Atomos has announced the latest addition to its award-winning Shinobi range of professional monitors. The new Atomos Shinobi GO is a lightweight, high-brightness five-inch HDR monitor designed for content creators and photographers.
Five-inch screen
The Atomos Shinobi GO monitor has a 5.2-inch SuperAtom IPS capacitive HDR touchscreen. It’s a Full HD panel with a native resolution of 1,920 by 1,080. The Shinobi GO also has a screen brightness of 1500 nits, so you should be able to use it outdoors without any issues.
In addition, the monitor can display 10-bit images with 1.07 billion hues. However, it’s actually an 8-bit display and uses a technique called Frame Rate Control (FRC) to boost the apparent bit depth. Don’t worry, in most cases, you won’t notice the difference.
Video resolutions
The Atomos Shinobi GO monitor can display 4K UHD (3840 x 2160 pixels) video up to 30 fps. However, it’s important to note that this model does not support 4K DCI (4096 x 2160 pixels) video. Also, the Shinobi GO is compatible with Full HD video up to 60 fps for both progressive and interlaced sources.
Monitoring tools
The Atomos Shinobi GO offers a range of professional monitoring tools to help you set your exposure correctly. These include false color, zebra, histogram, waveform and vectorscope. The monitor also has an AtomHDR mode with 10 stops of dynamic range.
Additionally, you can load up to eight 3D LUTs into the Shinobi GO so you can preview how your graded footage might look. You can use monitoring LUTs with a 50/50 split as well.
Inputs and outputs
The Atomos Shinobi GO has a single HDMI input on the back. There’s no HMDI out for video pass through. There’s also a USB-C PD port with supports power delivery.
The monitor comes with a locking connector adaptor for the HDMI and USB-C ports for use with optional Atomos locking cables. There’s a stereo 3.5 mm socket for headphones, as well as an SD card slot for uploading LUTs and firmware updates.
Power
The Atomos Shinobi GO can be powered with a single Sony NP-F type battery. You can also use a power bank via the USB-C port. And there’s a DC-in connector that supports voltages from 6.2 V to 16.8 V. This means you can use external batteries via a suitable D-Tap to DC-input cable.
Build
The Atomos Shinobi GO measures 5.9 inches (151 mm) by 3.6 inches (91.5 mm) by 0.8 inches (20.8 mm). It weighs 7.4 ounces (210 g). There’s a ¼-20 thread with anti-rotational points on the bottom for mounting. The Shinobi GO also features a passive heat sink, so you won’t need to worry about fan noise on set.
What we think
The Shinobi GO is a great monitor for content creators. It delivers many of the monitoring tools from the Shinobi II which Atomos released last year. However, it drops camera control, touch-to-focus, and pro monitoring features like EL ZONE.
For a lot of users, this won’t be an issue, and it means you can save $100 compared to the cost of a Shinobi II. If you are looking for a high-quality monitor and don’t need camera control, you should check out the Atomos Shinobi GO.
Pricing and availability
The Atomos Shinobi GO HDR monitor is available now and costs $249.
