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Arri Alexa Mini


Mariano Costa

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Using the mini on a long show now as my steadicam camera and b camera and its great! Finding the weight difference amazing and still running it with a onboard battery its still so much lighter = less strain, i take the eyepiece off and the ac controls all settings from his iphone, amazing camera.

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both cameras are 5 lbs, but Mini has 2xBNC and more. building for steadicam will depend on the cage, but they have been pretty similar cages so far. battery plate will be connected to 15mm support rather than an attached module like RED. this will give you space to put aks between camera body and battery plate. do not remove the antenna. I have used several different wireless options, but the best has been teradek 2000 with the AB mounts, so you can power camera and teradek and other aks from top battery. or run all the power through the bottom of your sled for a super minimal experience. no battery on top at all. makes for a very short sled, but could be worth it depending on what you're shooting.

 

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Wanted to chime in with some Mini intel from the Teradek forefront.

 

We've had a few of our new COLR units out in the field and on set. Immediately designed as a wireless LUT box which was envisioned to be living on a DIT cart or monitor. Turns out there's an application for it ON camera.

 

We'll have some more documentation in the near future as it seems to be a popular workflow, but just want you all to be aware!

 

In addition to its ability to apply and store LUTs, operators have been playing with the Gig-E port. With this, they're connecting directly to the Mini and taking advantage of the latest SUP 3.0 firmware and camera control functions.

 

Here's a silly little hype video we were able to briefly capture during our last visit to Abel. https://vimeo.com/147792588

But as I mentioned, more info to come, if you have any specific questions or clarifications, please don't hesitate to shout!

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Just used the Mini for a fairly long one shot scene in a movie I am on right now. Ive had the Alexa XT on the movie until now and the DP - Marc Koninckx - an ex steadicam operator himself, insisted I get the Mini for the shot. What a pleasure. I love this camera.

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The Alexa Mini has been a big hit over here. We have included a Wooden Camera D-box with ours so that you get Anton Bauer power plus all the 24v and 12v accessory ports. It also provides hot swap capability.

We have 4 Arri Mini's and can't keep them in house! You can side mount and top mount the battery plate as well and mount the shoulder pad on the top rods for handheld.

 

-C

 

Koernercamera.com

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