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Time spent in nature is the best for drowning out the loudness of normal life
inch Full HD HDR touchscreen. Its 1500-nit output is particularly useful for the sort of outdoor work Penman regularly encounters. “Ninja RAW held up really well in bright light, which I was almost always shooting in,” she says. And sometimes it’s the simplest accessories that prove unexpectedly valuable. “The wee sun hood turned out to be really useful on set.” More than a bigger picture The Ninja RAW brings together monitoring tools including waveform, vectorscope, zebras, false colour, focus peaking and EL Zone, giving Penman more information about the image while she is still in a position to do something about it. “I used zebras more than anything,” she explains. “On a bigger screen you can really focus on any areas that might be overexposed and sort it out in camera.
“Being in the wild with a camera, I dunno if you can beat that. Time spent in nature, in a freezing-cold waterfall or photographing some birds or just drinking some coffee by a loch, is the absolute best thing for drowning out the loudness of ‘normal life’,” she says. But it places unusual demands on her equipment. This summer, one new addition quickly became a regular part of the kit – the Atomos Ninja RAW – to give a bigger and brighter view of the subject, open up RAW recording to her Sony gear for maximum quality and use the onboard tools to nail critical exposure, focus and framing. “As I was shooting a lot of sports this summer, the Ninja RAW has quickly become one of my favourite pieces of kit,” she says. “The sharpness and quality of the screen is the best I’ve used on any external monitor.” The compact 400g Ninja RAW combines a monitor and recorder around a bright 5.2-
Flight club A love of nature helps Penman take incredible shots, while her trusty Atomos Ninja RAW recorder helps ensure top-quality video
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