Australian company, Matched Image, Will be amongst the first in the world to offer our customers the ARRI ALEXA 35mm digital cinema camera for rent. The ARRI ALEXA Builds on technical expertise gained through the development of the ARRIFLEX D-21, the ALEXA is part of a new generation of truly professional digital motion picture cameras. Like the D-21, ALEXA produces rich, organic images, with the look and feel of 35mm film.
The ARRI ALEXA is designed to be used with 35mm accessories and lenses (PL) making ARRI ALEXA rental a good choice to fit in with your established working practices. Matched Image are offering the new ARRI ALEXA digital cinema camera for hire in lightweight and full production kit packages. A list of some of the film production equipment and ALEXA accessories we will be offering to compliment our ARRI ALEXA rental can be seen below.
ALEXA Hire
The Matched Image ARRI ALEXA rental kit advertised here is optimised for reliability, price and performance. With the support of ARRI Australia and through some strategic partnering, Matched Image is able to offer some of the world's best motion picture glass and accessories in addition to our own for rent. Please don't hesitate to contact us with your specific rental requirements.
You can also go to our Broadcast Video Equipment Hire and Camera Crew Hire Rates List for pricing.


Matched Image ALEXA Camera Hire Kit Includes:
- ALEXA EV with on-board Apple Pro-res 422 and 444 recording via SxS cards.
- ALEXA Viewfinder with extension interface cable.
- 5 x 32GB SxS Pro Cards (More available on request)
- ALEXA ethernet cable
- ARRI ALEXA Handle Extension Bracket
- ARRI ALEXA Shoulder pad
- ARRI Bridge plate adaptor
- ARRI levelling block
- ARRI V-LOCK mount adaptor
- On-board and Block style battery kits
35mm Zoom Lense Hire included in Alexa Camera Hire Packages:
- ARRI/Zeiss LWZ.2 15.5 - 45mm T2.6
- ARRI/Fujinon 45 - 250mm T2.6
Camera Support Hire
- Sachtler Cine 30 HD Tripod. 150mm bowl head and legs (2 stage)
- Sachtler or Miller tripods. 100mm bowl head and legs (2 stage)
- Miller 150mm Bowl hi hat
- Miller 150mm low legs (2 stage)
- ARRI V-lock camera plate with 19mm rod supports.
- 15mm lightweight rods (camera mounted)
Matte Boxes, Follow Focus and Filters Hire
- ARRI MB20, 3-stage matte box with top and side flags.
- ARRI MMB-1 (for handheld/lightweight use) top load option and MB-20
- compatible rear stage, top flag.
- ARRI FF-4 Follow- focus. Double sided kit
- Schneider 4 x 5.65 ND Filters - 0.3, 0.6, 0.9, 1.2
- Schneider polariser 138mm Round filter. (Special 1 stop version)
Monitor Hire
- Panasonic HD 17" LCD monitor (100 HZ)
- Panasonic HD 9" LCD "on-board" monitor
- Sony HD 40" LED Client/Agency Display.
Why ARRI ALEXA?
Capture
The new ARRI camera sets the standard in the professional league of digital cameras which includes the Sony F900R, Sony F35, Sony F23, Panavision Genesis, the previous ARRI D-21 and the RED cameras, RED ONE, and the soon-to-be released RED EPIC camera.
Until recent years 35mm film was a step above digital alternatives in terms of resolution, colour, latitude and sensitivity. ARRI ALEXA builds on the expertise gained from developing the industry leading ARRI D 21. The ALEXA digital cinema camera has also improved on other professional camera systems that have helped to provide a viable alternative to 35mm film such as the Sony F35, Panavision Genesis and RED ONE.
At the heart of the ARRI ALEXA camera system is ARRI's own 3.5K Super 35mm format ALEV-III CMOS Bayer sensor. Through extended research and experimentation with sensor and pixel technologies ARRI made some important discoveries and applied these to the production of the ALEXA. With Digital motion picture sensors optimum image quality is achieved through a fine balance between detail, colour reproduction and sensitivity. While some competitors strive to improve camera statistics on paper by cramming more and more pixels into a 35mm frame, ARRI employed a "proof is in the pudding" approach with the ALEXA digital camera maintaining that optimum image quality is achieved through slightly fewer, yet larger and more sensitive, pixels filling the available space on a 35mm sensor.
ALEXA's revolutionary 3.5K sensor provides ALEXA with organic skin tones, sensitivity and tonal subtleties superior to any of its competitors. ARRI ALEXA boasts an unrivalled base sensitivity of 800 EI with spectacularly wide exposure latitude of over 13.5 stops! This all adds up to superior images with greater flexibility and efficiency on set. Bright windows will need less attention to maintain their textural detail, and shooting at night is possible with fewer lights or in available light. The unique design of ARRI's custom-built ALEV-III sensor ensures ALEXA's wide exposure latitude across the whole range from 200 EI all the way up to 1600 EI.
Post Production
Unlike other digital 35mm camera systems, which are associated with lengthy, complicated, and therefore costly, post-production workflows, ARRI's ALEXA has been engineered to integrate seamlessly into post production environments. The ALEXA's Direct to Edit (DTE) features make full quality images instantly available for editing, even on set.
The ARRI ALEXA 35mm digital camera allows onboard (DTE) recording to SxS flash cards in full 1080p quality with Apple's native ProRes 444 or ProRes422 (HQ) QuickTime format. The footage requires no ingesting or transcoding and can be instantly edited in Final Cut Pro or Avid Media Composer 5 and onwards. Other recording options include:
- recording to certified ARRI Raw recorders using the camera full raster - 2880 x1620
- recording to 4:4:4 via dual link HDSDI - tape or data (compressed/uncompressed)
- recording to 4:2:2 via single link HDSDI - tape or data (compressed/uncompressed)
- ProRes recording can be done simultaneously onboard in qualities ranging from proxy to 4:4:4. Proxy versions allow for low data rate "offline" editing and storage with the capability to relink to full quality ARRI raw or uncompressed recordings later in the post chain.
For more information on the ARRI ALEXA visit the ARRI website and for details on ARRI ALEXA rental visit the Matched image website .
