Atomos Ninja Phone Overview
The Ninja Phone Video Co-Processor from Atomos is a 10-bit video co-processor for smartphones and tablets that lets you record from professional cameras via HDMI, with support for UHD 4K, DCI 4K, 1080p, and 720p video at frame rates up to 60 fps. Designed to take advantage of the iPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max, 16 Pro/Pro Max, and their OLED display, the Ninja Phone lets you encode an HDMI signal to ProRes or H.265. Encoded video is sent via a USB-C output to your iPhone's USB-C input, where its A17 SoC processor decodes the signal and displays it on your iPhone's screen, which features a 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio and supports Dolby Vision, HDR10, and HLG. It can also display 11 stops of dynamic range and a peak brightness of 2000 nits. ProRes encoded video may be stored on your iPhone as a .mov file and/or simultaneously transcoded to 10-bit H.265 for workflows that include camera-to-cloud or live streaming using the iPhone's 5G and Wi-Fi 6E connectivity.
You'll also be able to take advantage of external iPhone accessories using a separate USB-C port that allows you to work with microphones and other third-party accessories. Power is delivered using NP series batteries, a battery eliminator, or a USB-C 5V/3A input. When one of these power sources is in use, the Ninja Phone also charges your phone and any connected accessories, helping to ensure longer operating times.
The Ninja Phone iPhone app, which is available as a free download, makes it easy to control and coordinate both the Ninja Phone and your iPhone. It also lets social media creators shoot in 16:9 horizontal or 9:16 portrait mode and is available for iOS and iPadOS.
The Ultimate Smartphone Accessory
Today's smartphones are technological marvels, with amazing displays, cutting-edge Wi-Fi 6E and 5G connectivity. But how do you connect your pro camera? With Ninja Phone. Attach it to a compatible smartphone, plug in an HDMI-equipped camera, install the app, and you're Ninja'd up and ready to go.
How Does It Work?
Ninja Phone takes any HDMI video signal and instantaneously converts it into a high-quality video file format. This video data is then transferred in real-time to USB-C-equipped smartphones and tablets, turning them into professional low-latency video monitors, recorders, and live streamers.
It's ideal for professional filmmakers, social media content creators, and a wide range of applications like gaming, where you need to record or stream a video source without a computer. It also sets you up for hyper-efficient camera-to-cloud workflows.
Make Your Phone Display a Pro Video Monitor
Turn your smartphone into a top-notch HDR monitor. Connect your camera, and you have access to some of the world's best portable displays. Atomos' Ninja Phone app adds a host of professional monitoring tools and even adapts to vertical orientation. Today's smartphone displays are incredible OLED devices with extraordinary 2,000,000:1 contrast ratios and 460 ppi resolution, and, with Ninja Phone, the ability to display the output from any HDMI-equipped camera.
Capture 10-Bit Video from an HDMI Camera
Ninja Phone is the only way to connect professional cameras with HDMI to a compatible smartphone and record directly into 10-bit Apple ProRes (iPhone only), the absolute standard for professional video production and post-production, or 10-bit H.265.
Apple ProRes 422
Bit rate: 294 Mb/s
TB / Hour: 0.132
Hour / TB: ~7.5
Apple ProRes 422 LT
Bit rate: 204 Mb/s
TB / Hour: 0.092
Hour / TB: ~11
H.265
Bit rate: 4.5 Mb/s
TB / Hour: 0.0040
Hour / TB: ~250
Apple ProRes 422
Bit rate: 30 Mb/s
TB / Hour: 0.0135
Hour / TB: ~74
Apple ProRes 422
Bit rate: 294 Mb/s
TB / Hour: 0.132
Hour / TB: ~7.5
Apple ProRes 422 LT
Bit rate: 204 Mb/s
TB / Hour: 0.092
Hour / TB: ~11
H.265
Bit rate: 4.5 Mb/s
TB / Hour: 0.0040
Hour / TB: ~250
Apple ProRes 422
Bit rate: 30 Mb/s
TB / Hour: 0.0135
Hour / TB: ~74
Send via 5G or Wi-Fi 6E to Social Platforms
You won't find a more compact set-up for streaming professional-grade video directly from your camera. Ninja Phone and an iPhone Pro Max weigh only 11.8 ounces, and the combination is packed with the latest technology, including pristine 10-bit, H.265 encoding, Wi-Fi 6E, and low-latency 5G for the ultimate in mobile live streaming.
Stunning 10-Bit HDR Pipeline with a Billion More Colors and Shadows
Atomos uses its unparalleled experience in video encoding to pass 10-bit 1080p or 4K HDR video from your camera's image sensor over HDMI to Ninja Phone, then through USB-C to your smartphone or tablet's processor. The result is stunning, professional-quality images on your device's incredible screen, with virtually no latency.
The 10-bit video preserves massively more picture information, both in terms of color and brightness, than 8-bit formats. The number of colors goes from millions to billions, and the detail within the brightness range— the highlights and shadows in the image—is more than four times that of 8-bit.
Today's camera sensors all capture more than 10-bit, and all modern TVs, smartphones, and tablets have advanced 10-bit HDR screens too. With Ninja Phone, you can deliver the best possible video quality on every shoot.
The 10-bit video preserves massively more picture information, both in terms of color and brightness, than 8-bit formats. The number of colors goes from millions to billions, and the detail within the brightness range— the highlights and shadows in the image—is more than four times that of 8-bit.
Today's camera sensors all capture more than 10-bit, and all modern TVs, smartphones, and tablets have advanced 10-bit HDR screens too. With Ninja Phone, you can deliver the best possible video quality on every shoot.
8-Bit vs. 10-Bit
With Apple ProRes encoding, Ninja Phone sends 10-bit color and brightness information from your camera to your smartphone's screen. Professionals demand 10-bit because it shows accurate colors, highlights, and shadows and removes contours between similar colors. So, a blue sky looks real, or a candle looks vivid in the dark, with no washed-out painting-by-numbers pictures. With 8-bit, you're throwing away the subtlety and nuance, often leaving visible steps and flat imagery that can't be repaired in editing.
In the same way, 10-bit video encoding and compression preserve color, shadows, and highlights to give depth and nuance to the image, just like our eyes can see. This is High Dynamic Range, or High Brightness Range. 10-bit gives a billion levels of shadows and highlights in an image to recreate all the depth and reality of real life, all on your smartphone and direct from your professional camera and lens.
In the same way, 10-bit video encoding and compression preserve color, shadows, and highlights to give depth and nuance to the image, just like our eyes can see. This is High Dynamic Range, or High Brightness Range. 10-bit gives a billion levels of shadows and highlights in an image to recreate all the depth and reality of real life, all on your smartphone and direct from your professional camera and lens.
Super Monitoring Tools
Ninja Phone comes with a comprehensive set of monitoring tools for greater control over image, exposure, and composition. It has everything you need to keep in focus, frame your shots perfectly—e.g., for social media platforms—and get the right exposure. It comes with a choice of waveform, zebra, and false color displays.
Get the Ninja Phone App
Atomos isn't new to touchscreens—the original Ninja had one. Smartphones take them to another level, so an app was created to run natively on your smartphone that controls and configures your Ninja Phone. If you're shooting portrait vertical 9:16 video, the app goes vertical too. It's easy to use in either Landscape or Portrait. It's slick and responsive and makes Ninja Phone and your smartphone feel like they're a single, integrated device.
Super Light, Super Silent
Ninja Phone is designed around AtomIC 5, the next generation of Atomos silicon that allows for low power and silent operation while encoding 10-bit ProRes and H.265 with exceptional USB-C connectivity. Drawing just 2.4W in full flight, Ninja Phone combined with your smartphone is silent, even while performing complex video processing tasks. The powerful IC allows for a super lightweight footprint—Ninja Phone weighs in at just 3.3 ounces.
How Do You Shoot? Video Professionals
Great things happen when technology comes together. With Ninja Phone and a compatible smartphone, you get a cutting-edge, connected professional filmmaking experience with a tiny footprint. You can go anywhere, shoot anything, and collaborate with colleagues around the world.
- Connect any HDMI-equipped mirrorless or cinema camera
- No compromise on quality: capture into a production-quality codec directly from your camera's sensor
- Work collaboratively with colleagues using hyper-efficient Camera to Cloud workflows in 10-bit H.265 HDR
- Use your smartphone as a superb OLED viewfinder
- Take perfect shots with Atomos' best-in-class scopes and monitoring tools
How Do You Shoot? Content Creators
How do you shoot professional-looking video with maximum portability and the minimum amount of gear? Ninja Phone and its app are designed from the ground up to give you the mobility and versatility you need. Switch from landscape to portrait and back again seamlessly.
- Connect professional HDMI compact, mirrorless, or cinema cameras to your smartphone for professional quality social media broadcasts
- Upload your footage to the cloud while shooting and start editing within seconds
- The Ninja app understands 9:16 portrait mode and adjusts automatically to accommodate it
- Stream directly to all major streaming platforms
- Capture in high-quality 10-bit video while streaming H.265
Dual Record 10-Bit ProRes and H.265 for Camera-to-Cloud
Ninja Phone is your gateway to hyper-efficient cloud production workflows. You can choose to work with production quality 10-bit master files and H.265 proxies for full cinematic images or encode 10-bit H.265 only from Ninja Phone for the simplest, fastest workflows. If you record directly to 10-bit H.265 with a higher bit rate, you can use these files for Camera to Cloud and publish them directly to social media or news and sports channels, without having to re-conform the original camera files. It's literally the fastest way from lens to likes.
Powerful Cloud Services
Your smartphone's connectivity makes it easy for Ninja Phone users to access Atomos Cloud Studio and its services. This gives you the means to work collaboratively with other video professionals. Start editing while you shoot. Get almost instant approval from clients. Publish to social media within minutes of taking the shot. Share video with Atomos' cloud partners, including Frame.io, Sony Ci Media, and MediaSilo. And even produce multicamera live TV from anywhere to anywhere with Atomos Live Production.
Edit on Your Phone in HDR
Delivering amazing videos on today's multitude of social platforms means no compromise in speed or quality. Ninja Phone ensures that you capture the highest quality by unlocking the large sensor of a mirrorless camera, which is a big step up from your smartphone's sensor.
Once you've recorded to your smartphone or tablet, you can use your favorite phone app to finish the job. Simply open an app like CapCut, iMovie, or similar, select the Ninja Phone recorded files on the phone, edit, and post in minutes.
Recording is in 10-bit ProRes (or 10-bit H.265) and is fully compatible with traditional professional NLEs and grading tools. Ninja Phone files work seamlessly in all finishing packages, including Avid Media Composer, Apple Final Cut Pro, and Adobe Premiere Pro.
Once you've recorded to your smartphone or tablet, you can use your favorite phone app to finish the job. Simply open an app like CapCut, iMovie, or similar, select the Ninja Phone recorded files on the phone, edit, and post in minutes.
Recording is in 10-bit ProRes (or 10-bit H.265) and is fully compatible with traditional professional NLEs and grading tools. Ninja Phone files work seamlessly in all finishing packages, including Avid Media Composer, Apple Final Cut Pro, and Adobe Premiere Pro.
Atomos Ninja Phone Specs
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Items Included
- Atomos Ninja Phone Video Co-Processor
- USB-C Video Cable
- USB-C Power Cable
- Barcode: 73582
- UPC Barcode: 814164022972
- Supplier Code: atomnjpb01