[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Arri is one of the most renowed and oldest motion picture camera manufacturing company that spread its wings to produce lenses, lights and other accessories.<\/p>\n
After digital platform became the standard for recording and projecting images in film making, Arri quickly came up with digital cinema cameras D-20 & D-21.<\/p>\n
Arri\u2019s major success arrived with the introduction of Arri Alexa series cameras.<\/p>\n
Arri\u2019s workshop in association with\u00a0Sica<\/b>\u00a0is an eye opener to understand about Arri Alexa camera\u2019s workflow, lens and other important accessories.<\/p>\n
Arri Team \u2013 Mr. Hans, Mr.\u00a0 Hendrik, Mr. Jorg.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
In the presence of Sica President Mr. P.C.Sreeram<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Venue: Prasad Lab Theatre, Chennai.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Date: 16.10.2016<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Cinema Lens: \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
Before getting into Arri Cinema lenses and its features, Mr. Hans cleared the air by informing that the Cinema lenses especially ARRI lens optics system can support more than 10k resolution (in the wake of\u00a0 today\u2019s aggressive marketing for increasing camera resolution and its lens compatibility).<\/p>\n
Important quality features of lens to look for:<\/p>\n
Advantages of\u00a0 oval Bokeh, distinctive flares and the ability to render out-of-focus areas of Arri Anamorphic lenses were explained.<\/p>\n
Arri Alexa SXT 6:5 sensor mode (Beneficial for shooting with anamorphic lens<\/i>)<\/b><\/p>\n
When stretched, a 2x\u00a0anamorphic lens<\/b>\u00a0used with standard 35mm film yields a 2.39:1 aspect ratio, commonly referred to as Cinemascope.<\/p>\n
Since anamorphic lenses squeeze the 2.39:1 image by a factor of 2, the resulting area used on the sensor has a 1.195:1 aspect ratio that equates to 6:5 sensor modes that is included with all ALEXA\u00a0SXT cameras. The ALEXA sensor is unique in that it has the same height as a 35 mm film frame, and so anamorphic lenses exhibit the same field of view as on 35 mm film.<\/p>\n
ARRI Master Hand grips:<\/b><\/p>\n
Most useful hand grips manufactured by Arri for using cinema cameras for Single man crew filming ENG (electronic news gathering) or documentary style functioning, where it enables to control exposure, focus and zoom operation single handedly.<\/p>\n
It has\u00a0left and right wheels<\/b>, assigned buttons for aperture and focus,\u00a0Left and right rockers<\/b>\u00a0for smooth zooming.<\/p>\n
There is a red color joystick to move up\/down to control camera related functions.<\/p>\n
There is a touch screen display at the top of the master grip where you can glide through the pages for settings and recording button.<\/p>\n
While moving the wheel we can witness T or f-stop of the lens we desire at the top of the left master grip.<\/p>\n
ARRI Trinity (Steady cam with Gimbal)<\/b><\/p>\n
Trinity is the most advanced camera stabilizer unit developed by ARRI which is a steady cam combined with a gimbal which uses both mechanical and electronic stabilization.<\/p>\n
This unit can accept camera weight up to 30kg combining a Steady cam like vest configuration with a gimbal that offers pan and tilt controls, along with locked horizons and self-balancing features, the Trinity offers seamless low-to-high transitions.<\/p>\n
Even a 45 degree camera rotation can be done either side. The advantage of Trinity is, it allows following movement from toe to head where other steady cam units allows only fixed angle position.<\/p>\n
This unit allows using any high end cinema cameras like ARRI Alexa SXT with any type of lens except for few heavy Zoom lenses.<\/p>\n
Wireless Compact Unit WCU-4<\/b><\/p>\n
Arri\u2019s WCU-4 is a three axis of lens controller with a lens data display in a compact\u00a0form. Easy-to-read lens and camera information is available on the large 3\u201d display along with data from optional ultrasonic distance measurement devices.<\/p>\n
The transflective display technology ensures perfect readability in all ambient lighting conditions.<\/p>\n
The super-smooth focus knob contains an integrated light source that shines through the optionally pre-marked focus ring in low light conditions. Thus providing clearly readable focus marks at all times.<\/p>\n
This unit is more helpful to change aperture, lens focal length or focus in critical filming position like aerial or any action sequences.<\/p>\n
It also displays at the right side \u2018depth of field indicator\u2019 according to the iris set. It operates and communicates data\u2019s with the radio inside the camera.<\/p>\n
To use this WCU-4\u00a0<\/b>unit, motors has to be set for focus, Aperture and to zoom (if needed) connected to camera body via cable from motors.<\/p>\n
There is also in need of radio connectivity antenna AMC- 1 to operate and receive radio signals from WCU-4 and camera.<\/p>\n
Like AMC-1 there is also UMC-4, 3 axis motor controllers to be paired with wcu-4. The UMC-4 incorporates the LDS Lens Data Archive and generates frame-accurate lens data with any lens.<\/p>\n
Lens data is used for lens mapping to pre-marked focus rings and depth-of-field display on the WCU-4 hand unit.<\/p>\n
It also enables focus tracking, setting the focus motor to continuously follow a subject by using an ultrasonic\u00a0distance measurer for VFX tasks in post.<\/p>\n
ARRI AMIRA<\/b><\/p>\n
Arri Amira camera was introduced and clearly stated that this camera is not only meant for documentary filming. It is a multipurpose camera which has high quality Arri Alexa sensor. The only major difference is that this camera doesn\u2019t record raw images.<\/p>\n
During the workshop, ARRI camera\u2019s post production work flow was explained and Arri Alexa\u2019s flexibility of different recording options displayed.<\/p>\n
On a concluding note, visuals from Indian cinematographers using Arri Alexa was screened and appreciated.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_media_grid grid_id=”vc_gid:1510736089876-cdceec31-91b4-0″ include=”1006,1007,1008,1009,1010,1011,1012,1013,1014,1015,1016,1017,1018,1019,1020,1021,1022,1023,1024,1025″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n
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