The ARRI ALEXA Mini LF is a very popular camera when it comes to shooting Hollywood features on a big budget. Although it is the mini version of the proper ALEXA camera series, it does its job just as well, but in a more compact package (which is often an advantage). The new SUP (Software Update Package) 7.0 Beta now adds a whole host of new features to the already very capable Mini LF. The ARRI ALEXA Mini LF features a large ALEV 3 A2X sensor (hence the LF -Large Format- in its name) with a native resolution of 4448 x 3096. This is a fairly large 4.5K sensor (36.70 x 25.54 mm) and it requires a certain image circle to be fully covered (44.71 mm / 1.760″ to be exact). New SUP 7.0 Beta for the ALEXA Mini LF. Image credit: ARRI This fact, of course, limits the choice of lenses for this camera a bit. Well, the new SUP 7.0 beta solves this problem by adding a bunch of dedicated s35 recording modes that basically turns this camera into a LF/s35 hybrid camera, or to put it more bluntly, it puts a classic ALEXA right into the Mini LF. However, this is just a firmware update, not a new 4K s35 camera (which ARRI has announced will be coming to market soontm – most likely: announcement: later in 2021, release: 2022). ALEXA Mini LF – SUP 7.0 Beta The new firmware update offers four new s35 recording modes,...
Published By: CineD - Monday, 29 March, 2021