OT: Anyone with an ATMOS Samurai?

FrigidNDEditing wrote on 2/17/2012, 4:25 PM
Hey guys, I'm looking to do a bit of testing with an ATMOS Samurai, and was wondering if anyone here had one that they wouldn't mind lending/renting out for a couple/few days... Long shot, but most of the rental places I can find offer either an AJA Kii Pro mini or a nanoflash. I have been thinking about a Samurai for my GS work, and was wondering if anyone here might have one I could get my hands on for a couple of days to see how it really worked.

I'd obviously pay shipping and so on, but thought I'd check...

Feel free to reply here or contact me via a message through the forum.

Dave

Comments

John_Cline wrote on 2/17/2012, 5:15 PM
Looks like the ATMOS Samurai only records in Apple's ProRes with DNxHD support coming soon.
jabloomf1230 wrote on 2/17/2012, 6:21 PM
No, but I have a Blackmagic Design Hyperdeck Shuttle 2 and it records uncompressed QT (MOV), Avid DNxHD (220M 4:2:2 10 bit) MXF & MOV. The MOV files work fine with Vegas Pro 11 and 1080 30p previews in RT, at least for me. There are also rumors of BMD adding another codec (The best guesses are Cineform or Apple ProRes) via a firmware update. The Hyperdeck Shuttle 2 is a dandy little video field recorder IMO.
bsuratt wrote on 8/6/2012, 2:59 PM
@jabloom Are you are saying the Avid DNxHD MOV files work OK in Vegas Pro 11 without conversion? How much record time on a 128G SSD?

I'm looking at getting one to use with a HDV camcorder with drive problems.
videoITguy wrote on 8/6/2012, 8:37 PM
Jabloomf1230:
When you say you place .mov containers on the VegasPro timeline, what codecs within the container are you referring to:
1) Uncompressed QT
or
2)AvidDNXD

NTSC or PAL ?
Are you managing source video and render on RAID ?
Do you use these files in composites within VegasPro - ie multi-layer track stacks for GreenScreen or Alpha Trans to intermediate or final renders?