Zach Ashcraft Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Anyone have $20K I can borrow? http://www.arri.com/alexamini/ Christina Ava 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinegain Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I'm kinda on the fence... a GoPro Hero4 Black or this... hum. Xavier Plagaro Mussard, Christina Ava, Nick Hughes and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neosushi Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I thought it was 32k ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach Ashcraft Posted February 23, 2015 Author Share Posted February 23, 2015 I thought it was 32k ??You're probably right. I just threw out a number Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neosushi Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 You're probably right. I just threw out a numberHaha ok ^^Well anyway its still a little out of reach for a lot of small budgets :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted February 23, 2015 Administrators Share Posted February 23, 2015 $30,000 to $40,000 the final price.Nice concept, and about time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtheory Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Haha, they made this announcement on the same day that BIRDMAN won Best Picture and Best Director Oscars, - good timing, Arri! Alexa retains the crown as the best cinema camera in the world, right as Varicam35 was about to challenge it. 200fps is a huge surprise, but the feature that I completely did not expect on an Alexa is...an EF MOUNT ! Alexa is teasing the DSLR filmmakers here...renting the body and bringing your own inexpensive EF glass might work for some...never expected a Canon EF mount on an Arri highend camera...the lack of internal RAW is the only bummer at this price range...I mean...Kinefinity did it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ebrahim Saadawi Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 It's cool but what other manufacturer would get away with that hedious box + sensor ar 30+k?I mean why not compete with the normal market, for example if this had a side grip with buttons, a swivel LCD and a top handle with XLRs at around 25K it would be an immensely popular handheld camera with the legendary alexa sensor, with such a little addition of hardware they can expand and eat a big chunk of the Canon Cinema/F5-55/Red Epic marketshare... or maybe they want to only be associated with highend-rental groups instead of mass productions & sales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtheory Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Thinking about it, lack of internal RAW is probably a business decision, not an engineering fault...this camera would seriously screw up its bigger brother if it did internal RAW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyWill Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 It's cool but what other manufacturer would get away with that hedious box + sensor ar 30+k?I mean why not compete with the normal market, for example if this had a side grip with buttons, a swivel LCD and a top handle with XLRs at around 25K it would be an immensely popular handheld camera with the legendary alexa sensor, with such a little addition of hardware they can expand and eat a big chunk of the Canon Cinema/F5-55/Red Epic marketshare... or maybe they want to only be associated with highend-rental groups instead of mass productions & sales. Possibly because they don't want youtube being filled with footage that doesn't show off their camera in talented hands. mtheory, Wulf and Xavier Plagaro Mussard 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.f.r. Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 It's cool but what other manufacturer would get away with that hedious box + sensor ar 30+k?I mean why not compete with the normal market, for example if this had a side grip with buttons, a swivel LCD and a top handle with XLRs at around 25K it would be an immensely popular handheld camera with the legendary alexa sensor, with such a little addition of hardware they can expand and eat a big chunk of the Canon Cinema/F5-55/Red Epic marketshare... or maybe they want to only be associated with highend-rental groups instead of mass productions & sales. So Rolls Royce lower all of their prices as well...... The way I see it Alexa has already cut prices immensely , they are simply the best providing some of not the best image in the market. Beautiful colors, dynamic range and ease of use for professional applications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtheory Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 How good is the ProRes 4444 XQ codec? Can you still change exposure of the footage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Bourke-Velji Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 They should have named it St. George because the Dragon has been slain... Jokes aside, looks like a brilliant tool for DoP's hopefully it has nice rental price Wulf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Can't wait to snap one of these up on eBay in 5 years sunyata and Xavier Plagaro Mussard 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ebrahim Saadawi Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 In 2020 I wouldn't be surprised if you could indeed pick it up used for 5K or so, but then again, by that time you will be able to buy a new Samsung that's better in everyway and has a cupholder for the same money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted February 23, 2015 Administrators Share Posted February 23, 2015 They should have named it St. George because the Dragon has been slain... Jokes aside, looks like a brilliant tool for DoP's hopefully it has nice rental price Haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtheory Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Well, I doubt this announcement will sway Fincher who probably already got spoilt doing cut-ins and stabilization on his 6K dragon workflow. But aside from the cutting edge crowd, Alexa Mini will definitely deflate RED's market share. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Punk Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Tee hee nahua 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Policar Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 How good is the ProRes 4444 XQ codec? Can you still change exposure of the footage?No visible difference between ProRes and RAW on anything other than IMAX good. Even then, 99% of people wouldn't catch a thing. ProRes from the Alexa is flawless, better than Red Raw at high bitrates. Who knows why.You can't change your ISO (digital gain) in prores, but in my experience Alexa footage grades much more flexibly than any Red footage and the log implementation is so far superior to Sony's and Canon's... you just move your gamma slider and it feels like you're moving your exposure.The Alexa is the real deal. mtheory 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcs Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 The only difference between RAW and ProRes 4444 XQ (or regular 4444) is ProRes maxes out at 12-bits and is debayered in camera. RAW was an interesting idea to offload expensive processing on desktop computers- its days are numbered. Compressed codecs will completely replace RAW. ARRI is now even providing tiny 50Mbit/s 422 MPEG2 to improve workflows. mtheory 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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