Description
Large format sensor in an ALEXA Mini body
Best overall image quality in large format
- Immersive large-format look
- Lower noise with higher usable sensitivity
- Highest dynamic range of any production camera
- ARRI color science for natural skin tones, easy color correction and clean VFX
- Perfect for High Dynamic Range (HDR) and Wide Color Gamut (WCG) displays
Best overall production value
- Robust and reliable
- Easy to operate and use on set
- Fast and efficient workflows
Internal recording to new Codex Compact Drive
- Uncompressed and unencrypted MXF/ARRIRAW
- Fast and efficient MXF/Apple ProRes
- New Codex Compact Drive 1TB is small, tough and cost-efficient
- Affordable Compact Drive Reader works without license or extra software
- Compact Drive Adapter is compatible with SXR Capture Drive Docks
New MVF-2 high-contrast HD viewfinder
- HD OLED display, color science and ARRICAM eyepiece like ALEXA LF EVF-2
- Optimal judgement of focus, dynamic range and color
- Stable color balance through temperature-controlled display
- Large 4” flip-out monitor shows image or camera menu
- Three operation modes: single operator, crew or remote
- New flexible and reliable CoaXPress VF cable, up to 10 m/33 ft
Additional new features
- Three internal, motorized large-format FSND filters: ND 0.6, 1.2 and 1.8
- New dedicated, regulated 12 V and 24 V accessory power outputs
- New SYNC IN and improved AUDIO connectors
- Two built-in microphones
- Six user buttons on camera’s left side
- One LOCK button each for camera and viewfinder
- Additional external WiFi antenna
- Easier access to media, VF and TC connectors
Great system compatibility
- Same sensor and recording formats as ALEXA LF
- Compatible with LPL and PL mount lenses, Super 35 and full frame
- Supports all anamorphic de-squeeze ratios
- Compatible with almost all ALEXA Mini accessories
- Compatible with ARRI and cmotion wireless remote systems
- Works with 12 V and 24 V on-board batteries (∼65 W power draw)
Lens options for ARRI large-format cameras
Optimized for large-format lenses, the LPL lens mount fitted to ALEXA LF and ALEXA Mini LF cameras accepts ARRI Signature Primes, ARRI Rental DNA LF and 65 format optics, and third-party LPL lenses. The PL-to-LPL adapter, which attaches securely to the LPL lens mount without tools, offers backwards compatibility with all PL mount lenses, be they Super 35 or full frame. LDS-2 or /i lens metadata is accessible via the LPL mount, and LDS-1 or /i via the PL-to-LPL adapter. ARRI’s Frame Line and Lens Illumination Tool, available in the Learn & Help/Tools section of the ARRI website, illustrates how much of the large-format sensor is covered by a given lens.
Other manufacturers, such as Panavision and Vantage, offer proprietary lens mounts for the ALEXA LF and ALEXA Mini LF cameras, to support their own lens ranges. Cinematographers therefore have an almost unlimited lens choice when shooting with ARRI large-format cameras.