ALEXA: ON THE FRONTIER - ARRI Lighting Rental

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Lightweight Alura Zooms offer great
quality for a great price
ARRI is unique in offering filmmakers a modern range of
matched, high-performance prime, zoom and specialty cinematography
optics. A particular strength is the wide end of the range, where ARRI
offers unparalleled lenses such as the Ultra Prime 8R/T2.8. This
lens, along with the rest of the Ultra Prime series and also the
prestigious Master Prime range, is the result of an on-going
collaboration with Carl Zeiss that has brought about some of
the most high-performing and user-friendly cine lenses ever
manufactured.
In recent years ARRI has developed a collaborative partnership
with another world-renowned optics company – Fujinon. The ARRI/
FUJINON Alura Zooms have been developed to accompany the ARRI
ALEXA digital camera system; they are optimized for digital sensors,
but also work perfectly on film. Initially launching with two studio
zooms, the 18-80/T2.6 and 45-250/T2.6, the Alura Zoom family
now includes two new lightweight zooms, the 15.5-45/T2.8 and
30-80/T2.8.
The new Alura Zooms offer the exceptional optical quality of
high-end zoom lenses, but at an affordable price. Lightweight and
mobile, they are ideal for handheld, Steadicam, 3D and action
photography, and their compatibility with the ARRI Lens Data
System allows valuable metadata to be utilized both on set and
in post.
6 ARRINEWS
Deliveries of the lightweight Alura Zooms began in April, although
several cinematographers had previously tested the lenses during
the development process. One of these was Stijn Van der Veken,
SBC, who noted, “I shot tests comparing the lightweight Aluras with
my Master Primes and my first impression was that they’re wonderful!
I aim to use them on a big WWI feature film project that starts
shooting this summer.”