ARRI’s new ALEXA 35 Xtreme cinema camera can streamline your production and save you time and money. The ALEXA 35 Xtreme brings numerous updates to the ALEXA 35, including a powerful new processor, faster memory, new sensor modes, longer recording times, faster frame rates, and the new ARRICORE codec that provides higher quality images with lower data rates. The camera will be released in multiple camera sets with licenses aimed at different production requirements.
Alternatively, you can upgrade your existing ARRI ALEXA 35 to Xtreme at an ARRI service center.
New Main Image Processor
Offering improved image quality and reliability, the ALEXA 35 Xtreme’s new sensor and larger and faster onboard memory enable frame rates up to 660 fps, eliminating the need for additional specialized high-speed cameras that may require additional work to match your main camera profile. The processor maintains the full 17 stops of dynamic range up to 330 fps, and when utilizing frame rates up to 660 fps with Sensor Overdrive mode, it maintains up to 11 stops of dynamic range.
ARRICORE Codec
Accompanying the new sensor is the next-gen ARRICORE RGB codec that provides optimized image quality with even lower data rates. Your workflows will stay familiar, however, and wrappers, audio, and textures will remain the same as original ALEXA 35 workflows. Prerecording times are now five times longer to make high-speed capture easier to record in higher resolutions, providing up to 30 seconds in 4.6K Open Gate to five full minutes of prerecording time in ProRes 422 HQ at 24 fps.
Other Improvements
The camera’s internal improvements help save up to 10% power usage over the original ALEXA 35. Updates to Wi-Fi also make connectivity easier, making it faster to connect with ARRI’s Camera Companion app, and providing 5 GHz compatibility, roaming within a mesh network, and auto-connect features.
Camera Sets and Accessories
Since the ALEXA 35 Xtreme has the same housing and connector locations as the ALEXA 35, it can utilize the same accessory ecosystem. So, all the lens mounts, extensions, brackets, and utilities are compatible, and some electronic items that require compatibility updates, such as the CCM-1 and Hi-5, will be available at a later date.
The ALEXA 35 Xtreme Camera Sets are all sold with either a Base or Premium license, and the Base license is compatible with already existing add-on a la carte features with Permanent, Annual, Monthly, and Weekly duration choices.
ALEXA 35 Xtreme Camera Set options include the Entry Set, the Operator Set, and the Production Set, and additional Premium bundles include LPL-mount and PL-mount Sets.
For more information about the new ARRI ALEXA 35 Xtreme, feel free to give us a call, start a chat, or come visit us at the NYC SuperStore.
