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Atomos Shogun Flame

 – User Manual Edition 1:  May 2016    

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ATOMOS SHOGUN FLAME

USER MANUAL

EDITION 1: MAY 2016

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Page 1: ...n 1 May 2016 1 ATOMOS SHOGUN FLAME USER MANUAL EDITION 1 MAY 2016 Have you registered your Shogun Flame yet Upgrade to 3 year warranty now Register now to receive communication on all future updates W...

Page 2: ...f to prolong the life of the unit and for your own safety Using the Shogun Flame safely Although the Shogun Flame is very lightweight compared to all the devices it replaces it is still a solid object...

Page 3: ...lely responsible for back up and protection of data Software License Agreement IMPORTANT PLEASE READ CAREFULLY THIS IS A LICENSE AGREEMENT This ATOMOS software related documentation any included sampl...

Page 4: ...res packed into the Shogun Flame with tools designed to help your workflow both on set and in post Stay up to date with the latest information and software by registering your product or visiting the...

Page 5: ...ation with USB 2 3 Cable 4 2 x AC Adaptors for Shogun Flame Battery Charger 5 Single Battery Fast Charger 6 DTap to DC power cable 7 2 x Atomos 7 4V 5200mAh Battery 8 XLR breakout cable 9 Sunhood Moun...

Page 6: ...odec you re using the faster the drive needs to be with 4K recording your data rate is four times from that of HD recording please ensure your drive is capable of keeping up with 4K write speed requir...

Page 7: ...d drives that you can use for archiving are becoming increasingly affordable You may find that it is completely feasible for your to keep your master Shogun Flame disks on a shelf just like tapes and...

Page 8: ...ed properly There is very little that can cause problems and the most likely thing is that the Master Caddy isn t properly flush with the drive inside A quick visual check will confirm this Spinning d...

Page 9: ...o go FLASHING RED FIRST LED This is reading the current Charge Status of the battery FLASHING GREEN Flashing RED This indicates the level of charge with each bar representing roughly 25 of the batteri...

Page 10: ...ng OFF power to the Shogun Flame To turn the unit off touch menu on the home screen and then press the red Power off icon for 3 seconds the icon will go white when touched to indicate activation of th...

Page 11: ...calibration devices with support now available for the retail version of the X Rite i1Display Pro as well as legacy Atomos Spyder Calibrator Both units utilize the optional USB to serial adaptor cabl...

Page 12: ...t is a multi pin connector in to which the XLR break out cable can be connected The break out cable provides 2x XLR inputs and 2x XLR outputs The inputs can be configured at Line Mic and Pro level in...

Page 13: ...the unit is a 2 5mm HDD slot for Shogun Flame Master Disk Caddie II s To insert a caddy gently push until it clicks into position Formatting disks see page 19 Master Caddy II New 2 keyway system The...

Page 14: ...t the glass face of the Flame unit This is a snug fit in order to minimize external light bleed Push the unit in align the top and bottom screw mounting holes and attach the retaining screws As the re...

Page 15: ...ff When a Shot Setup or Monitor Assist function is active detailed settings for each Shot Setup tool are also available from this panel Touch the icon to go back to the Home Screen at any time Categor...

Page 16: ...want to play by touching the file name and this will start to playback No disk Menu Pressing this takes you into a number of options which will explained next 7 Using the Shogun Flame cont The Rec ico...

Page 17: ...the screen during recording the take number is automatically increased with each take Date Time Allows you to adjust the date and time shown by the clock in the Shogun Flame This will also change the...

Page 18: ...ill still display Rec Red or idle green status Locking of the display can be found in the Monitor Mode Timecode Takes you to the dedicated Timecode configuration page Refer to Page 36 of this manual f...

Page 19: ...from a source that applies pulldown to the output signal Note for 3 2 Pulldown removal movement in the frame may required to accurately lock signal simply wave your hand in front of the camera to ach...

Page 20: ...ke you to the Media Menu This menu provides information on the drive currently inserted To format the drive touch the Format Media button A confirmation screen will give you the choice to continue or...

Page 21: ...ue input channel to Mic Level via the XLR to XLR connector With Mic Level selected you also have the option to provide 48V phantom power should your microphone require it Please only use this when you...

Page 22: ...e video is coming in as expected Make sure the signal is clean and does not have any GUI overlays from the camera Check you have the correct Scene Shot number selected this can be adjust by tapping th...

Page 23: ...gger will start recording immediately Please be that aware not all cameras have Start Stop flags for triggering record especially older cameras In such cases rolling trigger in REC RUN will need to be...

Page 24: ...tness What is Waveform Monitoring Waveform Monitoring is used for measuring the brightness luminance or chroma values from a video input signal This feature has several benefits to the production work...

Page 25: ...nd Blue levels should match if white balance is setup correctly on the camera The Waveform Monitor will remain on screen when hiding the overlays ensuring the focus remains on calibrating your image V...

Page 26: ...rea markers along with aspect ratio markers and anamorphic desqueeze functions are also available 1 Monitor Assist Menu 2 Focus Peaking 3 Zebra Pattern 4 False Color 5 Blue Only Exposure 6 Anamorphic...

Page 27: ...as blue False Colour Scale To help you determine the exposure range with more accuracy please use the scale on the left hand side of the display Focus Assist False Colour Zebra Pattern and Blue Only...

Page 28: ...ible when tapping the center of the screen to hide the overlays Focus Assist Settings From within the Waveform Monitoring menu press the Settings icon to access the display settings for Focus Peaking...

Page 29: ...o mark the in point and tap again to mark the outpoint Recording Mode Cut And Tagging For Easy Clip Selection Recording Mode Clip Marked As A Good Take How to use in Playback mode To review and use th...

Page 30: ...s applied Then it will return you to the previous screen You can carry on recording but please remember if you add any additional tags you will need to export your XML file again Favorite Playlist Whe...

Page 31: ...and in post The new AtomHDR mode provides a way to monitor HDR content on your Atomos recorder 1 Monitor Mode Menu 2 Native Source Video 3 AtomHDR 4 Log to Video 5 Custom Look 6 Custom Look options 7...

Page 32: ...displayed on the front screen LED The Flip screen option allows you to invert the screen to meet your needs of operation whilst the screen is inverted take note to respect the air flow and not to obst...

Page 33: ...and you can scroll through to the correct selection by tapping the Gamma icon In the case of Arri there is only LOG C but you need to set the ASA of the the Log Gamma to match the input of the camera...

Page 34: ...UBE format and provides 8 LUT memory slots for you load your LUTs in to These can be loaded in from the Built in LUTs or from files created using 3rd party software 1D LUTs are not supported and will...

Page 35: ...ng and the user interface will display a warning in the form of a Kangaroo sign clearly in the top left hand corner of the display To remove Skippy warning simply touch the icon and it will disappear...

Page 36: ...cording remotely from the source camera SDI timecode To enable rolling Timecode Start Stop functions simply press the TC icon shown here When enabled pressing the camera Record Stop Start button will...

Page 37: ...rough to the other channel then both recordings will have synchronized Timecode Record Run With this setting you set the starting Timecode for the first clip The following clips will start at the fram...

Page 38: ...hogun Flame displays 1080i59 94 or 1080i60 then you can easily remove the pulldown by following these steps Select the Input Menu from the top Left and toggle the blue arrow underneath Record repeated...

Page 39: ...lapse work This function is accessed via the input menu and then selecting the Time Lapse option in the bottom left of this menu The Time Lapse Recording menu will then open to provide you with a numb...

Page 40: ...on at the bottom centre of the GUI and Selecting the Date Time icon to adjust them if required With Schedule Start activated when you press the record button a red icon will flash in the top corner al...

Page 41: ...rk loop starting point press again to remove both in and out loop markers When loop in is pressed the loop out point will automatically be set to the end of the clip Press to place the loop out marker...

Page 42: ...or by simply dragging the scrub bar toto the position wanted Favorites will be displayed as a green section on the scrub bar a red section indicates rejected areas and white is used for the other tag...

Page 43: ...5 or higher Lion 10 7 Mountain Lion 10 8 Mavericks 10 9 and above The Master Caddy Docking Station is a sophisticated device supporting two different data interfaces USB 2 and USB 3 When using the Ma...

Page 44: ...er Caddy containing the disk with your footage into the Docking Station and you will see the drive appear in your Finder window Start FCP and open your project or start a new one The screen will look...

Page 45: ...PXML file This will open FCP X and import the xml file FCP X will make a event of the disk name and reference all the footage in that event You will notice that on the clips you have added Smart Tags...

Page 46: ...e replaced with a Please Wait logo and after a few seconds the firmware upgrade will start 8 While the firmware upgrade is happening there will be flashing colored lines above and below the Please Wai...

Page 47: ...pported formats Record Playback 4K 2160p 24 25 30 HD high frame rate 1080p120 1080p60 50 HD 1080i60 1080i50 1080p30 1080p25 1080p24 1080pSF24 1080pSF25 1080pSF30 720p60 720p50 4K UHD downscale for HD...

Page 48: ...remove excess heat from the rear vents If you wish to extend the temperature of operation in high temperature conditions you can choose an SSD drive and set the TFT brightness to a minimum Atomos HQ 2...

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