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Atomos Samurai. User Manual V1.01 19
10. Monitoring and Recording cont.
Using the Samurai as a
field monitor/electronic viewfinder
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”.
Monitoring Assist
To make the Samurai’s screen even more useful, we are adding
new “assist” features, which will appear in firmware upgrades. The
full extent of these features have not been announced at the time
that this manual was prepared, but the first is available from the
Samurai’s launch date: a Blue Only facility. Touching this small icon
(insert Blue Only icon here) will display a black-and-white image that
is based on the blue channel of the input signal.
“Blue Only” is used to observe the noise content of a video image,
and to judge your overall exposure quietly.
Atomos Anti-Shock Technology
Spinning disks are very reliable in a controlled environment where
movement and vibration are minimal and within the capabilities of the
devices. They are ideal for low-cost recording, but will suffer reduced
performance if they are jolted or receive a sudden impact.
Should one of these events occur, the Samurai will sense the hard disk
slowdown. If there is a break in the recording it will detect the number of
frames involved and will then continue to record when it is safe to so so.
This means that even if you suffer a momentary break in your recording, the
video capture will continue without any intervention from you, the user.
It is obviously important for you to know that you have suffered from an
interrupted recording and the user interface will display a warning (in the
form of a Kangaroo sign) clearly above the disk-capacity display on the
main screen.
If you find you are working on a very active project where you are seeing
a lot of “Skippys” then you probably need to switch to SSDs, and only
use spinning disks for gentler environments.
To remove “Skippy” warning, simply touch the icon and he will
disappear ready for his next notification.
“Skippy”
warning
Blue only indicator