Atomos Adds NDI® Module for Ninja V 4Kp60 Monitor/Recorder
By Jim Bask
From NewTek
Atomos has released their latest highly portable recording unit, the 5-inch Ninja V 4Kp60 HDMI/SDI HDR monitor/recorder. For video production, Ninja V offers connectivity with a wide range of cameras including the new mirrorless DSLRs. Ninja V can eliminate a camera’s internal compression and time limits – it can record up to 4Kp60 10-bit HDR video direct from a camera’s sensor over HDMI 2.0, and offers storage add-in options of up to 150 Tb. For gaming, Ninja V is a stand-alone system for 4k UHD, HDR and high frame rate capture that eliminates expensive, complicated and unreliable PC setups.
In addition to the release of Ninja V itself, two expansion modules for the unit’s AtomX expansion port are now available. One module provides NewTek NDI® connectivity and one provides wireless timecode, sync and Bluetooth control. The AtomX Ethernet/NDI module ($199), built in collaboration with NewTek, sports a Gigabit Ethernet connector that allows live broadcast-quality video to be delivered over IP networks using the NDI protocol. Ninja V users can use it to transmit or receive video from any NDI source on the network. The module is plug-and-play, with NDI’s auto-discovery of available NDI sources…read more