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www.postmagazine.com 9 POST OCTOBER 2018 BITS & PIECES ATOMOS 4K NINJA V TAKES FILMMAKER LEVI ALLEN TO NEW HEIGHTS MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — Spectacular, gravi- ty-defying shots — that's what adventure filmmak- er Levi Allen needed to capture when he filmed highlining athletes walking a slackline strung hundreds of feet above a canyon. And that's what the Atomos (www.atomos.com) Ninja V 4K HDR monitor/recorder delivered. Allen, who specializes in filming action sports, is one of the fastest rising stars on YouTube today and was one of the first shooters to really put the Ninja V to the test. He rigged it to his Panasonic GH5 for awesome 4K 10- bit 422 Apple ProRes recording at 60fps direct to an SSD drive, with stunning results. A KIT FOR THE FILMMAKER ON THE GO Documenting several extreme sports athletes re- quired Allen to climb and hike fast with all his gear. Working solo and having the Ninja V enabled him to keep his kit lightweight yet still record produc- tion-ready professional footage from his mirrorless camera. "My favorite thing about the Ninja V is how portable it is for my adventurous shooting style, while also packing a punch where it matters most," he says. The other primary purpose of the Ninja V is as a monitor. With its 1000-nit high brightness 1920x1080 display, it allowed Allen to shoot out- doors in bright conditions, and get clear monitor- ing. Allen also relied on the Ninja V while shooting with his DJI Ronin S gimbal, thanks to its smaller size and weight. The shoot took about a day and was indeed challenging. Allen reports that he needed his kit to work flawlessly and let him concentrate on what was going on in front of him. He explains, "the Ninja V is the first recorder that didn't hold me back when shooting in the field. It fits perfectly into my work- flow, and allowed me to focus more on the stories I'm trying to tell and less about the gear." A COMPANION FOR YOUR MIRRORLESS OR DSLR CAMERA Ninja V is aimed at users looking to get better quality video out of their mirrorless camera or DSLR. It's small and light, so it can go pretty much anywhere. Using it with such popular camera models as the Canon EOS R, Nikon Z6, Fujifilm X-T3, Panasonic GH5/GH5S and Sony A7 III, it can bypass internal compression and recording time limits. Record up to 4K/60p 10-bit HDR video direct from your camera's sensor into edit-ready Apple ProRes or Avid DNx formats. The Ninja V displays 10-plus stops of dynamic range in realtime from Log/PQ/HLG signals and features a bright 5.2-inch, 10-bit HDR monitor. It also has a sleek aluminum body that's intended for maximum durability, yet it weighs only 360g. With a 1TB AtomX SSDmini you can record up to 150 min- utes of 4K. A modular expansion slot adds functions via a high-speed data/audio/video port. The first mod- ules are the AtomX Sync module for wireless syn- chronization and Bluetooth control, plus the AtomX Ethernet/NDI module. Atomos reports that the first few Ninja V units are now in customers' hands, with more units sched- uled to ship in the coming weeks. Allen captures extreme sports athletes with his Atomos 4K Ninja V.