Atomos Shinobi HDMI On Camera Monitor
- 5" 1920 x 1080 Touchscreen Display
- 1000 cd/m² Brightness
- 4K HDMI Input
- 10-Bit Exterior Viewable Monitor
- AtomHDR Mode with 10-Stop Dynamic Range
- Single Sony L-Series Battery Slot
- Supports a Variety of Log Formats
- Deliver Sxceptional Log Gamma and Colour Footage
The Atomos Shinobi HDMI On Camera Monitor is a 5-inch on-camera monitor designed to provide high-quality and accurate video monitoring for professional filmmakers and content creators. The monitor features a 5-inch 1920 x 1080 touchscreen display, providing a clear and detailed viewing experience. With a brightness level of 1000 cd/m², the monitor is viewable even under bright sunlight, making it a reliable tool for outdoor recording.
The monitor can support up to 4K HDMI input, ensuring compatibility with a wide range of cameras and devices. It features a 10-bit exterior viewable monitor, ensuring accurate and consistent colors for critical monitoring tasks. The monitor has an AtomHDR mode with 10-stop dynamic range, allowing you to capture more details in the bright and dark areas of the image.
It also features a single Sony L-Series battery slot, providing a reliable source of power for extended recording sessions. The monitor supports a variety of log formats, including Slog 2/3, Clog, Vlog, and more, enabling you to achieve consistent and accurate color grading in post-production.
Atomos Shinobi HDMI On Camera Monitor is an excellent tool for professional filmmakers and content creators. Its high-resolution touchscreen display, high brightness, 4K HDMI input, 10-bit exterior viewable monitor, and support for various log formats make it a reliable and versatile monitoring solution for accurate and consistent color grading and image quality control.
Product Features in Detail
Introducing Shinobi
Go anywhere and see everything exactly how you want it with the Atomos Shinobi – a high brightness 1000nit 5 inch HDMI monitor that’s perfect for vloggers, creatives and photographers.
Atomos has been developing amazing monitor and recorder technology for years in order to simplify and improve video creation. Shinobi, our first stand-alone small monitor features all of our amazing screen processing technology and professional monitoring tools – now packed into a 5 inch ‘monitor only’ device.
Versatility for filmmakers and photographers
Shinobi features a ‘run all day’ single battery, 1000nit high brightness screen, HDR capability and advanced functions that are easy to use. There’s even a new selfie Mirror Mode for vloggers and a multi-tool Analysis View that’s a gives you all the essentials at a glance. Set up your shots accurately using our advanced histograms, waveforms and video scopes. Shinobi is the perfect companion to improve any photo or video production.
The 5” HDMI monitor that packs a punch
With a stunning 5” 10-bit HDR or SDR display, the Shinobi allows you to see your images clearly in daylight on the 1000nit screen featuring a special AR coating and Anti-fingerprint technology. The sleek lightweight design is crafted for maximum efficiency and weighing in at just 200g, it is one of the lightest 4K monitors on the market, stealthily attaching to any HDMI camera setup.
The best of AtomOS 10
Shinobi utilises our revolutionary AtomOS 10 platform and is packed with an extensive suite of scopes and simple one-touch operations. Shinobi includes monitoring tools for focus, framing & exposure, including Focus Peaking, 4:1 / 2:1 / 1:1 Zoom, Zebra, False Color, Frame Guides, SMPTE Safe Area, Waveform, RGB parade, vectorscope, a new multi-view ‘Analysis’ view and a flexible 3D and 1D LUT, Profile and Preset support (upload .cube files via SD Card) and options for anamorphic desqueeze monitoring.
HDR in the field
The Shinobi screen displays a stunning 10+ stops of dynamic range in realtime from Log/PQ/HLG signals. Combined with our unique HDR monitoring features, the Shinobi simplifies the complexities of shooting Log and HDR, helping you to replicate post-production workflows at the moment when it matters most – while shooting. We look after the technology so you can focus on the story telling.
Calibrated true-to-eye colors
Calibration is the key to a trustworthy monitor. The Shinobi monitor can be calibrated using X-Rite’s i1DisplayPro for ongoing accurate HDR and Rec709 monitoring. This ensures accurate monitoring for reliable results. Monitors drift and calibration is the only way to ensure your eyes are not deceiving you.
Designed for every situation
When attached to your camera, the size and weight of your monitor matters. We shaved Shinobi down to just 196g (7oz) and added ¼”-20 screw mounts top and bottom for ease of cage and adaptor rigging. The center mount battery makes balancing easy and maneuverability instant. The Shinobi is compatible with most cameras, smartphones and HDMI-ready devices.
Weight | |
Without batteries | 196g / 7oz. |
Dimensions (W x H x D mm) | 151 x 91.5 x 31.5mm |
Construction | Polycarbonate ABS |
Mounting points |
1/4”-20 screw mount. 1x top and 1x bottom
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Power | |
Operating power | 4 - 7W |
Compatible batteries |
NP-F series and supporting accessories. AtomX or other.
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Input voltage (battery) | 6.2V to 16.8V |
Battery time (based on 7.4V) |
Standby
2600mAh - 3hrs, 5200mAh - 6hrs, 7800mAh - 12hrs |
Monitor
2600mAh - 1.5hrs, 5200mAh - 3hrs, 7800mAh - 6hrs |
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DC In | via Battery Eliminator |
Touchscreen | |
Size | 5.2” |
Resolution | 1920 x 1080 |
PPI | 427 |
Aspect ratio | 16:9 native |
Color Gamut | REC709 HDTV |
Look up table (LUT) support |
3D LUT (.cube format) *Extended Support planned
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Anamorphic de-squeeze | 2x, 1.5x, 1.33x |
Technology |
IPS panel (capacitive touch), calibration to Rec.709 with optional calibration unit
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HDR | |
AtomHDR | Yes |
HDR Monitoring (Gamut) |
Sony SLog / SLog2 / SLog3, Canon CLog / CLog2 / Clog3,
Arri Log CEI160 / LogCEI200 / LogCEI250 / LogCEI320 / LogCEI400 / LogCEI500 / LogCEI640 / LogCEI800 / LogCEI1000 / LogCEI1280 / LogCEI1600, Panasonic Vlog, JVC JLog1, RED Log3G10 /RED LogFilm, FujiFilm F-log, PQ10k, HLG, Nikon N-Log |
HDR Monitoring (Gamma) |
Sony SGamut / SGamut3 / SGamut3.cine
Canon Cinema / DCI P3 / DCI P3+ Panasonic V Gamut Arri Alexa Wide Gamut Rec709 / BT.2020 JVC RED WideGamut / RED DragonColor / DragonColor2 / RED Color2 / RED Color3 / RED Color4 |
Bit Depth | 10-bit (8+2 FRC) |
Brightness | 1000nit (+/- 10%) |
Screen Mirror/Flip |
Horizontal Flip (Selfie mode), Vertical Flip
* Landscape/Portrait mode planned for future firmware release |
Video Input | |
HDMI | 1 x HDMI (1.4) |
Signal |
Up to Uncompressed true 10-bit or 8-bit 422
(camera dependent) |
Supported Formats (Video Input) | |
4K 4096 x 2160 | 23.98p, 24p, 25p, 29.97p |
UHD 3840 x 2160 | 23.98p, 24p, 25p, 29.97p |
HD 1920 x 1080 | 23.98p, 24p, 25p, 29.97p, 50p, 59.94p |
HD 1280 x 720 | 50p, 59.94p |
Audio In (48kHz) | |
HDMI | 2ch 24-bit 48kHz |
Audio Out | |
Headphone out | 3.5mm |
SD Card Slot | |
Full size SD Card slot |
SD Card Slot allows LUTs to be loaded to the unit and is also used when updating AtomOS firmware
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AtomOS | |
Monitoring Features |
Luma Waveform, RGB parade, RGB Overlay, Vectorscope, Vectorscope Zoom, Histogram, RGB Histogram, Anlaysis mode (Multiview scopes: Waveform, Histogram, Vectorscope), Focus Peaking, Zebra, False Color, Blue Only Exposure, Zoom (1:1, 2:1, 4:1), SMPTE Safe Areas, Cinema Guides, Anamorphic Desqueeze.
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Shinobi unit, 12V-15W AC power supply, Quick Start guide

SKU: Atomos ATOMSHBH01
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