Lastly, we need to make sure our settings are correct. It’s up to you whether you need to be mobile, or need to film uninterrupted for hours on end. Note, if you want a more mobile setup, you can use Canon batteries in the camera, as well as Sony batteries for the Atomos, without it affecting overheating. You can also use the Atomos Power Kit to run to wall power to it also runs indefinitely. So utilizing the Canon dummy battery with the Canon AC adapter will ensure your camera runs indefinitely on AC power. Now that you’ve taken care of the heating limits, it’s time to take care of the battery limits. So you need to make sure that if you want to record 4KHQ or 4K60fps externally, without worry of overheating, you’ll need to do it without the CFExpress card in the slot (I’m still testing to see if SD cards in the slot make a difference). The main thing you want to know is that the CFExpress card seems to be the bottleneck. Now that we have all the ingredients, check out the video above to see how it’s all put together. Atomos Ninja V + 500GB SSD & Reader Bundle.If you want to support No Life, using those links is a big help. Below are links to many of the products (some affiliate) I featured in this video. So above is the video where I explain all the gear you’ll need, the settings to choose, and bugs to watch out for.

Now that everyone knows that using an Atomos Ninja V with the Canon EOS R5 unlocks the true potential of the camera, I’ve been asked by many to set up a tutorial showcasing how I set mine up, along with the settings needed to get nearly unlimited recording times.

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