ARRI Amira revealed!

[Simon Denny]

I was thinking a B4 mount with my current 2/3 lens world be a great start and add a few primes in there.

[Glen Vandermolen]

Originally Posted by Simon Denny

I was thinking a B4 mount with my current 2/3 lens world be a great start and add a few primes in there.

This makes sense. I'm sure there's a big magnification factor with a 2/3" lens - but the Cabrio is $38,000! I can live with a cropped image.

[Brian Drysdale]

ARRI Product Manger Marcus Duerr talks about the features.

YouTube (Short URL)

[Gints Klimanis]

Any word on the specific price? I'm reading a $38k lens is twice the price of the camera. So, $19k ?

[Oleg Kalyan]

Great news, do they have a pre order anywhere?

[Simon Denny]

I get the feeling this wont have the same color engine as the Alexa although it has the same sensor. I also wonder what ISO rating this is.

Time will tell.

[Roshdi Alkadri]

I think it will be exactly Alexa's quality, well minus the 4k feature in which Alexa will be featuring soon.

[Emmanuel Plakiotis]

Price revealed

Prores 422 1080 up to100fps €26000 (CVP) or $40000 in US
Prores 422HQ 1080 up to 200fps €29000 (CVP) or TBA
Prores 4444 2K up to 200fps. €33000 (CVP) or TBA
Since the US price is MSRP and the Eurpoean price is from a dealer, I suspect the actual US pricing scheme will be $35000, $39000, $44500.

http://about.abelcine.com/files/2014...ase_300114.pdf


The lower spec models can be software upgradable to the better ones.

CORRECTION:
According to CVP the base model does normal 422 (145mbits) but not HQ list of features is below:

AMIRA Camera Set: K0.0001090
HD 1080i & 1080p; Framerates 0.75-100 fps; Recording formats:ProRes 422 (Proxy), 422 (LT), 422 in Rec709; 3 Looks, in camera adjustable image parameters for Knee, Gamma, Saturation & other, Focus and exposure control tools.

AMIRA Camera Set with Advanced License: K0.0001091
Advanced licence key: HD 1080i & 1080p; Framerates 0.75-200 fps; Recording Formats: ProRes 422 (Proxy), 422 (LT), 422, 422 (HQ) in Rec709 & Log C; Unlimited Looks functions; Import Looks; in camera adjustable image parameters for Knee, Gamma, Saturation & other; ASC CDL in camera grading; Focus and exposure control tools; Dynamic Auto Tracking Whitebalance*; WiFi Remote Control*; Bluetooth Audio monitoring*; Pre Record function*
Features additional to ‚AMIRA‘: Framerates 100 - 200 fps; Recording format ProRes 422 (HQ); Log C; Unlimited Look functions; Import Looks; ASC CDL in-camera grading; Dynamic Auto Tracking Whitebalance*; WiFi Remote Control*; Bluetooth Audio Monitoring*; Pre Record function*.

AMIRA Camera Set with Premium License: K0.0001092
Includes:
Premium licence key: HD 1080i & 1080p; 2K (2048 x 1152); Framerates 0.75-200 fps; Recording Formats ProRes 422 (Proxy), 422 (LT), 422, 422 (HQ), 4444 in Rec709 & Log C; Unlimited Looks functions; Import Looks, Import custom 3D LUTs; in camera image parameters for Knee, Gamma, Saturation & other; ASC CDL in-camera grading; Focus and exposure control tools; Dynamic Auto Tracking Whitebalance*; WiFi Remote Control*; Bluetooth Audio monitoring*; Pre Record function*
Features additional to AMIRA with Advanced license: 2K (2048 x 1152) recording; ProRes 4444, Import custom 3D LUTs
I think they represent a good deal compared to Alexa, but not that enticing, compared to the competition. On the other hand, is a justified premium for the best sensor on the market and Arri's reliability and ergonomics.

[Bill Bruner]

The Arri sensor and ergonomics (which means $thousands saved on shoulder rigs) are two of the three really big deals about this camera. The third is that it records to an edit-friendly codec on relatively inexpensive CF cards - so no transcoding and no expensive drives = more $thousands saved in post

Renting this camera for $2000 a week could be the best investment in reducing production and post-production costs that an indie can make.

Cheers,

Bill
Hybrid Camera Revolution

[Emmanuel Plakiotis]

She doesn't get CF BUT CFast 2.0 which are very fast but, at the moment more expensive than SSD. Amost $2K for 256GB

[Brian Drysdale]

A video interview about the AMIRA at the NAB stand:

PVC at NAB 2014 - ARRI AMIRA on Vimeo