Anyone tried Ninja with Hmc 150/151?

[Xoomtell]

Hi

I consider buying the ninja to get better image quality (details and colours) from my hmc 151e. Has anyone had any experinces with the ninja mounted on the 150/151 yet? If so please share your thoughts and testresults.


Morten

 

[Jimwize]

Unless u are talking about shadow warriors I don't know what you are talking about. Can you post a link to the product?

 

[hendosan]

http://www.atomos.com/

 

[Mike Harvey]

I think the Ninja is just now shipping, so you're probably going to need to wait a few weeks for folks to get their hands on it and play with it.

 

[Xoomtell]

It has bern for sale and with almost imidiate delivery In EU for St least two weeks: http://www.marcotec-shop.de/de/products/cat_467/detail_3643.htm

Anyway. Looking forward to read some tests and experiences....


Morten

 

[MadHMC150]

Nice, finally a more affordable 10bit portable recorder and monitor!

 

[Xoomtell]

Anyone tried this yet?

 

[afcurry]

this looks awesome, byebye lossy avchd! I need onerogar-BigGrin(DBG)

 

[DUB VOX Studio Services]

Doesn't seem to offer much for people using Media Composer though... Still have to transcode... or am I missing something?

 

[MadHMC150]

Its now listed on B&H under the HMC150 accessories... this is always a good sign.

 

[Xoomtell]

Hi Madhmc150

Excuse me, but what is B&H?


Morten

 

[Mike Harvey]

Hi Madhmc150

Excuse me, but what is B&H?


Morten

www.bhphotovideo.com

 

[MadHMC150]

Hi Madhmc150

Excuse me, but what is B&H?


Morten

Jokes jokes... lol

 

[Xoomtell]

Anyone tried it yet? Are there any noticable differences (and if so - wich?) between recordings made through the HMC 151 to the Ninja and what the HMC 151 can produce by it self.

 

[David Shapton]

Doesn't seem to offer much for people using Media Composer though... Still have to transcode... or am I missing something?

ProRes works with Avid. Probably not as fluidly as DNX HD, but fine for most purposes. We may do DNX - HD at some point in the future.

Dave Shapton
Atomos

 

[Michael Carter]

Looks like it doesn't have an HDMI out or pass-through... that would really be a handy thing to have. I've been using a passive splitter to drive 2 screens on set with no trouble, something to test with actually recording via splitter I suppose...

 

[David Shapton]

Looks like it doesn't have an HDMI out or pass-through... that would really be a handy thing to have. I've been using a passive splitter to drive 2 screens on set with no trouble, something to test with actually recording via splitter I suppose...

The Ninja doesn't have a pass-though, but it does have a built-in monitor. Beware of HDMI splitters: some work and some don't; they're not all created equal.

To answer an earlier point: any competent pro-res HQ recorder will give a significantly better recording than an internal, long-gop codec. Of course the meaning of the word "significantly" here is subjective. You really have to try it for yourselves.

Dave Shapton
Atomos

 

[Bucknfl]

Is their anyway to make the Ninja record automatically when the hmc 150 records?

 

[MadHMC150]

Is their anyway to make the Ninja record automatically when the hmc 150 records?

Doubt it, HDMI is feeding continuously so nothing would 'trigger' a difference from record or not.

That being said you really don't need to record on the HMC at all... unless you are wanting redundancy of course.

 

[Xoomtell]

Ok. Would be nice with a comparetive test to see if there is any major difference In the output from Ninja compared to the avchd from the hmc it self. On the paper there should be, but In reality? I don't wanna use 1000$ on ninja and disk just to find out there is no difference In the final output that is worth the money.
For youtube and Web the hmc does a great job, but I sometimes need a bit more sharpness or less noisy picture and thought the Ninja could somehow be helpfull for achieving that In some cases? Or am I All wrong here? Is the clean HDMI output from the Hmc so much better than the "developed" output to avchd?