Hey guys - Since I started chatting about the advantages of using the Atomos Shogun Inferno with our DVX200’s on another thread, I felt that rather than going off topic, I would start another thread to share our experiences with these neat little devices.
I use my Atomos Shogun Inferno for both my GH5's and my DVX200. While the Atomos company makes many different models, the main reason I chose the Shogun Inferno model is the insane brightness of the piece (1500 nit) I thought I seen somewhere the LCD on the DVX200 was like 300-400 nit. You can be out in full direct sunlight and easily see the details of the shot without a cover. The quality is un-real, you can even use the display for editing to see detail you won’t see on a conventional computer monitor (1920 x 1200 resolution). Another advantage is; this unit just had a $700 major price drop and now sells for $995 for the unit. You’ll need to spend $99 on a 1TB drive & caddy and around $200 for a set of batteries w/ charger.
In addition, to recording 4K/30 4:2:2 10bit directly from your DVX200’s HDMI port and being able to trigger the Atomos right from your camera, you can also control your time code as well. Setting up a shot is now easy since you have a "LARGE" monitor to view it on plus the advantage of a Waveform, RGB parade, Vectorscope and other tools to fine tune your pretty pictures. The Atomos also has a break out cable for recording audio on XLR’s.
If your shooting VLog (which I don’t unless asked for) you can input LUT’s for "Viewing Only" on your big screen so you can see a preview. You also have the option to burn in a LUT to the recorder if you wish. You can also store multiple LUT’s for different cameras, i.e. GH5 / DVx200 / others.
Best part is the 1TB drive instead of my 64-128 Gb SD’s - you can now shoot anything or everything and never worry about drive space. There is possibley nothing worse than losing a shoot due to media failure. If your shooting 8 bit, (like I do) its now possible to shoot and store your shots on three different devices (both SD cards & Atomos Drive) this way if someones jumping off a building, you won’t have to worry about missing the shot from media failure.
When I get back to the shop, I just slide the Atomos drive in the USB cradle and edit in Resolve right from the Atomos drive and have un-touched backups on the camera's SD’s. Complementing the 1TB portable Atomos drives, they just this week came down from $349 to only $99 (B&H) for the 1TB drive. I also use G technology’s 6 TB USB drives ($199), they are way faster than my iMac drive and transfer at 226 MB/s so in most cases, I’m editing and rendering directly between G Technology’s drives and my Mac drive is just watching!
Being able to record 10 bits in the studio and field is only a small part of the reason for investing in the Atomos, the most important part is actually being able to see your shot. While the built in LCD and viewfinder on the DVX200 works fine for just grabbing the camera for like ENG and talking head shots, most of us here on this forum are using our wonderful DVX’s for more serious work where we create our shots, so we need pin-point focus and waveforms to make sure its right when we push the red button. Another advantage other then the obvious for the camera operator, is the client can now see the shot live and also preview on the Atomos, so afterwards you don't get into a "He said - She said" conversation in post.
While I’m not saying in any respect that our DVX200’s are crippled without the Atomos, what I am saying is having the ability to supply your client with 4K 30 422 10 bit, (if they request it) plus being able to fine tune and see your work clearly with the ability to output in Prores and keep your Mac happy is priceless.
For me using my GH5 or DVX200 without an Atomos, would be like going back to dial-up at 56kb at AOL. LOL!
https://www.atomos.com/shogun
Regards - Mike
I use my Atomos Shogun Inferno for both my GH5's and my DVX200. While the Atomos company makes many different models, the main reason I chose the Shogun Inferno model is the insane brightness of the piece (1500 nit) I thought I seen somewhere the LCD on the DVX200 was like 300-400 nit. You can be out in full direct sunlight and easily see the details of the shot without a cover. The quality is un-real, you can even use the display for editing to see detail you won’t see on a conventional computer monitor (1920 x 1200 resolution). Another advantage is; this unit just had a $700 major price drop and now sells for $995 for the unit. You’ll need to spend $99 on a 1TB drive & caddy and around $200 for a set of batteries w/ charger.
In addition, to recording 4K/30 4:2:2 10bit directly from your DVX200’s HDMI port and being able to trigger the Atomos right from your camera, you can also control your time code as well. Setting up a shot is now easy since you have a "LARGE" monitor to view it on plus the advantage of a Waveform, RGB parade, Vectorscope and other tools to fine tune your pretty pictures. The Atomos also has a break out cable for recording audio on XLR’s.
If your shooting VLog (which I don’t unless asked for) you can input LUT’s for "Viewing Only" on your big screen so you can see a preview. You also have the option to burn in a LUT to the recorder if you wish. You can also store multiple LUT’s for different cameras, i.e. GH5 / DVx200 / others.
Best part is the 1TB drive instead of my 64-128 Gb SD’s - you can now shoot anything or everything and never worry about drive space. There is possibley nothing worse than losing a shoot due to media failure. If your shooting 8 bit, (like I do) its now possible to shoot and store your shots on three different devices (both SD cards & Atomos Drive) this way if someones jumping off a building, you won’t have to worry about missing the shot from media failure.
When I get back to the shop, I just slide the Atomos drive in the USB cradle and edit in Resolve right from the Atomos drive and have un-touched backups on the camera's SD’s. Complementing the 1TB portable Atomos drives, they just this week came down from $349 to only $99 (B&H) for the 1TB drive. I also use G technology’s 6 TB USB drives ($199), they are way faster than my iMac drive and transfer at 226 MB/s so in most cases, I’m editing and rendering directly between G Technology’s drives and my Mac drive is just watching!
Being able to record 10 bits in the studio and field is only a small part of the reason for investing in the Atomos, the most important part is actually being able to see your shot. While the built in LCD and viewfinder on the DVX200 works fine for just grabbing the camera for like ENG and talking head shots, most of us here on this forum are using our wonderful DVX’s for more serious work where we create our shots, so we need pin-point focus and waveforms to make sure its right when we push the red button. Another advantage other then the obvious for the camera operator, is the client can now see the shot live and also preview on the Atomos, so afterwards you don't get into a "He said - She said" conversation in post.
While I’m not saying in any respect that our DVX200’s are crippled without the Atomos, what I am saying is having the ability to supply your client with 4K 30 422 10 bit, (if they request it) plus being able to fine tune and see your work clearly with the ability to output in Prores and keep your Mac happy is priceless.
For me using my GH5 or DVX200 without an Atomos, would be like going back to dial-up at 56kb at AOL. LOL!
https://www.atomos.com/shogun
Regards - Mike
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