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ARRI Alexa Mini
Small, lightweight and self-capable, ARRI ALEXA Mini is versatile addition to the ARRI ALEXA family. Camera perfectly fits as an addition to the bigger ALEXA cameras for special shots with drone or gimbal.
Camera works also as an A-camera for handheld or EasyRig jobs.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
| Product | ALEXA Mini |
| Camera type | 35 mm format film-style digital camera with lightweight and compact carbon body, switchable active sensor area, support for ARRI MVF-1 viewfinder, built-in remote control capabilities via ARRI Electronic Control System and Wi-Fi, support for cforce motors, built-in motorized ND filters, interchangeable lens mounts and ARRI Lens Data System as well as Lens Data Archive. |
| Dimensions | Length: 185 mm/7.3″ Width: 125 mm/4.9″ Height: 140 mm/5.5″ (camera body with PL lens mount) Click here for dimensional drawings |
| Weight | ~ 2.3 kg/5 lbs (camera body with titanium PL lens mount) |
| Sensor | 35 mm format ARRI ALEV III CMOS with Bayer pattern color filter array |
| Active photo sites (with surround view) | S16 HD: 1600 x 900 (1760 x 980) HD: 2880 x 1620 (3168 x 1772) 2K: 2868 x 1612 (3154 x 1764) 3.2K: 3200 x 1800 (3424 x 1926) 4K UHD: 3200 x 1800 (3424 x 1926) 4:3 2.8K: 2880 x 2160 (3168 x 2160) 2.39:1 2K Ana.: 2560 x 2145 (3424 x 2202) HD Ana.: 1920 x 2160 (3424 x 2202) Open Gate 3.4K: 3424 x 2202 (3424 x 2202) |
| Shutter | Electronic shutter, 5.0° to 356.0° |
| Exposure latitude | 14+ stops over the entire sensitivity range from EI 160 to EI 3200 as measured with the ARRI Dynamic Range Test Chart (DRTC-1) |
| Exposure index | EI 800 base sensitivity |
| Filters | Built-in motorized ND filters 0.6, 1.2, 2.1 |
| Lens mounts | Titanium PL mount with L-Bus connector and LDS EF mount PL mount with Hirose connector and LDS B4 mount with Hirose connector(A) |
| Recording media | CFast 2.0 memory cards |
| Recording formats | ProRes: S16 HD: 1920 x 1080 (up-sampled from 1600 x 900) HD: 1920 x 1080 2K Cine 16:9: 2048 x 1152 3.2K: 3200 x 1800 4K UHD: 3840 x 2160 (up-sampled from 3.2K) 4:3 2.8K: 2880 x 2160 (padded to 2944 x 2160)Anamorphic ProRes formats with 2x in-camera de-squeeze: HD Anamorphic: 1920 x 1080* 2.39:1 2K Anamorphic: 2048 x 858*MXF/ARRIRAW (in-camera recording to MXF-wrapped ARRIRAW files): 2.8K 16:9: 2880 x 1620** Open Gate: 3424 x 2202*** MXF/ARRIRAW Open Gate modes with active image area matching 4:3 ProRes modes: *) requires ALEXA Mini 4:3 License Key, Click here for a drawing with details about the recording areas, surround views and framelines |
| Recording codec | ProRes 4444XQ, 4444, 422 (HQ), 422, 422(LT), MXF/ARRIRAW |
| Recording frame rates | 16:9 ProRes HD 0.75 – 200 fps ProRes S16 HD 0.75 – 200 fps ProRes 2K 0.75 – 200 fps ProRes 3.2K 0.75 – 60 fps ProRes UHD 0.75 – 60 fps MFX/ARRIRAW 16:9 2.8K 0.75 – 48 fps4:3 ProRes 4:3 2.8K 0.75 – 50 fps6:5* ProRes 2:39:1 2K Ana. 0.75 – 120 fps 8:9** Open Gate * 4:3 cropped |
| Color output | Rec 709, custom look or Log C |
| Look control | Import of custom 3D LUT, ASC CDL parameter (slope, offset, power, saturation) |
| Adjustable image parameters | Knee, gamma, saturation, black gamma, saturation by hue |
| Focus and exposure control | Peaking, zebra, false color, waveform |
| White balance | Manual and auto white balance |
| Sound level | < 20 dB(A) at standard frame rates |
| Environmental | ‘-20° C to +45° C (-4° F to +113° F) @ 95% humidity max, non-condensing splash and dust-proof through sealed electronics |
| Viewfinder | Multi Viewfinder MVF-1 (OLED and LCD) with flip-out LCD screen and military-grade connector to camera Camera Control Panel (CCP-1) LCD control panel with option to daisy-chain MVF-1 |
| Control interface | Soft buttons and OSD on SDI output, integration of Transvideo Starlite HD5-ARRI touch interface WCU-4 hand-unit with control over operational parameters. |
| ARRI lens motor control | Built-in white coded radio interface for ARRI lens and camera remote control LBUS motor output for daisy-chainable cforce lens control motors Lens Data Archive |
| Wi-Fi remote control | Built-in Wi-Fi interface and web-based remote control from phones, tablets and laptops |
| Custom control | Optional GPIO interface for integration with custom control interfaces |
| Power input | Lemo 8-pin, 10.5-34 V DC |
| Video outputs | 2x HD-SDI out 1.5G and 3G: uncompressed HD video with embedded audio and metadata, 6G SDI in UHD and 3.2K recording modes. |
| Inputs | SDI-Genlock (optional activation through ARRI Service), Timecode (in and output) |
| Other interfaces | USB 2.0 (for user sets, looks etc.) Ethernet for service and web remote control EXT accessory interface w. RS pin and unregulated power output (outputs battery voltage) |
