Tag Archives: ARRI

How It’s Made: Arri Cine Film Cameras

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I always enjoy a good episode of How It’s Made. Witnessing some of the painstaking elements that are involved in the production of the gear we use from day to day results in a better appreciation for the visual arts and creation of our own art, especially if these tools are still made by human hand.

Below, we see how the Arriflex 435 is made, detailing the production process starting with the milling of the main housing to the installation of the shutter. Take a look:

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RED Sues ARRI Over Various Corporate No-Nos – Invasion of Privacy, Conversion, and E-mail Hacking

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Usually when we hear the California based digital cinema camera maker, RED in the same breath as competitor ARRI, it usually involves the mountains of overdrawn pixel-peeping debates and various camera comparisons found throughout the inter-webs. Today, however, new details have emerged concerning messy and ongoing behind the scenes corporate espionage allegations between the two camera manufactures.

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