Atomos Ninja + NEX-VG10 at DVinfo.net

Jason Burkhimer · May 27th, 2011, 06:39 AM

I have had a VG10 since it released and been pretty pleased with the results I've been able to achieve with it. I decided to pick up a Ninja to experiment with quality differences and grading benefits of the uncompressed 10bit 422 workflow.

I have two questions. One, do I have to turn off the menu in the settings for that information not to be sent through hdmi? Essentially making me make all shooting adjustments then turning off the display, then recording?

Two, I'm not sure why but I assumed the Ninja could convert and record framerates on the fly regardless of the incoming framerate. Is this not true?

Thanks,

-burk

David Stuart Shapton · May 31st, 2011, 02:23 AM

Hi Jason

No, the Ninja can't convert framerates on the fly. It would be much more expensive if it did.

We would record anything that comes across the HDMI - so you would have to turn off anything that was putting stuff in the HDMI feed before you record.

Best regards

Dave Shapton
President, Atomos EMEA

Jason Burkhimer · June 3rd, 2011, 07:46 AM

Thanks for the reply, neither of these issues were problems for me, I think I just misunderstood its functions having only used the Nanoflash with hdsdi.

-burk

Jeff Pulera · June 3rd, 2011, 08:37 AM

Hi Burk,

With every Sony camcorder I've ever used, the overlays in the viewfinder or camera LCD work independently of the external video output overlays. In other words, you CAN have the overlay information appearing on the camera displays, but in the camera menu, turn overlays OFF for the video output. So, you do NOT have to work without any overlay info in order to get a clean output to Ninja, you should be able to "have it both ways".

Jeff Pulera
Safe Harbor Computers

May 27th, 2011, 06:39 AM	#1
Jason Burkhimer Major Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 220	Atomos Ninja + NEX-VG10 I have had a VG10 since it released and been pretty pleased with the results I've been able to achieve with it. I decided to pick up a Ninja to experiment with quality differences and grading benefits of the uncompressed 10bit 422 workflow. I have two questions. One, do I have to turn off the menu in the settings for that information not to be sent through hdmi? Essentially making me make all shooting adjustments then turning off the display, then recording? Two, I'm not sure why but I assumed the Ninja could convert and record framerates on the fly regardless of the incoming framerate. Is this not true? Thanks, -burk

May 31st, 2011, 02:23 AM	#2
David Stuart Shapton New Boot Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Nottingham Posts: 20	Re: Atomos Ninja + NEX-VG10 Hi Jason No, the Ninja can't convert framerates on the fly. It would be much more expensive if it did. We would record anything that comes across the HDMI - so you would have to turn off anything that was putting stuff in the HDMI feed before you record. Best regards Dave Shapton President, Atomos EMEA

June 3rd, 2011, 07:46 AM	#3
Jason Burkhimer Major Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 220	Re: Atomos Ninja + NEX-VG10 Thanks for the reply, neither of these issues were problems for me, I think I just misunderstood its functions having only used the Nanoflash with hdsdi. -burk

June 3rd, 2011, 08:37 AM	#4
Jeff Pulera Major Player Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Milwaukee WI Posts: 691	Re: Atomos Ninja + NEX-VG10 Hi Burk, With every Sony camcorder I've ever used, the overlays in the viewfinder or camera LCD work independently of the external video output overlays. In other words, you CAN have the overlay information appearing on the camera displays, but in the camera menu, turn overlays OFF for the video output. So, you do NOT have to work without any overlay info in order to get a clean output to Ninja, you should be able to "have it both ways". Jeff Pulera Safe Harbor Computers __________________ Jeff Pulera Safe Harbor Computers