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According to Arri, the Amira is a shoulder camera for fast shooting situations. Thanks to the same sensor, it is intended to offer the same image quality as the Alexa with up to 14 stops. Recording is possible at Full HD or 2K resolution, optionally compressed in the four ProRes qualities LT, 422, 422HQ or 444 in the Rec 709 or Log C color spaces. RAW recordings are not possible.
With the Amira, frame rates from 0.75 up to 200 frames per second can be shot for slow-motion recordings. For fast broadcast operations, various predefined looks can be defined and applied directly in the camera. This is intended to save production costs and time.
The Arri Amira is the world’s first camera to store recordings on CFast 2.0 cards. In parallel with Arri’s Amira presentation, SanDisk announced cards in the CFast 2.0 standard. Special attention was paid to the audio features specifically for documentary shoots: The LCD screen on the side is suitable for optimized audio monitoring and operation of the audio functions, and it can record in four audio channels. It also has a Wi-Fi module.
Arri has not yet provided information about the availability or price of the Amira camera.
You can find all further information about the Arri Amira here.
AMIRA Showreel from ARRI Channel on Vimeo.
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