The Samurai builds on the already impressive HDMI based Ninja to bring a host of new production weapons aimed at camera professionals with HD/SD-SDI cameras:

5" TFT/LCD 800x480 super high resolution screen

HD/SD-SDI Connecitvity

24 PSF support with 24/60i 3:2 Pulldown removal on capture

SDI Play Out or Loop-Though: connect to an external broadcast monitor or director's monitor and record and playback on set

Screen Flipping and more....

SDI Arsenal:

Captive connector

Long cable lengths

Time Code and Gen Lock support

3D support with 2 Samurais Genlocked

Multi Camera Support

More Professional Cameras with better lenses and sensors

Samurai packs a host of features into its compact, rugged aluminium body:

Recording direct to Apple ProRes or Avid DNxHD* (* coming Q1, 2012) via HD/SD-SDI - Pristine HD uncompressed video from camera lens and sensor directly to selected codec

Monitoring - Super High resolution 5" 800x480 built in Samurai monitor

Playback - Instant playback for review of Apple Prores files to the Samurai screen

Touch Screen - Simple intuitive touch screen functionality - no complicated menus!

Continuous Power - Atomos Continuous Dual Battery Technology

Affordable Storage - Infinite affordable 2.5" HDD/SSD storage capability

The Samurai builds on the already impressive HDMI based Ninja to bring a host of new production weapons aimed at camera professionals with HD/SD-SDI cameras:

5" TFT/LCD 800x480 super high resolution screen

HD/SD-SDI Connecitvity

24 PSF support with 24/60i 3:2 Pulldown removal on capture

SDI Play Out or Loop-Though: connect to an external broadcast monitor or director's monitor and record and playback on set

Screen Flipping and more....

SDI Arsenal:

Captive connector

Long cable lengths

Time Code and Gen Lock support

3D support with 2 Samurais Genlocked

Multi Camera Support

More Professional Cameras with better lenses and sensors

Samurai packs a host of features into its compact, rugged aluminium body:

Recording direct to Apple ProRes or Avid DNxHD* (* coming Q1, 2012) via HD/SD-SDI - Pristine HD uncompressed video from camera lens and sensor directly to selected codec

Monitoring - Super High resolution 5" 800x480 built in Samurai monitor

Playback - Instant playback for review of Apple Prores files to the Samurai screen

Touch Screen - Simple intuitive touch screen functionality - no complicated menus!

Continuous Power - Atomos Continuous Dual Battery Technology

Affordable Storage - Infinite affordable 2.5" HDD/SSD storage capability

Playback/Playout | Ready-to-Edit

The revolutionary Samurai is a portable touchscreen Professional 10bit HD Recorder, Monitor, & Playback device that captures pristine video and audio direct from any camera with HD/SD-SDI. It encodes in real-time to the visually-lossless Apple ProRes format, onto low-cost, removable 2 ½ inch hard disks. You can then review your footage in realtime onto the pristine 5" display or out onto any HD-SDI capable device, including directors monitors & broadcast equipment. With up to 10 hours battery from the 2 included Lithium Ian Camera batteries, you truly have a deck & monitor in the palm of your hand, a super high quality deck & monitor.

It has a super high-resolution 5" HD/SD SDI monitor with an ideal workflow: from sensor to timeline in unparalleled Apple ProRes quality. All the innovative features of the Ninja plus timecode and genlock and the ability to work with multiple synchronised units. The Samurai is the portable touchscreen HD/SD-SDI recorder/monitor the world has been waiting for.

Use your Samurai’ 5” 800 x 480 16:9 screen to review and instantly navigate through your clips. Review an entire day’s shoot on-set or on the way home, with high-quality playback and comprehensive clip navigation controls. Instantly show your material to production colleagues, clients or talent, and check each shot in detail, during or after the shoot.

Play out footage on-set via SDI or HDMI*, on any size of screen, direct from Apple ProRes or Avid DNxHD* in uncompressed HD quality. No need to transfer files to a computer: just touch “Play” on the Samurai touchscreen.
Your Full HD recordings anywhere, with up to of 10 hours playback on one battery charge (and don’t forget our patent-pending Continuous Power for uninterruptable operation).

Use Samurai to play directly on-air from a remote location: full quality HD-SDI playback from a deck in the palm of your hand. In the studio, genlock your Samurai’s playout with any genlocked SDI source on the Samurai input.