Specifications

09 / 2003
ARRICAM Studio
Introduction to the ARRICAM System
08 ARRICAM System Guide
The ARRICAM system is a complete 35 mm film production system
with modern features including Super 35, dual pin registration, optional
3 perforation movements, brilliant viewfinders and high quality video
assists. The system consists of two camera bodies, the ARRICAM
Studio (ST) and the ARRICAM Lite (LT), which are accompanied by a
full range of electronic and mechanical accessories.
The Studio is an extremely quiet sync sound camera, and the Lite is a
small and lightweight camera designed specifically for Steadicam and
hand held operation. Both cameras have the basic controls (fps, shutter
angle, footage counter) built-in. Advanced features can be added with
integrated expansion modules, like the Speed Control Box, Manual
Control Box, Timing Shift Box, Lens Data Box, In-camera Slate Box
and wireless lens and camera controllers. The system’s modularity allows
productions to assemble camera packages with just the features they need.
A high level of component interchangeability gives rental houses great
flexibility.
Two magazines have been developed specifically for the Studio camera,
and two more for the Lite camera. The two Studio magazines are very
quiet and run forward and reverse, and the two Lite magazines were
kept to a minimum in size and weight through the active displacement
mechanism. With the use of adapters, all four magazines can be used on
both cameras.
A complete range of viewfinders can be mounted on either camera.
This system includes two viewfinders for spherical viewing: the Lite
Viewfinder and the Studio Viewfinder, and two viewfinders that switch
between spherical and anamorphic viewing: the Lite Universal Viewfinder
and the Studio Universal Viewfinder. All viewfinders can be equipped
with a large number of accessories. The two video assists 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.