ARRI has just announced that they will endorse the B-Mount 12/24V battery interface as its new standard to power ARRI cameras and LED lights. This new 24V as “industry standard” has a potential for increased power by three times compared to 12V systems. Let’s take a closer look at it! We all know V-Mount and Gold Mount batteries have been industry-standard for years and commonly used all over the world to power cameras and LED lights. But to our surprise, ARRI announced that they will make B-Mount batteries “our industry standard and will be using it in our cameras and lights from now on.” Image credit: ARRI B-Mount batteries B-Mount batteries are not entirely new. In fact, back in April 2019, during NAB, we already talked about these new batteries launched by German manufacturer bebob. This new battery standard solves three “issues”: The cells and mounts are equipped to support multi-voltage, 12 and 24 volts.The side-sliding battery mount is designed to handle the extra weight of the 24-volt batteries very securely with no play in the mount.The B-Mount interface uses only one protocol to communicate with the camera/accessories, which is available to all manufacturers so the batteries can “talk” with the camera and show you the remaining battery life. While this new B-Mount seems quite nice, it’s been a niche product since its announcement and nobody except bebob at the moment manufactured batteries/chargers/battery plates with a B-Mount. Image credit: ARRI ARRI makes B-Mount the new standard ARRI is known for...
Published By: CineD - Thursday, 15 April, 2021