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ATOMOS SHOGUN
U S E R M A N U A L
E D I T I O N 2 : J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6
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Atomos Shogun – User Manual Edition 2: January 2016
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- Page 1 Have you registered your Shogun yet? Upgrade to 3 year warranty now Register now to receive communication on all future updates Web: www.atomos.com Sales: sales@atomos.com Support: support@atomos.com Atomos Shogun – User Manual Edition 2: January 2016 *Subject to change without notice...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Using the Shogun • Do not expose to or use near liquids, rain or moisture. • Do not dispose of the Shogun in municipal waste and do not incinerate it, Category 1: Operating Settings always follow local regulations for safe disposal. -
Page 3: Warranty & Conditions
Software and/or the Atomos • Improper or negligent acts or omissions; Shogun in whole or in part. Any failure to comply with the above or any • Repairs or attempted repairs; other terms and conditions contained herein will result in the automatic • Tampering with or modification of the goods;... -
Page 4: Introduction
With the plummeting price of hard disk storage, the 2½” disks used by the Shogun are very cheap; the cost of storage is no longer an issue. Buying a disk for the Shogun is just like buying a tape – except that with a disk you will have instant “non-linear”... -
Page 5: What's Included
What’s Included Atomos does not sell storage and your package will not contain any We try to provide you with as complete a package as possible: you don’t have to add anything except 2.5” storage media (you can buy additional spinning disks or SSDs. -
Page 6: What You Also Need
Which drives should you use? • Do not bang or jolt the Shogun while recording. There are so many drives available, and newer models appear all the • Do not use spinning drives (HDD) for recording 4k video time. -
Page 7: Backing Up And Archiving
File Recovery 4K SDI cables (not included) • Your Shogun is able to detect when the drive is under stress and it SDI cables are robust physically and electrically: you should rarely have will recover from any break in a recording by waiting until the drive is problems with signal transmission unless your cables are either damaged ready to continue, and then resuming from that point. -
Page 8: Mounting Disks In The Master Caddy
The Master Caddy can’t be inserted the wrong way round. Always make Master Caddy II drives are backwards compatible with previous sure that the disk connector faces the slot in the Shogun. You have to be quite firm to push the Master Caddy II into place, but don’t push too hard, Atomos recorders, however Master Caddy 1 is not forward just in case something isn’t set up or aligned properly. -
Page 9: Connecting And Powering Up
Charge new batteries before using them, using the battery charger on the shogun you will not lose power to the unit during a battery change supplied. To attach the battery, gently slide it down into the slot until it locks so long as there is a single battery left attached with sufficient charge. -
Page 10: Power On/Power Off
Momentarily press the circular button on the top right side of the Shogun as you look at the screen to power up the unit. After a couple of seconds you will see the Atomos logo, and then the Shogun Home Screen. -
Page 11: Shogun Connections
2. Calibration Port The Calibration 2.5mm jack port beneath the power button allows for connection of the optional Atomos Spyder unit. This single port is able to be used to calibrate both devices and each channel will display as a separate option in the Atomos Calibration software, an updated release of this software will be available via http://www.Atomos.com/support... - Page 12 HDMI signal in record and standby mode, and the playback signal when an LTC Timecode inpout. This allows for external LTC timecode to be the Shogun is in playback mode. This ouput can carry either a 4K or HD used enabeling multiple devices to be sharing the same master timecode signal (with the option to down scale the 4K input to HD).
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Page 13: Master Caddy Ii And Screw Mounts
Master Caddy II Slot Master Caddy II - New 2 keyway system On the rear of the unit is a 2.5mm HDD slot for Shogun Master Disk Caddie The Master Caddy II is hot-swappable, so you can do this at any time –... -
Page 14: Using The Shogun
The Main Controls of the unit are indicated by large round icons. To enable recording For instant playback and review To make settings changes See page 15 See page 15 See page 15 *Subject to change without notice Atomos Shogun – User Manual Edition 2: January 2016... -
Page 15: Home Screen / Menu Functions
7. Using the Shogun cont. Home screen and menu functions Shogun uses a unit name, scene, shot and take convention to name the Rec (Record) This is the icon you touch to begin a recording. Touch it again to stop clips. Select the clip you want to play by touching the file name and this... -
Page 16: File Naming / Date & Time / Display Options
Date & Time Allows you to adjust the date and time shown by the clock in the Shogun. This will also change the time of day Timecode. Touching the Date & Time takes you into the Date and Time Screen. -
Page 17: Screen Lock / Timecode / Shogun Info
Remember that pressing on the Back button will always take you back to the previous menu. Both Channels of the Shogun are activated using a single code and this needs to be entered via Channel 1. *Subject to change without notice... -
Page 18: Input Menu
HDMI device connected. selected it will show a round arrow on the record button and flash a red A green tick on Source indicates the Shogun has locked signal on this Pre Roll icon in the top right hand corner of the display. input, a red cross indicates a signal or lock issue with the attached device, double check your cable and camera output settings. -
Page 19: Storage Capacity Indicator / Formatting Hdd/Ssd / Unit Name
Please check the drive compatibility list prior to purchasing drives: http://www.atomos.com/drives The Shogun file system is exFAT. We recommend that you format each disk with the Shogun and not your computer to ensure the correct parameters are set with the file system. Unit Name To access the unit name click the file name indicator from the home screen, then Unit Name. -
Page 20: Audio Panel
Underneath each pair of audio channels you can see the record orientation of the audio bars displayed on the Shogun home page in the button, when this is shown in red it is set to record, simply select the lower left corner. Options available are;... -
Page 21: Monitoring And Recording
Setting up for recording Recording Checklist As soon as you connect a supported signal to the Shogun input and have • Check there is a valid signal by checking the input menu ensuring all inserted a formatted drive the following will happen;... -
Page 22: Smartcontrol / 6 Ways To Start Recording
Shogun Shogun Start and Stop record control can be triggered by the to start/ stop recording at the same time as the camera. -
Page 23: Waveform Monitoring
The Waveform Monitoring icon will only be visible if there is an input • Assisting with colour correction. signal detected. • Camera white and black balance *Subject to change without notice Atomos Shogun – User Manual Edition 2: January 2016... -
Page 24: Luma Overlay / Rgb Parade / Vectorscope
The Waveform Monitor will remain on screen when hiding the overlays the Transparency slider adjusts the transparency values of the waveform ensuring the focus remains on calibrating your image. display on screen. *Subject to change without notice Atomos Shogun – User Manual Edition 2: January 2016... -
Page 25: Monitor Assist
Monitor Assist AtomOS features Smart Monitor tools that help with making your shot picture perfect. Easily access Focus Peaking, Zebra, False Colour and Blue Only Exposure to check image is in focus, noise free and correctly exposed. Options for safe area/ title area markes along with aspect ratio markers and anamorphic desqueeze functions are also available. -
Page 26: Focus Assist / Zebra / False Color
Focus Assist Mono Focus Assist Outline To help you determine the exposure range with more accuracy, please use the scale on the left hand side of the display. *Subject to change without notice Atomos Shogun – User Manual Edition 2: January 2016... -
Page 27: Blue Only / Grid Lines / Focus Assist Settings
This is useful to observe the noise content of a video image as sensor noise is most visible in this channel. Cinema Guides / Safe Areas / Anamorphic De-Squeeze AtomOS 6.5 introduced improved frame guides and safe areas. You Color Mono... -
Page 28: Smartlog
AtomOS 6.4 introduced extended tags to allow you to be also make more specific tags that can help facilitate the edit. SmartLog uses FCPX XML and can also be converted for Adobe and... -
Page 29: Exporting .Xml
EXPORT XML ICON film stock emulation or to match cameras . EXPORT Atomos support 3DLUTs in the industry standard .CUBE format and provides 8 LUT memory slots for you load your LUTs in to. These can be You can carry on recording but please remember if you add any loaded in from the Built in LUTs or from files created using 3rd party additional tags you will need to export your XML file again. - Page 30 Spyder calibration unit is available. The package allows you to connect the calibrator and USB serial cable to a MAC or PC. The Atomos Calibration Software can then be used to set the screen to a REC709 gamut and gamma. It’s recommended that you calibrate the monitor regularly as panel response will change over time.
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Page 31: Anti-Shock Technology
In the event of an interrupted recording, when you restart the Shogun, or If a large enough shock occurs a break in the recording may occur. In... -
Page 32: Timecode
When enabled, pressing the camera Record Stop/Start Touching the Timecode display on the home screen, just above the three button will make the Shogun start and stop record simultaneously as the main controls (Rec, Play, Menu), will take you to the Timecode setup timecode starts and stops. -
Page 33: Ltc / Record Run / Auto Restart
This will continue for all clips that follow. This is also known as continuous Timecode. *Subject to change without notice Atomos Shogun – User Manual Edition 2: January 2016... -
Page 34: Hd Pulldown
Shogun to detect when pulldown has been applied to the format, and it will not be detected. video, so you will have to set the correct mode of removal on the Shogun to match the setup of your camera. -
Page 35: Record Mode Options
The icon will be white when the option is lapse recoding mode and when an input is present the selected. record button will white have dashed lines around it like a clock face. *Subject to change without notice Atomos Shogun – User Manual Edition 2: January 2016... - Page 36 Touching the screen will then briefly turn it back on and to cancel the display off simply unlock the screen using the power button before reversing the above process. *Subject to change without notice Atomos Shogun – User Manual Edition 2: January 2016...
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Page 37: Playback & Playout
2 x or 4x speeds both forward and in reverse. One of the key elements of the Shogun REC PLAY MONITOR EDIT is the ability to utilize the monitor recorder as a play back and play out device... - Page 38 Creates and saves the metadata tags in to XML in FCPX format. EXPORT Tapping reset will remove the all tags from the current clip. RESET *Subject to change without notice Atomos Shogun – User Manual Edition 2: January 2016...
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Page 39: Connecting And Editing
(COMMAND + C copy, COMMAND + V paste). Avid DNxHD® / DNxHR® support requires online activation. If you have used a FAT32 formatted disk in the Shogun this will have a ExFAT compatibility folder structure Scene, Shot, Take. This will mean you either transfer The Shogun formats your disk as exFAT. We have chosen this file system... -
Page 40: Importing / Import Into Final Cut Pro
EDIUS 6, Sony Vegas 10, Lightworks and Avid Media Composer 6 support imported files from your Shogun disk. Importing Shogun footage into Final Cut Pro You can import Shogun footage into Final Cut Pro (FCP) in just a few simple steps. First, connect the Shogun Docking Station to your Apple Mac using the USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 port. -
Page 41: Smartlog With Fcpx
• Select the drive (in this example it is EXCVIDEO) • Double-click the unitname.FCPXML file • This will open FCP X and import the .xml file • Select the Shogun drive under Devices (in this example it is called EXCVIDEO) • Choose the unitname.FCPXML, select Import FCP X will make a event of the disk name and reference all the footage in that event. -
Page 42: Software Upgrades
• Go to www.atomos.com/support • Locate and download the firmware upgrade All you have to do is press and hold the on/off button for 10 seconds. If you do this your Shogun will revert to its factory condition, and you will be 1. Extract the file ATOMSGN.FW from the firmware zip file. able to retry the firmware update later (taking due precautions to identify and remove possible reasons for the failure of the previous attempt). -
Page 43: Technical Specifications
1 year. Extended to 3 years on product registration Warranty 4K - UHD to HD downscale On HDMI/SDI loop out (Rec & Playout) Specifications correct at time of printing E&OE *Subject to change without notice Atomos Shogun – User Manual Edition 2: January 2016... - Page 44 Construction note: Your Shogun is designed to operate in ambient temperatures up to 45°C/113°F. It features a heat pipe design with a silent fan to circulate air and remove excess heat from the rear vents . If you wish to extend the temperature of operation in high temperature conditions, you can choose an SSD drive, and set the TFT brightness to a minimum.
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