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02 / 2002
ARRICAM System Guide 07
Introduction to the ARRICAM System
The ARRICAM System is a new 35 mm film production
system consisting of 2 new cameras, the ARRICAM Studio
(ST) and the ARRICAM Lite (LT), plus a complete
range of accessories. The Studio is an extremely silent
sync sound camera, and the Lite is a small and light-
weight camera designed specifically for Steadicam and
hand held operation.
Both cameras have the basic controls (fps and shutter
angle) built-in. Advanced features can be added with
integrated expansion modules, like the Speed Control Box,
Manual Control Box, Lens Data System, In-Camera
Slate Box and wireless lens & camera controllers. The
modularity of the system allows productions to assemble
camera packages with just the features (and price) they
need. A high level of component interchangeability
gives rental houses great flexibility.
Two viewfinder systems can be mounted on either camera.
The Studio Viewfinder is bright and versatile and the Lite
Viewfinder is small and lightweight. Both viewfinder systems
can be equipped with a large number of accessories. The
Integrated Video Systems for these viewfinders have all 435 IVS
features, including many improvements and added functions.
With the Speed Control Box, camera speeds can be set with
0.001 fps accuracy, the camera can be switched from forward to
reverse run, simple 1 step speed ramps with shutter or
iris compensation can be performed and the camera can be
synchronized to an external source, like a video monitor.
With the Manual Control Box, camera speed and shutter
can be set. If used together with the Speed Control Box,
manual speed/exposure ramps or depth-of-field ramps
can be performed.
The In-Camera Slate is a replacement for smart slates. It
exposes man-readable characters onto film before an image
is recorded, including Timecode. This data can be extracted
during telecine or afterwards with ARRI optical character
recognition (OCR) software.
The Lens Data System automatically reads focus, iris and
zoom of LDS modified lenses. All lens accessories connect
to the Lens Data Box, which also contains the radio for
wireless lens and camera control. The Lens Data Display
shows lens settings and camera status, calculates depth
of field and allows setting of focus marks.
Compatible ARRI Accessories: Wired & Wireless Lens
Control System (LCS), Iris Control Unit (ICU),
Wireless Remote Controller (WRC), Hand Grip with RUN
button, Remote Switch RS-4, Matte Boxes, Follow Focuses,
Eyepiece Leveler, Bridgeplates, all PL mount 35mm Lenses,
Shift & Tilt System, Tilt Focus lenses, ARRI Macro lenses,
ARRIHEAD, ARRIMOTION, Varicon Contrast Control,
Obie Light, Directors Finder, Digital Directors Finder,
Power Supplies, Batteries.