Canon Rebel T3i with Samurai? at DVinfo.net

Harry Bromley-Davenport · September 5th, 2012, 10:04 PM

Good evening, all.

I have a question from the sunny climes of California:

My Canon T3i has an HDMI output. Can anyone tell me if the Samurai will record that signal? Would I be able to record to a better codec or to a higher resolution and color-space on a Samurai than I am currently obtaining - recording to the internal T3i cards?

I know that the Samurai can record ProRes 422 HQ, but I don't know what the T3i puts out through it's HDMI port.

Any advice would be welcome.

Thank you,

Harry.

Duncan Say · September 11th, 2012, 01:44 AM

Firstly it would have to be a Ninja rather than a Samurai as the Ninja records HDMI. The Samurai would require an HDMI to SDI adaptor. Secondly you should look at this page from the Atomos website and check the output from your camera on a monitor.

H1 - Does Ninja range work with DSLR cameras? - ATOMOS

If your camera gives a clean feed ie without overlays and doesn't crop the image too much it may be worth doing. Otherwise stick with the on-board stuff.

The Pro-res codec is part of the recorder, the video coming out of the HDMI from your camera is uncompressed.

Donald McPherson · September 11th, 2012, 02:25 PM

Be aware that if you record to the sd card at the same time the output via the hdmi is downsized I think to sd.

September 5th, 2012, 10:04 PM	#1
Harry Bromley-Davenport Major Player Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: LA CA Posts: 317	Canon Rebel T3i with Samurai? Good evening, all. I have a question from the sunny climes of California: My Canon T3i has an HDMI output. Can anyone tell me if the Samurai will record that signal? Would I be able to record to a better codec or to a higher resolution and color-space on a Samurai than I am currently obtaining - recording to the internal T3i cards? I know that the Samurai can record ProRes 422 HQ, but I don't know what the T3i puts out through it's HDMI port. Any advice would be welcome. Thank you, Harry.

September 11th, 2012, 01:44 AM	#2
Duncan Say Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Colchester, UK Posts: 36	Re: Canon Rebel T3i with Samurai? Firstly it would have to be a Ninja rather than a Samurai as the Ninja records HDMI. The Samurai would require an HDMI to SDI adaptor. Secondly you should look at this page from the Atomos website and check the output from your camera on a monitor. H1 - Does Ninja range work with DSLR cameras? - ATOMOS If your camera gives a clean feed ie without overlays and doesn't crop the image too much it may be worth doing. Otherwise stick with the on-board stuff. The Pro-res codec is part of the recorder, the video coming out of the HDMI from your camera is uncompressed. Last edited by Duncan Say; September 11th, 2012 at 02:47 AM. Reason: typo

September 11th, 2012, 02:25 PM	#3
Donald McPherson Major Player Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Aberdeen Scotland Posts: 815	Re: Canon Rebel T3i with Samurai? Be aware that if you record to the sd card at the same time the output via the hdmi is downsized I think to sd.