Atomos Firmware Replace Brings ProRes Uncooked Over HDMI to Leica SL2-S

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Atomos is pairing up with Leica to carry ProRes Uncooked over HDMI to the Leica SL2-S. Since Apple launched the venerable codec, greater than 40 completely different digicam platforms have adopted it for its lossless high quality and dynamic vary, which preserves shade knowledge and offers colorists loads of wiggle room to grade video footage.
However if you consider movie manufacturing, you don’t typically consider Leica. Historically the area of docs and legal professionals on the lookout for an arrogance digicam to impress their mates with. However over the previous few years, Leica has sought to buck that impression by specializing in their greater high quality lenses and the event of their BSI-CMOS picture sensor.
Picture Credit score – Leica
The Leica SL2-S is the end result of that focus with a 24mp picture sensor protected by a sturdy, all-metal digicam physique. The BSI sensor has multi-axis picture stabilization when mixed with Leica’s L-mount lenses for a sharper picture and extra secure management.
Coupled with the Atomos Ninja V/V+, Leica can now escape of the H.264 ghetto and supply shooters with extra high quality video with ProRes RAW, and increase the SL2’s 4K video efficiency to 60 frames a second. With its HDR show, the Ninja V/V+ additionally offers Leica customers a better dynamic vary and shade gamut, with the selection of both HDR10 or Hybrid Log-Gamma (HLG) choices.
Customers can even preload LUTs to bake in a set shade fashion whereas getting access to varied shade instruments like waveforms, false shade, verify focus, framing guides, and picture magnification. The compact, 5” touchscreen show additionally makes the general weight when mixed mild and cellular, in order that the $5,000 digicam can stay as mild and nimble as potential.
Picture Credit score: Atomos
Judging that Atomos has entered right into a long-term partnership with Leica signifies that the high-end German digicam firm could also be properly on its strategy to gaining respect throughout the realm {of professional} video pictures. It has a strategy to go to shed its fame as an arrogance digicam for docs and legal professionals, however with Atomos dealing with the heavy lifting of video recording, it’s definitely price taking one other look.
The required firmware updates for the Leica SLS-2-S and the ATOMOS NINJA V/V+ will likely be out there for obtain starting of Might 2022.
[source: Atomos]
Order Hyperlinks:

Leica SL2-S (B&H)
Atomos Ninja V 5” Monitor/Recorder (B&H, Amazon, Adorama)
Atomos Ninja V+ 5″ 8K HDMI H.265 Uncooked Recording Monitor (B&H)