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Using the Samurai as a ﬁeld monitor and viewﬁnder

With its 5” high-resolution color TFT 800x480pixel screen, the

Samurai makes a great ﬁeld monitor. So good, in fact, that you don’t

need any separate monitoring equipment. You could even say that

the Samurai is a “Recording Monitor”.

SmartMonitor

To make the Samurai’s screen even more useful, we have added

new “assist” features in the AtomOS 3 ﬁrmware, which we refer to

collectively as SmartMonitor.

To access these tools, go into Monitor and select the

Camcorder icon. A new set of icons will appear

On the right hand side are the icons for each SmartMonitor tool.

To enable the tools you simply press the icon for the tool you would

like, the border will change to white.

You can apply all ﬁlters to your monitor at the same time but set up

individually for your needs

Zebra

Zebra lines show the parts of the image that are over exposed

relevant to the % level set. 95% is usually used for objects, windows

and surfaces. 75% is used for checking over exposure of human

faces this will indicate reﬂective or shiny areas on the face.

Focus Peaking

Focus peaking allows the user to ensure their recordings are

always in focus. The parts of the image in focus are indicated by

the selected colour. By default the Samurai uses red, but you can

change the colour in the settings and have a Low, Med and High

indicator depending on the look you want to achieve. The width

of the lines indicating focus can be adjusted for ﬁner focus line

representation. This tool is very accurate.

8. Monitoring and Recording

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