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Summary of Contents for Atomos Samurai
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Page 1: User Manual
Atomos Samurai User Manual Version 1.0 – Nov. 2011 Have you registered your Samurai yet? Upgrade to 3 year warranty* now. Website: www.atomos.com | Sales: sales@atomos.com | Support: support@atomos.com... -
Page 2: Table Of Contents
• Do not dispose of the Samurai or its batteries in municipal waste and ................ -
Page 3: Warranty & Conditions
Software and/or the Atomos • Neglect; Samurai in whole or in part. Any failure to comply with the above or any • Improper or negligent acts or omissions; other terms and conditions contained herein will result in the automatic •... -
Page 4: Introduction
Samurai are very cheap; the cost of storage is no longer an issue. uncompressed-quality playout and real-time pulldown removal. Buying a disk for the Samurai is just like buying a tape – except that with a disk you will have instant “non-linear” access to your video. -
Page 5: What's Included
1. What’s included Your Samurai arrives as a complete system: you don’t have to add Atomos does not sell storage and your package will not contain any anything except 2.5” storage media (you can buy additional packs of spinning disks or SSDs. You can buy these locally to keep running empty Master Disk Caddies from your Atomos Reseller) and some cables costs as low as possible. -
Page 6: What You Also Need
“spinning” disks, or the new solid state ones. Choose spinning drives if your Samurai is going to be attached to a tripod or if it is not • Even though spinning drives can withstand substantial shocks when going to be subject to excessive vibration. -
Page 7: Hd-Sdi Cables
Atomos cable adaptors provided are extremely tough. They are also more flexible than “traditional” SDI cables, which means that your camera and Samurai are less likely to suffer stresses caused by stiff or inflexible cables. Standard 1/4” Camcorder Mount This must fit a standard 1/4” screw mount. Select the type that best suits your application and conditions. -
Page 8: Mounting Disks In The Master Caddy
The Master Caddy can’t be inserted the wrong way round. Always make sure that the disk connector faces the slot in the Samurai. You have to be quite firm to push the Master Caddy into place, but don’t push too hard, just in case something isn’t set up or aligned properly. -
Page 9: Connecting And Powering Up
No. 1 and can charge two batteries simultaneously. There are four red LED to the left of batter No. 2 as you look at the back of the Samurai. Pull the indicators for each battery. This will show the approximate stage the latches towards the batteries to release them. -
Page 10: Power On/Power Off
Momentarily press the circular button on the right side of the Samurai 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 Samurai Home Screen. -
Page 11: Other Physical Features
Master Caddy Slot Release and remove Master Caddy To eject it, use the latch on the right hand side of the Samurai On the left hand side of the unit (as you face the screen) is a slot (as pictured) for Samurai Master Disk Caddies. -
Page 12: Timecode
Samurai has been out of record. The start time code of each clip will be the exact time of day when it started to be recorded. -
Page 13: Pulldown
3:2 pulldown detection is difficult, if not impossible to detect on to the disk. In many cases, it is not easy for the Samurai to detect the completely still video. This is why you should wave your hand in front pulldown operation in the video, so you will have to set the correct mode of the lens. -
Page 14: Using The Samurai
This is the screen you see whenever you are not in a function or sub-menu, and it is the first screen that the Samurai boots into when you turn it A large blue arrow in the top right of the screen will on. -
Page 15: Recording
Samurai. If you are recording 24p internally on the camera you need to record 24p on the Samurai so the recordings match. To adjust the recording format simply touch the format icon repeatedly and the Samurai will cycle through the options available. -
Page 16: Home Screen / Menu Functions
NO DISK Mon (Monitor) Pressing this icon connects the incoming video signal to the screen, so that you can use the Samurai as a field monitor. More about monitoring in the next section, Monitoring and Recording. STANDBY STANDBY... -
Page 17: Power Off
To select press at the top ID (DID) of your Samurai device. This will be useful if you and the number you wish to use from the list below (up to 999). ever have to speak to Atomos technical support or a The number you choose will then be shown underneath the support agent from your reseller. -
Page 18: Batteries Screen / Auto Switching/Manual Switching
The new active battery will then A new feature of Samurai is the ability to trigger record via rolling HD-SDI turn orange. You may need to use this if you have for example 3 hours timecode. -
Page 19: Audio In
You can usually adjust this from the camera, please see your camera manual for operational details. Playback mode When you enter into Playback mode on the Samurai it will only output channels 1/2 on the headphones, please bear this in mind when you select the audio channels for recording. -
Page 20: Monitoring And Recording
10. Monitoring and Recording Connect to input Before recording As soon as you connect a supported input to the Samurai’s SDI input: • Check there is a valid signal by looking at the main screen, ensuring it looks like the ‘ready-to-record’ screen •... -
Page 21: Samurai As A Field Monitor / Evf / Monitoring Assist
With a 5” high-resolution color TFT 800x480pixel screen, the Samurai makes a great field monitor. So good, in fact, that you don’t need any separate monitoring equipment. You could even say that the Samurai is a “Recording Monitor”. -
Page 22: Organising Material On Disk
If you do not set this up Samurai will start recording from menu screen. Scene 1 and Shot 1 automatically. The Samurai uses the exFAT file system. This is recognised natively by both PCs and Macs, without any need to install driver software. -
Page 23: Connecting And Editing
• Windows XP - install the following update : http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=19364 If you have used a FAT32 formatted disk in the Samurai this will have a • Windows Vista - install SP1 or higher folder structure Scene, Shot, Take. This will mean you either transfer all •... -
Page 24: Importing / Import Into Final Cut Pro
Samurai disk. Importing Samurai footage into Final Cut Pro You can import Samurai footage into Final Cut Pro (FCP) in just a few simple steps. First, connect the Samurai Docking Station to your Apple Mac using the Firewire 800 port (USB 2.0 will also work). -
Page 25: Playback & Playout
You will then be taken to the Play Navigation screen. exFAT Disks If the disk has been formatted on Samurai it will use the ExFat file system. The Play navigation screen will display a list of files that have been recorded. -
Page 26: External Power Supply
Interlaced playback take slightly more time before they start playing. All subsequent Samurai playback shows a frame at a time. If the video footage is navigation within clips of any size will be instantaneous. interlaced (ie with two fields, each separated by 1/50th or 1/60th of a second) it will play back perfectly well, but when playback is stopped, the frame showing on the screen will flicker between the two fields. -
Page 27: Using Connect Converters
If you are using a Connect H2S to bring an HDMI intput to the Samurai, connect the HDMI cable to the HDMI input of the Converter, and take a short HD-SDI cable from the Converter to the BNC>Mini BNC adaptor... -
Page 28: Software Upgrades
All you have to do is press and hold the on/off button for 10 seconds. If you do this your Samurai will revert to its factory condition, and you will a. It is very important that your Samurai does not lose power during be able to retry the firmware update later (taking due precautions to identify a firmware upgrade. -
Page 29: Technical Specifications
5.5 hrs 11hrs 22hrs ® for example if the Samurai is strapped to the side of a motor bike. Master Caddy Case 75x105x12mm With spinning hard drives, use a new drive, or one that has very little usage. for HDD or SSD Do not use old drives. - Page 30 Sales & Technical Support Atomos – Website: www.atomos.com | Sales: sales@atomos.com | Support: support@atomos.com at omos.com © Katana Ltd Hong Kong trading as Atomos under license Sept 2010. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Atomos Samurai. User Manual V1.01...
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