Atomos Ninja V to take advantage of EOS R’s 4K external recording

The new Canon EOS R camera is the first model to offer 4K 10-Bit 4:2:2 external recording via HDMI. This makes Atomos monitors perfect for external recording. If you want to learn more about how Atomos monitors can work with the Canon EOS R check out the article below

From redsharknews.com

Whenever a new product that moves the goalposts drops on the market, other companies are very quick to line up and show you how you can hit the ball into the back of the new net. Atomos is skilled at doing this, and while it has nothing with

the EOS R to match the time it launched the Ninja Inferno and upgraded Panasonic’s GH5 from its shipping internal 8-bit 4:2:0 Long GOP to 10-bit, 4:2:2, ProRes/DNxHR in one fell stroke, its kit is a good match for the new camera.

A necessary one as well as, as is common with the rest of the full-frame mirrorless cameras on the market, internal recoding on the EOS R is limited both in terms of format and in terms of time. Effectively the various compromises designers have to make to accommodate the larger sensors have led them to offload this functionality onto third parties, reasoning that anyone who is serious about shooting video on the units is going to bring an external monitor/recorder into the equation...read more