PannySVHS Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 Our friends at slashcam have posted these news for the highest end rental market, same sensor size as Alexa 65, one stop better dynamic range of 15 stops, one stop more sensitive with 6400 ISO being as clean as 3200 ISO on the original 65. Also, the weight has been reduced to one third of the Alexa 65 with 3.3 kg compared to 10+ kg. All in the shell of an Alwxa 35 Mini. But read for yourself. Here is the article in English, also in numbers, with a size comparison to the large format baby from Blackmagic, which comes at 30.000, whereas the new Alexa is rental only. https://www.slashcam.com/news/single/ARRI-ALEXA-265---65mm-film-production-now-more-com-18982.html John Matthews 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronFilm Posted December 6 Share Posted December 6 3 hours ago, PannySVHS said: whereas the new Alexa is rental only. I'll take two! (I think if you're an established rental house, with an existing long standing relationship with ARRI, then you can buy these. I've heard it's roughly is about a quarter million dollars? Massively more expensive than an ARRI 35, which is "only" eighty grand or so) John Matthews and PannySVHS 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PannySVHS Posted December 7 Author Share Posted December 7 With the Blackmagic Ursa 17K offering 15 stops as well it looks like a valid alternative with 4 kg vs 3.3, also offering almost three times the pixel count compared to the Alexa. Taken from the comment section of German version of the article: Alexa 265 weighting 3.3 kg and measuring (HxWxL) 147 x 163.9 x 199.4 mm vs.BMD 17k with 4kg and 153 x 154 x 280 mm. Both being small compared to the 10.5kg Alexa 65. I'm happy with just one Ursa 17K.:) @IronFilm Wondering if it's offering a stepless digizoom. If not, I won't be getting one!:) John Matthews 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomTheDP Posted December 8 Share Posted December 8 5 hours ago, PannySVHS said: With the Blackmagic Ursa 17K offering 15 stops as well it looks like a valid alternative with 4 kg vs 3.3, also offering almost three times the pixel count compared to the Alexa. Taken from the comment section of German version of the article: Alexa 265 weighting 3.3 kg and measuring (HxWxL) 147 x 163.9 x 199.4 mm vs.BMD 17k with 4kg and 153 x 154 x 280 mm. Both being small compared to the 10.5kg Alexa 65. I'm happy with just one Ursa 17K.:) @IronFilm Wondering if it's offering a stepless digizoom. If not, I won't be getting one!:) The new FF 12K measures 13.5 stops of DR as SNR 2 but latitude tests show it performs worse than the Alexa LF. Now the URSA 17K should have better dynamic range than the 12k FF model. The Alexa 65's dynamic range has never been measured, and I imagine it is more than a stop better than the LF. The 17k is 25k to buy where as the new 265 is rent only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatstoomuchjam Posted December 8 Share Posted December 8 For the most part, measurements/comparisons won't matter too much. The Alexa 65 is going to get used on a bunch of Hollywood productions and the 12K/17K will get used will get used on sets where budget matters and where the entire cost of buying the 12K is about the same as renting the Alexa for 2-3 days. 🙂 IronFilm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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