User Manual

Atomos Ninja V – User Manual Edition 1: November 2018 25

Setting up for recording

As soon as you connect a supported signal to the Ninja V input and have

inserted a formatted drive the following will happen;

• The REC icon will be illuminated (red)

• The input source & format will be shown in the top left corner

of the information bar

• Audio input meters will be responding to source.

Ready to Record (monitor mode/home)

Ready to Record (monitor mode/features)

No Input / No Disk / No Disk Formatted

SmartControl

SmartControl is a versatile set of functions used to control the starting

and stopping of recording by automatic or external means. This section

outlines the different methods to start and stop recording.

Ninja V Start and Stop record control can be triggered by the

following methods:

1. Home Page Touch Screen

2. HDMI Rolling Timecode trigger

3. HDMI Camera trigger

4. Via LANC for Sony and Canon Cameras

5. Via LANC serial port

Some cameras perform optimally when triggering from the camera

and not the recorder.

1. Home page Touch Screen

By pressing REC (Record) and STOP to end recording

2. HDMI Rolling Timecode Trigger Record

If the camera is Record Run mode, recording can be stopped or started

by a moving Timecode via HDMI.

When enabled the camera and the Ninja V will start and stop recording

simultaneously.

Rolling Timecode trigger is for use in older cameras with TC only and

no trigger. If your camera is set to FREE RUN this trigger will start

recording immediately. Please be that aware not all cameras have

Start/Stop ags for triggering record, especially older cameras. In

such cases rolling trigger in REC RUN will need to be used to trigger

recording automatically at the same time as the camera starts

recording.

3. HDMI Camera Trigger Record

The HDMI Camera trigger is available for supported cameras, There is a

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has been pressed on the camera; in turn this will trigger the Ninja V to

start/stop recording at the same time as the camera.

EDIT

Start Stop

8. Monitoring & Recording