In a rather surprising announcement, ARRI revealed the ARRI ALEXA 265, the successor to the ALEXA 65, their large format cinema camera. When you look at it, it’s immediately clear: They used the ALEXA 35 body design and reworked it to house a 65mm sensor. Learn more below. If you thought, “it’s the end of the year, we won’t see any new major camera announcements anymore”, or even, “We got the FUJIFILM GFX ETERNA announcement and the Blackmagic URSA Cine 12K as (super) large format cameras this year, that’s plenty!”, you have been wrong: Here we are, ARRI just dropped a new large format camera just before the holidays (but, spoiler alert: it’s not going to land under your Christmas tree). ARRI ALEXA 265 – as small as an ALEXA 35, one third of ALEXA 65’s weight Unexpectedly, we are seeing a “small” large format ARRI ALEXA with the new ARRI ALEXA 265, which is scheduled to be available in early 2025. It looks like this will be a rental-only camera just like the ALEXA 65, its predecessor, but it’s only marginally larger than the very popular ALEXA 35 (here’s our in-depth interview and here’s our detailed Lab Test including video), a Super35mm sensor camera, and much lighter than its predecessor (one third of the ALEXA 65’s weight). This should make large-format cinematography even more feasible for feature film and TV series production than ever before. It’s save to say this camera is going to make a difference in the...
Published By: CineD - Thursday, 5 December, 2024