Arri launch new Camera at IBC, Alexa Amira.

[Tom Jay Smith]

Arri just announced their latest camera, the Alexa Amira.

http://www.definitionmagazine.com/storage/ibooks/ibc2013_digitaldaily1.pdf

Not 4K, just a docu camera... Interesting.

 

[Craig W. Bickerstaff]

Sounds like my kind of camera, though I guess there isn't enough information up there to know for sure.

 

[Mark K.]

Built-in NDs and 200fps without windowing. Sounds great. I wondering if the menus/operation are still as simple and fast as the standard Alexa?

 

[Paul J Steinberg]

Looks well thought out. Love the internal filter wheel, really wish Dragon had incorporated that into the upgrade. Interesting new recording media. No details on Arridigital.com yet.

 

[Eric Z]

Looks nice.
By the way, there's also the new Phantom Flex4K, which can shoot up to 1000fps@4k, or 3000fps@720p.

 

[luigivaltulini]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tlhJfibsUc

http://www.fxguide.com/quicktakes/new-arri-amira-at-ibc/

 

[Tom Jay Smith]

 

[Sven Seynaeve]

3 audio inputs, is actually exactly what is for me a minimal setup , clever

 

[Sven Seynaeve]

viewfinder is nice as well

 

[Met Hrovat]

Very smart

 

[Vadim Bobkovsky]

Looks well thought out. Love the internal filter wheel, really wish Dragon had incorporated that into the upgrade. Interesting new recording media. No details on Arridigital.com yet.

Not a wheel, but with Epic and Dragon you can use Motion Mount I guess.

 

[Paul J Steinberg]

Whoa! The video is fantastic. Looks like awesome ergonomics. From the limited info online it looks like Log-C or Rec709, no RAW but Alexa proved to be very successful with Log-C. Not a good day to own an F5 or F55 I guess.

 

[Paul J Steinberg]

Not a wheel, but with Epic and Dragon you can use Motion Mount I guess.

Motion mount is always going to take out almost two stops of light and the manual says it will only run up to 120fps. Internal filters wouldn't have that problem.

 

[Mark K.]

Whoa! The video is fantastic. Looks like awesome ergonomics. From the limited info online it looks like Log-C or Rec709, no RAW but Alexa proved to be very successful with Log-C. Not a good day to own an F5 or F55 I guess.

Depends on the pricing I suppose, but that Alexa sensor is just gorgeous. Arri gives you 12-bit video, the Sonys give you 10-bit video or 16-bit raw. It's a tough call really, the F55 certainly wins out on 'futureproofness' (with raw and its global shutter), but the drag and drop ProRes pipeline on the Arri is MUCH, much faster.

It creates an interesting breakdown in the market, Red with raw only, the new Arri with video only, and the Sonys with both. Tough call.

 

[Brian Merlen]

I wonder what the price point will be relative to the Alexa HD

 

[Mark L. Pederson]

I wonder what the price point will be relative to the Alexa HD

Much lower. I'm guessing $35K

 

[Anders Holck]

From the show floor:
- 3D LUT format is .Cube
- Weight is 4 kg
- Antennas are for bluetooth and wifi. bluetooth supports a headset for audio commentary.
- Price is "competetive with the F55" so a good guess will be 35K to 40K

 

[Paul Hazlett]

my guess is 29k for the camera and another 3 or 4 for the evf. my guy says this isn't even real yet, no working cameras till NAB and at least a year away

 

[Mark L. Pederson]

my guy says this isn't even real yet, no working cameras till NAB and at least a year away

wow.

 

[Steve G]

my guess is 29k for the camera and another 3 or 4 for the evf. my guy says this isn't even real yet, no working cameras till NAB and at least a year away

Not exactly. My camera kit dealer in London UK saying delivery January 2014.