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ARRI Alexa at 120 fps
With ARRI’s new Software Upgrade Packet SUP 5.0, your Alexa can now shoot up to 120 fps. While SUP 5.0 is a free update for Alexa customers, its High Speed mode can only be activated through the purchase of a license key at the Alexa License Shop. Each license key is coded to a particular camera and can be selectively enabled or disabled,… read more…
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ARRI Alexa DNxHD on Avid
ARRI Alexa cameras will record native Avid DNxHD as MXF files in-camera on SxS Cards. The downloadable Software Update Packet 6.0 (due January 2012) will enable Avid DNxHD codec data rates of up to 145Mbit/s (bit depth 8 bit) and 220MBit/s (bit depth 10 bit) to be supported in the initial release. Avid’s highest quality version of the codec, Avid DNxHD 444,… read more…
ARRI Alexa Studio USA Debut
ARRI Alexa Studio made her USA debut in Hollywood on Thursday evening. Two working Alexas were set up in the ASC clubhouse for hands-on scrutiny. Alexa Studio is the third sister in ARRI’s latest family of 35mm digital motion picture cameras. This is the one with a spinning mirror shutter, optical finder and full frame 4:3 35mm sensor. That is… read more…
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ARRI Alexa 4.0 Software Update
ARRI Alexas are everywhere here in Europe, shooting features, television specials and commercials. A busy camera assistant, who prefers to remain anonymous, had this to say about Alexa’s ubiquity, “It’s the green button and it beeps when you start. It behaves like familiar friends–Arriflex film cameras.” You can now upgrade your Alexa to software version 4.0. A full description is… read more…
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Alexa at Cine Gear
At Cine Gear Expo, it felt like Alexa Expo. ARRI Alexa cameras were everywhere. They were as ubiquitous as Canon 5D and RED cameras that populated previous Expos. Alexas were so busy on shows that some exhibitors at Cine Gear had to sub-rent or ship from Europe. Never before have so many cameras been built each month on Tuerkenstrasse in… read more…
Cine Gear Expo 2011
With a week to digest Cine Gear Expo, along with the delicious In-N-Out burgers, it’s as risky to analyze the trends we saw on Paramount’s New York Streets as it is to augur the whims of Wall Street. Nevertheless, here goes. But first we need to talk about art and politics. Equipment is getting cheaper, labor is getting more expensive,… read more…
Tags: ARRI, Arriflex, Birns and Sawyer, Filmtools, Fujifilm, Loumasystems, Tiffen
Volker Bahnemann NYU Awards
The first annual Volker Bahnemann Awards for Cinematography were presented yesterday evening at NYU Tisch School of the Arts Maurice Kanbar Institute. Two undergrad and three graduate cinematography students were nominated and received plaques; the winners were awarded grants. The award was funded by ARRI, CSC, friends and colleagues in recognition of Volker Bahnemann’s half century of service to the… read more…
Interview with Martin Prillmann of ARRI
Martin Prillmann is Managing Director of ARRI. We talked at NAB about cameras, concepts, cinematography and ALEXA. Jon Fauer: Why you think the ALEXA is so successful? Why did it hit such a nerve? Martin Prillmann: A couple of things came together. When we introduced the ALEXA in 2009, there were several different approaches to digital cinematography. We, at ARRI,… read more…
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ARRI ALEXA M
One of the things we did not cover in our pre-NAB FDTimes was ALEXA M–an ALEXA whose sensor head is separated from body for more flexible permutations of 3D, 2D, Steadicam, remote and rig shots. On April 11, ARRI announced a cooperative partnership with the CAMERON – PACE Group (CPG) in development of the ALEXA M camera system. Above, left to right:… read more…
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Oli at NAB 2011
Sony’s theme was “Believe Beyond HD.” The Digital Cinema Society’s seminar was titled, “3D, 4K and beyond.” We saw plenoptic lenses selectively adjusting focus within a scene. We saw the GoPro 3D camera on a model helicopter. NAB 2011 was well beyond HD. Attendance was up, along with activity on the show floor. It could be a reflection of a… read more…
Believe Beyond 4K
NAB can be a weathervane, sometimes pointing where we’re headed. Sometimes taking us on detours. How many NABs proclaimed HD was coming, was here, was now? The big deal for me at NAB2011 was life beyond HD, beyond 2K. I think we’re heading into a 4K world faster than we expected. Of course, RED predicted this long ago. But, when… read more…
CODEX ARRIRAW Recorder
The new CODEX ARRIRAW recorder attaches directly to ALEXA with brackets, and is fully ARRIRAW T-Link certified. Currently recording RAW in New York on Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Warner Bros./Paramount; dir: Stephen Daldry; DP: Chris Menges, ASC, BSC). The recorder, datapacks and transfer stations will be available directly from Codex, ARRI and their dealers.
ARRI ALEXA Optical Viewfinder?
Here’s an intriguing pre-NAB tease we’ve been cleared to sneek-peak from pages 24-25 of our upcoming Film and Digital Times April 2011 NAB Edition. Could it be the third Alexa Sibling? The wicked leaked picture sure looks like an optical viewfinder, an ALEXA handle, and an ALEXA wireless control antenna. The rest of the camera will be revealed on April 11,… read more…
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FDTimes NAB Edition Contents
FDTimes April 2011 double issue 41-42 hits the halls of NAB on opening day: at 9 am on Monday April 11, 2011. Pick up your complimentary copy of Film and Digital Times from the publication bins in the Central Hall Main Lobby and South Hall Upper Lobby, at our booth C9550, and at the booths of our sponsors, including Sony, Fujinon,… read more…
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ARRI ALEXA Tour in French
Our special article on ALEXA cameras has been translated into French…and Spanish. Please go to: www.fdtimes.com/arri
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Alexa at Sundance
ARRI Alexa will be at Sundance in the New York lounge, 545 Main St. Park City from Jan 21-26, 10am-6pm for test drives, runs and shots (by appointment). There will be presentations on Sunday, Jan 23 (1pm-2pm) and Tuesday, Jan 25 (11am-12noon).
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Alexa in Uruguay
Musitelli Film & Digital celebrated the arrival of their first ALEXA on December 8. Roasted sausages Uruguayan style, chilled beers, and sodas were served to nearly 200 guests and staff. The following morning, a technical workshop was conducted for DPs, Directors, DITs and Camera Assistants. Jeffrey Reyes, ARRI Tech Sales Representative, flew in from his Miami office to assist in the training… read more…
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ALEXA Workshop in Uruguay
Musitelli Film & Digital will conduct an ARRI Alexa Workshop for directors, DPs, camera assistants, data wranglers, DITs and post personnel at their facilities in Montevideo, Uruguay. December 9, 2010 from 9 am – 12:30 pm. Jeffrey Reyes, ARRI Tech Rep, will attend. For more information, contact Musitelli Film & Digital. Vilardebó 1306. 11800 Montevideo, Uruguay. Register online: click here.
December Issue now online for Subscribers
Our 96 page December Issue 36-38 of Film and Digital Times is now online. Subscribers: click on the MEMBERS tab, above. The print edition has gone to press. It will be in the mail soon. Our cover says “Converging Worlds.” Although convergence and 3D certainly has everyone’s attention, this is the historic year of convergence and collision between consumer and professional… read more…
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