Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Arri’s new contender: The Arri ALEXA XT


This is a brief excerpt from Cinema5D News




All the camera manufacturers try to take a chunk in the cinema camera market. We’ve seen a lot of new big sensor, 6K and other stunning developments over the past year, but now it’s Arris turn again.When you look at how popular the Alexa is among cinematographers at the moment even though it has been around for several years and still “only” shoots HD / 2K you’ve got to realize Arri is doing something right. That’s also true for their newest version of the Alexa, the Alexa XT even though it uses the same old sensor. Read on to see why. One of the new additions is a RAW module that allows for in-camera RAW acquisition:All ALEXA XT models come with the new XR Module, a side panel that was co- developed with Codex to replace the previous SxS Module. The result is a smaller, lighter, more affordable and cable-free camera package that records ARRIRAW, ALEXA’s highest quality image output, inside the camera. ALEXAs can now capture ARRIRAW up to 120 fps onto exceptionally fast and rugged 512 GB XR Capture Drives.Featured in all new Alexa models (ALEXA XT, ALEXA XT M, ALEXA XT Plus and ALEXA XT Studio) …



By: Sebastian


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