Anton Bauer is expanding their Dionic 26V series, with new B-Mount options of two batteries, the Dionic 26V 98Wh and the Dionic 26V 240Wh. They are also adding a new quad-charger for the new B-Mount batteries. The batteries, the charger, as well as a range of battery plates were developed in cooperation with ARRI for use with demanding cameras, such as the recently launched ARRI Alexa 35. Let’s have a closer look. A quick recap: the move to B-Mount as the new industry standard has been going on for a while. We have reported on this before. The main reasons for this were, that V-Mount and Gold-Mount were built around the former industry standard of 12V, while B-Mount is able to support both 12V and 24V workloads. Apart from that, B-Mount also uses an open protocol, developed by Bebop and endorsed by ARRI as an open industry standard (please refer to our ARRI Tech Talk). Keeping in mind that higher workloads also mean physically bigger batteries, B-Mount has been developed to handle higher weights securely. While there have been workaround for V-Mount and Gold-Mount to expand their capabilities, B-Mount is the dedicated solution. The New Dionic 26V Series B-Mount Batteries Anton Bauer Dionic 26V Series batteries in 98Wh and 240Wh. Source: Anton Bauer The expansion of the Dionic 26V Series for B-Mount comes in two sizes: 98Wh and 240Wh. Both have the following features: 20A max draw12A continuous drawOver 300W consistently availableUse B-Mount protocol for communication with camera equipmentProtection against...
Published By: CineD - Wednesday, 6 July, 2022