Of their new collaboration, Atomos and Mavis have introduced a brand new integration that brings the totally featured Mavis Digicam app’s assist to the Atomos Ninja Cellphone accent. The transfer permits content material creators to attach skilled cameras and lenses through HDMI to a a lot wider vary of iPhones and iPads.
In apply, this mix unlocks a versatile camera-to-cloud workflow. The principle digicam data high-quality video whereas the iPhone concurrently captures and uploads a proxy file. It additionally permits direct streaming from any DSLR or mirrorless digicam to common social media platforms or to customized RTMP/SRT locations. The replace additionally provides the long-requested exterior document set off function, that means the Mavis app’s recorder could be began or stopped by the digicam’s personal document button to mechanically generate an H.265 or H.264 proxy clip for social media or cloud add.
Mavis digicam app. Supply: Mavis
Exterior set off and camera-to-cloud workflows
The Atomos Ninja Cellphone (which dropped to $199 earlier this 12 months) acts as a 10-bit HDMI video bridge, turning an iPhone right into a 4K HDR monitor-recorder for cameras (sure, it’s not a 4K display, however it will probably document in 4K). With the brand new Mavis integration, filmmakers can document proxy footage on the telephone and use it as a high-quality on-camera monitor whereas the principle digicam data internally.
The Mavis Digicam app, recent off its model 7 replace earlier this 12 months, presents a bunch of professional filmmaking options resembling help instruments together with focus peaking, false color, zebras, waveform and vectorscope, in addition to direct streaming, Body.io Digicam-to-Cloud assist, a complete audio system and extra. Now, with Ninja Cellphone assist added, creators can totally leverage these instruments in tandem with their devoted cameras. “With this newest replace, Ninja Cellphone now works seamlessly with the Mavis Digicam app, giving creators full flexibility,” mentioned Peter Barber, Atomos CEO. “You may document straight in your iPhone and use it as a high-quality monitor in your skilled digicam.”
The Ninja Cellphone and Mavis mixture successfully serves as a camera-to-cloud pipeline. For instance, a video shooter can movie in excessive decision on a mirrorless digicam whereas the connected iPhone, through Ninja Cellphone, data a proxy in H.265 or H.264 and immediately sends it to cloud platforms. In keeping with Atomos, this setup is “the proper camera-to-cloud bundle – recording hi-resolution video on the digicam whereas the telephone data and sends the proxy file.” Alternatively, the iPhone can act as a wi-fi video hub. In addition they word that the Ninja Cellphone and Mavis combo “can be utilized to stream from any DSLR on to all common social media platforms or, for skilled dwell productions, to customized RTMP or SRT.” In different phrases, customers can dwell stream the output of nearly any HDMI-equipped digicam through the iPhone’s 5G or Wi-Fi connection, which appears like an easy option to get a dwell stream going.
The brand new exterior document set off syncs the telephone’s recording with the digicam, so hitting document on the digicam can mechanically set off the Mavis app to seize a proxy clip. In keeping with the businesses, this was a much-requested function that ought to simplify post-production workflows, particularly when utilizing Body.io Digicam-to-Cloud. Mavis presents built-in Body.io cloud integration as an non-compulsory add-on, enabling proxies to add to the cloud in close to actual time.
Expanded compatibility to older iPhones and iPads
When the Atomos Ninja Cellphone was first launched at NAB 2024, it was geared towards Apple’s newest units, clipping onto an iPhone 15 or 16 Professional through USB-C to show it right into a 10-bit HDR monitor, recorder and streamer. Now, Atomos has prolonged compatibility to all iOS 18 units, considerably broadening its consumer base. “By extending compatibility to all iOS 18 units, the Ninja Cellphone is not restricted to the newest Professional fashions. Now older iPhones and iPads could be put to work as a part of an expert workflow. Giving older gear an extended life is a win for sustainability too, which has at all times been a part of Atomos’ philosophy,” Barber famous.
Atomos Ninja Cellphone in use. Picture credit score: CineD
In sensible phrases, which means that even an older iPhone or iPad up to date to iOS 18 can function a companion monitor-recorder through Ninja Cellphone. The Ninja Cellphone itself is a compact video co-processor module that mounts to the again of the telephone and offers an HDMI enter and extra energy. It converts the digicam’s HDMI feed into high-quality video codecs, as much as ProRes, H.265 or H.264, which the telephone can then document or stream. By pairing it with Mavis’s superior app interface and monitoring instruments, customers acquire a flexible, hybrid workflow that mixes the connectivity and value of iPhones with the imaging capabilities of devoted cameras.
Pricing and availability
The Mavis Digicam app is obtainable now as a free obtain on the App Retailer, with non-compulsory in-app purchases resembling Adobe Body.io Digicam-to-Cloud integration, superior audio mixing instruments and multitrack audio recording to unlock further performance. The Atomos Ninja Cellphone {hardware} is presently priced at USD $199 / EUR €199 excluding native taxes. In keeping with Atomos, current Ninja Cellphone house owners can begin utilizing the brand new integration instantly at no further price by merely downloading the up to date Mavis Digicam app from the App Retailer.
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