Here's an early look at what the highly anticipated Canon 5D Mark III firmware may have available. At NAB2013, Jeromy Young of Atomos shows the firmware sending a clean signal and new menu options and working with their Atomos Ninja-2 HDMI Recorder, but keep in mind that the final firmware could be much different. When Canon first announced that there will be a firmware upgrade, they stated it would be released in April (this month). Let's hope they can still make that deadline.
Canon 5D Mark III DSLR Video (Body)
Lainol
5" IPS (12.7 cm)
1280 x 720 resolution
325 dpi
Capacitive touchscreen
That's a huge improve. The resistive lcd of the samurai is a piece of s***t.
Emm
Post author@Lainol - Good question. The Samurai SDI Recorder came out the same time as the first Ninja. The Ninja-2 was upgraded with slightly better monitor features. The new 'Samurai Blade' shown at NAB2013 has upgraded the monitor quality to HD resolution https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/964932-REG/atomos_atomsam002_samurai_blade_monitor.html
Lainol
The ninja 2 monitor is better or equal of the samurai's atomos?
I work a lot with the samurai with hd cam and I find it very poor for reference, I only use for framing
Tristan
@Ray ~ Yes the signal out of the 5D will only be 8Bit but again this is coming from a camera that is only $2500 that is primarily for photography. The advantage of recording in a 10 Bit space even though the signal is coming out is 8Bit is that you have more available color space for other elements like graphics, overlays, and keying. This will help greatly and allow you to have cleaner elements. Never forget that these SLRs were made for professional photographers FIRST not pro video guys. So if you want the big boy stuff pay the big boy money or stop compiling because many people including my self are tired of hearing it.
Here this might help clarify things for you, cheers!
Hunter
According to Canon's site, we should be seeing this upgrade APRIL 30th!
https://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/about_canon/newsroom?pageKeyCode=pressreldetail&docId=0901e024806daf9c
-Hunter
Ray
8-bit colorspace. Call me when it's 10-bit or -- let's get all 2007 -- when it's UNCOMPRESSED straight of the imager (SONY HVR-Z7U). Really tired of Canon hobbling HDMI. What good is a 10-bit recording of an 8-bit signal? That's what an AJA KiPro records.
Emm
Post author@Ricky - The Ninja-2 (second gen) is the upgraded version that had more 'monitor' like features built in such as peaking, false color, and higher resolution than the previous version. Yes it's a decent monitor as well as an HDMI recorder. The best part is that during NAB2013 they announced the new pricing which is about $300 dollars less than before NAB.
Ricky
I'm really new to this Atomos Ninja 2 HMDI Recorder. I know that it captures uncompressed, but is it also a monitor? Just wondering before I dish out some money on a separate monitor.
Thanks