Was a second on a shoot with the Arri Alexa. An awesome camera with a lot of latitude. Super user friendly and easy to learn. You can't shoot arriraw yet but ProRes 4444 at Log-C is pretty amazing. And unlike waiting for days to transcode 4.5k Red, Alexa records right onto SxS cards that you pop right in and are ready to edit.
Really hope to shoot with this soon. The EI ranges from 200-1600 but the sweet spot is 800. At 800 you have 7 stops over and 7 under making it 14 stops :). May seem like a pain on a bright exterior but I'd rather use a ND 1.2 and have 7 stops for my highlights then lose the 2 stops to shoot at a 200. Also the noise is super low at 800.
So seems like grab the Alexa, some good glass, ND filters + T1 (to block out infared), and a decent lighting package (camera is great but its not magic you still want to get a healthy histogram/waveform and light the blacks if you want to see detail in them).
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