An Arri Alexa to relaunch the IMAX format?

ARRI and IMAX work on the development of an IMAX camera starting from Alexa 65 with support for this panoramic format.

Promote the format IMAX With a digital camera that eliminates the historical headache that meant facing a production for this panoramic system is the objective they pursue ARRI and IMAX itself.

The Alexa Chamber for IMAX will be based on the 6K Alexa 65 incorporating additional technology with IMAX.

Alexa 65, which is only available through Arri Rental, has also caught Marvel's attention, whose plans are going to use it for the photograph of the sequel to Captain America (Civil War). Then IMAX software for edition will be used.

Alexa 65 has dazzled numerous filmmakers since its introduction last autumn. The director of photography and winner of two Oscar Emmanuel Lubezki (Gravity, Birdman) is using it to film The Revenant, by director Alejandro G. Inarritu’s.
 Oliver Stone is also using the camera for Snowden and Yimou Zhang recording will The Great Wall.

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