Arri Alexa Mini

[Walter F. Rodriguez]

Correction:

ArriRaw 2.8k

Native 3.2k ProRes

UHD 4k by upscaling the 3.2k

 

Arriraw does not capture the surround view. 3.2k and up does.

[Jens Piotrowski SOC]

UHD is 3.8k for Television

 

http://www.arri.com/camera/alexa/learn/alexa_sxtsxr_faq/

[Walter F. Rodriguez]

3840 X 2160 to be exact!

[Michael Hauer]

Just seeking some clarification here. Netflix doesn't allow UHD Alexa footage?! What about Raw? Is this true of other up and streaming players like Hulu and such? Does this mean the push to 4k is finally an actual thing brought on by the streaming vs cable competition? Will we soon have to use inferior cameras until Arri releases a true 4k camera?

[Walter F. Rodriguez]

Indeed, the people who use the most compressed files of any distribution say they won't accept non UHD native footage. There are exceptions. Orange is the new Black started on ProRes Alexa and is still shot that way.

[Lawrence Karman]

Just seeking some clarification here. Netflix doesn't allow UHD Alexa footage?! What about Raw? Is this true of other up and streaming players like Hulu and such? Does this mean the push to 4k is finally an actual thing brought on by the streaming vs cable competition? Will we soon have to use inferior cameras until Arri releases a true 4k camera?

 

Yes, that is certainly the case with Netflix; I'm doing a show for them now and they insist on it regardless of whether the Alexa provides a better image. it is the streaming vs cable thing as you smartly point out. Or a fight over bandwidth with the cable/internet providers.

[Alec Jarnagin SOC]

"There are exceptions. Orange is the new Black started on ProRes Alexa and is still shot that way."

 

Same with "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt," but that went into production as an NBC show and then switched to NETFLIX.

[Walter F. Rodriguez]

Just heard today that the fourth season of Orange is the New Black will be shot on the new Panasonic Varicam in 4k!

[Orlando Duguay]

Hey so I am going to be flying one of these little guys on a music video next week. Has anyone here gotten their hands on one yet? Any word on bracketry, cables, etc? Anything I should be aware of?

[matthew pearce]

any updates on flying the mini?

[Jens Piotrowski SOC]

this is a great video to understand the different Alexa Mini builds and available brackets

 

 

[matthew pearce]

thx Jens.... was watching that when you posted - cheers

[Mike McGowan SOC]

Little guy is soooo bad ass!

[Sanjay Sami]

I have a shoot coming up in a few days with the Mini. In the video the battery plate that they add onto the camera does not seem to have any cable that supplies the camera. I am guessing it doesnt use a standard ARRI power cable ?

[brett.mayfield]

same as amira power cable. every time I've used the Mini the battery plate does have a cable. haven't watched this video, but the power is as normal as you'd expect it to be.