your Ninja V to your camera, cage or rig.
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