Gordons always make the best gear reviews. We are irritating attention seekers though.

Lol, cutting in the clip of Gerald was perfect

I'm sorry jordan, but gordon is a new star in this channel.

Dpreview has always been informative and educative but the Entertainment is on a different scale...lol

Thank you for your help, Gordon. Also I want to see the twin sister of Chris as well. Come on Christina!

Jordan has been killing it lately. This and his intro to the iFootage monopod review are classic. Topped only, perhaps, by Gordon Laing's comment earlier. The three, well four, of you rock.

We’ve had our differences DPReview… But I am here for this video. Priceless

I have the Ninja V and the 5" and 7" VideoAssists. The 2500 nit displays on the Blackmagics are a lifesaver outdoors, though you'll be needing those dual batteries if you try to use it at that brightness for very long. I also personally prefer Blackmagic's UI layout. Focus peaking is a bit nicer on the Atomos unit as it enhances both horizontal and vertical edges. The VideoAssists seem to only detect vertical edges. It's not clear what version of the VideoAssist firmware you tested, but the calibration/consistency of both of my units improved noticeably in the 3.4.1 update. My Blackmagics are now closer to my calibrated 6500K desktop display than are my Ninja or Shinobi.

Great review. Couldn't ask for more. You provided great information and were very entertaining. I rarely get to laugh when watching product reviews, so this was awesome. Keep up the great work.

this is the best way to do a review. Very entertaining, full of info and just a fun to watch with.

That was fun and informative 🤘🏽 thanks for all the info guys!

Awesome! I was just looking for videos on the new video assist.

This was the great comparison I was looking for and loaded with all of the facts. After watching this I’ve definitely decided that I still can’t decide which one to get! 😂

Here after watching the videos i missed video you guys put out ! awesome video might actually get the ninja for my z7II

Loving the intros lately! 👍

Nice to finally see a real filmmaker like Gordon Blake on this channel

Very informative with a touch of fun, simply awesome video! You guys (all three I mean) are great! Thanks!

We use to Ninja's for external recording on our FS5's. We also have the 2 5 inch Blackmagic Monitors and a 7 inch. But now we shoot exclusively on BMPCC 6K Pro's and just record straight to CFAST cards. The Ninja is a great product though! Highly recommend!

Great comparison review. Thanx a lot! 👍👍👍

Interesting comparison, thanks! I've been looking for a small mobile HDMI recorder to capture the live view of a camera for tutorials and such (quality of the output isn't too important). I might check out that 5" Black Magic one, though it still seems kind of big. I wish Atomos still made the "Ninja Star" recorder.

Brilliant way to compare the two - most helpful.

Can we vote to keep Gordon permanently?

FANTASTIC review. Thank you.

Fan noise is the biggest deal breaker with external recorders, especially the ninja v. Too many complaints out there for it to not even get a mention.

Well done and informative. And yeah funny as hell. Thanks for the time and effort of putting it together.

Great review and good humor. Thank you !

Always the best balance of information and entertainment, gents. Cheers.

The blackmagic "raw" adds some post denoising, and their color balance control from the recorder doesn't work the same as the internal braw on their BMPC. The Prores Raw is more of an "raw" image in the sense that it doesn't add any processing of the image and gives you straight from the sensor data. The DP Journey did a good video about it.

This video was clearly edit by Jordan, because he 'forgot' to give Gordon's social media a plug at the end.

You don't talk about the Atomos Ninja's fan noise? I find it pretty distracting. Is the BM Video Assist as noisy?

Thank you for the fun and the info; I got lots of both. :)

Wonderful! Awesome script!

The moment I started to watch this I just started to laugh you guys are terrific - especially at what you do,your expertise and fun make your videos great to watch - keep en coming guys. 😂

Your intros have been gold lately hahaha

Well done! I enjoy your creativity.

Thanks for doing this one..

I opted desview r7p with atomos ninja 2 for my 1080p setup. Opted for canon g30 as the lens was the selling point. Works perfectly in Davinci resolve studio. No need for 4k. Run rode wireless go 2 system and have a zoom h5 recorder. If I could do it all over I would have bought a canon c100 and scrap the atomos, kept the monitor and kept the rode wireless go 2 and scrap the zoom h5. Oh well.

So fun! Great work!

Solid review of gear that I am interested in. Thanks for the comparison. Braw and resolve is truly amazing for grading. Using it more and more and FC less and less. Truly appreciate the good content.

Loved the @geraldUndone cameo at 8:35

This reminds me of Michael and Pichael Thompson from R&M really good stuff!

Loved the video. I have a question. I know the Ninja V can't record ProRes RAW from the GH5s yet, it will need a firmware update first. I was wondering if the Video Assist can record BRAW from a GH5s signal or does it also need the camera to put out BRAW? I noticed that "Gordon" had it hooked up to a GH5s but he was pointing out the Video Assists BRAW capabilities. So let me know, I'm on the cusp of purchasing something!

I really like this one and yes I'm looking for which monitor to get atm, lots of info to think about, thanks!

That was very funny brilliantly done. And a very good way to be unbiased about which device to choose. As I’m a da Vinci resolve user it’s obvious which one I will go for. The only problem with both of them is the big long cable coming out from the side I’m going to the camera surely somebody could do something about that. RED obviously used ‘on-body’ contacts.

I have both.... Video Assist 5" all the way love using it Showing the playback to clients is 👌

Upping the level again guys 👍🏻 Quite an ego on that Gordon Blake Drake guy!

I have both. My ninja v is currently listed on ebay.

3:52 "Professional, like me - a Professional" has the battery door open

One thing that didn't come up here that I think will be important to a lot of folks is that the Atomos has preview support for a wide range of camera manufacturers' LOG spaces "out of the box", which is very useful when not shooting RAW. In contrast, the Blackmagics only come with LUTs for Blackmagic film (~= modified Cineon) and VLog. If you're shooting one of the SLogs or CLogs you have to import your own previewing LUTs, which isn't as easy as uploading the appropriate manufacturer-provided LUT because of full- vs legal-range issues. The easiest way to do it in my experience is to obtain a preview "look" that you like in Resolve using any combination of LUT and adjustment nodes, export that to a LUT (again via Resolve), and load it onto the VideoAssist.

Wonderful.

Gordon seems like a very chill dude.

I have been watching your videos for years...and I really like your leather jacket Jordan. Where can I buy one? Seriously!

Great video! One question only. Somehow you hooked in the Samsung ssd above monitor(6:15)How you did that?

Great video, as usual! Nice to meet Jordan's brother. Sorry, Jordan, I think he has even prettier eyes! ;) Also, in regards to his comments at the end...foreshadowing....?

Great Video! I really wondered why you havn't said more words about Audio, thought you are pretty much an Audiophile in terms of Cameras. I used a Ninja V for Years and a Shogun 7 for more then one year. I tried to switch to a BMD Video Assist 7" HDR lately just to find out that there is no way to delay the Audio, what makes the XLRs and onboard Line/Mic Input basically useless when you use a HDMI Connection to your Camera, just because SONY and Canon in my Case are allways, 3 frames behind the Audio over HDMI. On Atomos I have the option of putting a delay and even can it be figured out automatically. BMD basically lacks this feature. Also a pretty good point is that SD Cards are Slow, to slow for RAW Recording and take way longer to transfer the files to your PC. While SSD is an option for the Video-Assist it means heaving the SSD Mounted anywhere on the Recorder. One point in Favor of BMD VA that you havn't mentioned it that you can use it as a Capture Card, what is Pretty damn awesome. Also there are 3D Printed Files for mSATA SSDs with Adapter Plates that Mimic the AngelBird Ones Size. I know because I made them. So you can have one TB or more for less then half of Angelbird in the same Size without the Hump. I with Atomos, Apple and Blackmagic Come together One Day and Make Resolve ProRes RAW Ready and FinalCut BRAW Compatible. It's a pain in the Ass that your Camera Manufracturere wants to decide on your Editing Software nowadays. Also I could see the Argument beind made that you should have compared the 7" vs the 7" because the Shogun 7 has no SSD Hump, has even more SDIs, has Dual Batteries and so on. :-) Hope to hear Back from you!

Mint, Yes more video stuff please. (BMPCC & DVR17) Newby to Video

Best review of these 2 monitora ever 🔥

Great review 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾

I want to see more of Gordon in the future!

Make sure when you buy Blackmagic VIdeo Assist 12G that your camera is in that list: Blackmagic RAW Supported Cameras Canon EOS C300 Mark II, FUJIFILM GFX100, FUJIFILM GFX100S, Nikon Z 6, Nikon Z 7, Nikon Z 6II, Nikon Z 7II, Panasonic AU-EVA1, Panasonic LUMIX GH5S, Panasonic LUMIX BGH1, Panasonic LUMIX BS1H, Panasonic LUMIX S1, Panasonic LUMIX S1H, Panasonic LUMIX S5, SIGMA fp

Can you create a video with the Panny BGH1 and BM Video Assist using the 3G cable?

Hi. I had a little question about the Video assist : wich is the best external ssd to record in all codec available and in 6k as I have a LUMIX S1 ? Samsung T5 1to or the Scandisk extreme portable 1to ? Thx a lot !! And great video by the way :)

The only thing that makes me excited about the Video Assist is those XLR inputs. I use Resolve, and I don't know why I should care about using BRaw instead of ProRes. But the Video Assist gives you the option of upgrading your camera to something that might not have XLR inputs. But I'm happy injecting XLR audio into the camera and recording on a Ninja V. And the AtomX Sync modules are great. They just automatically share timecode between both my Ninjas and I can just hit record on one of them and they both start in sync.

The Jordan Gordon show!! All those years in front of the camera have paid off... I guess Chris buys lunch. Great review!

Quick question - Do you know if the Blackmagic Video Assist can be operated from the Atem Mini Pro like other Blackmagic cameras? (Recording, tali light…) Nice face to face by the way, I’m in this doubt and the video answered a lot of questions

Hope those big fancy sets don't mind the lack of LUT on the SDI out of the Blackmagic or the insane SDI delay. I will be holding onto my PIX-E7 till it dies.

Jordan can you please compare the canon r5 4k footage to the s1h? Thanks

lol, you guys are hillarious...!! SO much fun/and nonsense and still HUGE amount of very valid and spot on product information. For me, thats the perfect mix, spot on fellas. And welcome Gordon to the DPReview famiiy. You're presence will be requested often I guess... overall: great video and thanks for sharing.

Black Magic if you're listening, please add DCI 4K 50/60p 10bit recording (spec sheet only shows 24/25/30p or something like that). The Ninja V has it and I would buy a Video Assist 12G tomorrow if it had this feature. This is relevant to cameras such as GH5S which I own. That said I also hope the BRAW is already in the pipeline for GH5S. I am a Resolve user so this would help me a lot. Cheers :)

Whats the cost difference with media added to the Ninja V? It seems to me that with everything you need to get started, they are closer to the same price point.

Thanks for the creative comparison. I wish however your comparison went into more details about the Blackmagic Video Assist 12G and what cameras its supports or will support in the future. Being a Davinci Resolve user and owner of Sony cameras I am frustrated by the fact that the A7SIII and A1 are not supported by the Video Assist recorder. Currently I am using the Atomos Ninja V to record ProRes Raw but I have to transcode the ProRes Raw footage first before using it in Davinci Resolve. This sucks and there is no way around this. I would much prefer to use the Video Assist recorder using Blackmagic Raw directly edited in Davinci Resolve. IMO, Blackmagic needs to step up to the plate and either support ProRes Raw or make their recorder(s) able to record Blackmagic Raw from Sony and other camera manufacturers.

that ending though and the smile lol.

Fun video. I use a Blackmagic camera, but I would not purchase one of its monitor/recorders. They're poor value for money and the colour rendition issues are real (see the many threads about colour problems on the Blackmagic forum). On its last monitor/recorder launch, I think that Blackmagic treated initial purchasers as beta testers. As a codec, I see no evidence that Blackmagic Raw is a serious threat to ProRes. If all one needs is a monitor, I think that the future is using the monitor to control one's camera. As has also been discussed on the Blackmagic forum, don't count on this coming to Blackmagic in the near future. Personally, I'll buy monitors from companies that make them as part of their core business (SmallHD, Atomos) rather than as a sideline.

hey question : how do you attach the ssd on the bmd video assist ? :)

One super important point that you forgoten to mention is that with the new update it’s now possible to stream your footage direct to KZfaq. A huge plus....

I watch even though I'm not really in the market for more gear! BTW, is Gordon going to be invited for the year-end 'Best of' drinking game? It looks like Gordon could drink both Jordan and Chris under the table.

Thank you for this great video! I got a question for you. Is it possible to use AF tracking focus (face and eyes) on Sony a7 Mark III using Blackmagic Video Assist?

i ask the same question as i did with the other reviews of this monitor. how accurate is it for HDR10? does it follow PQ exact? the short question is can you use this monitor as an reference monitor or not?

is it possible to record with the blackmagic video assist using the s1h a 5.9K 10bit 422 in H265 format or only braw?

That was great guys. All three of you. Didn't really miss Chris ... don't tell him... I know he's a little sensitive about these things...

Quick tip for anyone reading - on the Ninja V if you press the power button twice it powers up without having to hold it down. Still have to hold it to turn it off though!!

nice done, love it

Gordon: I'm sure no one else is seeing this magenta cast. Gerald Undone: Honestly, the display is a little bit -- pink. Highlight of the video. That plus the slight self-ID slip at the end. And, as a DaVinci editor, very informative. I don't need an external recorder right now, but if I do, I know which way I'm leaning.

Can you do a dual SD card recording or dual SD and SDD recording on the 7inch 12G model?

Great video and great channel. *SUBSCRIBED!* Have you seen this video: _BRAW or ProRes RAW? The Battle of RAW DOMINATION begins...?_ It demonstrates that BRAW does some denoising, sharping and partial debayering before storage while ProRes RAW does not. I'm not technical enough to know if it really matters. in fact my ignorance likely means that I won't see the difference in my final product. Still, it would be good if DPReview TV could make some comments on this. So, will we get to see Gordon crossing Jordan again?

Worked on both and Assist 12G 7" is way better by any point, metal construction, dual SD + USBc, dual batteries, brighter screen, xlr.... I would say if you don't have money on Assist, save and wait, and buy it instead of Ninja. And interface is better as well on BM Assist...

Rewatched that intro like 12 times

if I press record on the A7SIII, does the external recorder start to record?

Whoa, that ending took a dark turn. Yikes! :) One question we had was when editing with Premiere Pro/ creative cloud which of the 2 works best?

How did you mount the ssd on the back of the video assist?

Ooo I can get Q0 out of my BMPCC 6k Pro with the 12G? I picked one up last week and didn’t realise it gave me more functionality on my 6K Pro too!

Brilliant.

I like how Jordan is trying to pretend to be mean as Gordon, but he still comes off as a really soft spoken nice guy.

I'm siding with Gordon Blake. I trust true professionals. He also seems like a nice guy...

great video

Just wish there was a 7-inch version of the Ninja V. It seems every camera maker talks about how their RAW can be recorded on the Ninja V, but I would much prefer a 7-inch screen. Looks like the BMD Video Assist is almost there, except no support for ProRes RAW.

I think you should also invite your often forgotten 3rd bro', Morgan. You should have mentioned the Shogun 7, which includes SDI, dual battery and switching to boot.

How did you know I was researching which system to get?

Very nice. I covet one of those units, but can’t really justify it.

This was a crazy idea. I loved it. Especially the hostile attitude. I can’t get the idea of Jordan talking to himself out loud out of my head.