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Ninja TX comes with integrated Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and even Atomos Airglu timecode technology. Your footage can be uploaded directly to Frame.io or Dropbox, or streamed to what Shaw deployed on the shoot – the company’s own ATOMOSphere cloud platform. Ninja TX is more than just an upgrade to enable easier sharing. It’s faster and more flexible, and the compact, five-inch body uses a stronger but lighter chassis with an improved thermal design. It now supports 12G-SDI and HDMI, making it compatible with both cinema and mirrorless cameras. And Atomos has also adopted CFexpress Type B for ultra-fast Raw recording or direct capture to external USB-C drives for long-form projects. A stunning 1500-nit touchscreen provides exceptional clarity in any light, with pro-level tools such as waveform, vectorscope, EL Zone false colour and focus peaking built in. Powering it, the all- new Linux-based AtomOS offers faster boot times, smoother performance and over-the-air firmware updates. Ninja TX arrives with every codec pre-activated, including ProRes, ProRes Raw, Avid DNx and H.265/H.264, ready to handle everything from 8K/30fps to 4K/60fps or HD in 120fps. Dual USB-C ports allow simultaneous recording, powering and calibration, while a new locking system keeps cables secure on-set. As a cooler, quieter and faster monitor-recorder than ever, Ninja TX bridges powerful production with modern cloud workflows, delivering the speed and reliability that contemporary filmmakers need. Shaw’s New York Film Festival footage was being edited in California while the applause was still ringing out in Manhattan, solid proof that Ninja TX truly lets professionals work at the speed of cinema.
When Christine Shaw filmed Bradley Cooper’s film premiere, Atomos Ninja TX made sure her footage was in the edit before the applause had faded W hen you get the call to cover the climax of a major film festival, a world premiere showing of a brand-new movie that’s creating noise, speed is of the essence. The world
system she’d used for similar work in the past. She now puts her trust in the new Atomos Ninja TX as the perfect partner to her Sony FX2. With it, she can record high- resolution files to the monitor-recorder and beam wirelessly to the cloud and her waiting edit team on the west coast. “I always take the Atomos Ninja TX on-set with me,” she says. “Not only does it allow me to record ProRes footage, but I can also send the files to the cloud in real time to a remote editor. “I used the ATOMOSphere camera-to- cloud workflow system for the first time in the field for the red carpet shoot at the Lincoln Center. I loved that, with Atomos Ninja TX, I could upload clips I was filming in real time to the LA team. Once I started rolling, the clips started uploading.” Atomos has been gradually developing connected monitor-recorders over the past three years – and Ninja TX is its latest and greatest, released in August this year.
is waiting to catch a glimpse of the Hollywood actors, so reliable and timely delivery is everything. When Christine Shaw of Drop40 Productions was asked to cover Bradley Cooper’s new flick Is This Thing On? as the finale of the New York Film Festival, she was not going to compromise on tech. The big-budget movie, starring Will Arnett, Laura Dern, Andra Day, Emily Blunt and Cooper himself, screened at the Lincoln Center with Cooper and cast members in attendance. Shaw had to make sure her footage was back with the team in Los Angeles as fast as possible. She was confident about getting the job done, having recently decided to simplify her workflow, binning the larger
SHAW THING Ninja TX uploaded footage from Shaw’s camera at a red carpet premiere directly to the ATOMOSphere cloud
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