Arri Amira in 2023

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Hi folks,
I've been offered a pretty great looking Amira for a good price and was wondering what everyone thought about getting such an old camera in 2023. It's just gotten a new sensor and been checked over by Arri, but something in me knots up when i think about buying expensive 9 year old electronics. I use Amira's and enjoy them (and want to get into more doc and indie narrative) but with so many cameras around, should i be looking at KomodoX / S35 Raptor or even an FX9?

I'm not too fussed on brand loyalty, i just want a solid image with a good amount of latitude that i wont have to think about for a few years.

In 2023 should i be looking at something newer? Will i get 5 years out of it?
 
As someone who was in the same position looking for a cheap Amira last year, I ended up going for an Alexa.

Deep inside of me I knew it wasn't the right tool for most of my work, and I didn't want to pay going rate Amira money for a camera, and I'm already selling it after a year - but I'm very glad I bought it because there is nothing like an ARRI and the learning experience with one was worth the money (the color and DR are insane).

Only you really know if you could get 5 years out of it, but at least you'll have a really great camera regardless (if it continues to operate).

If you can get by with no NDs and don't mind an extra 10lbs or so, maybe an Alexa (same IQ as an Amira) could be a consideration as well (unless the Amira you're offered is like $5K, ha).
 
The skinny form of the amera makes it an excellent shoulder camera. And a terrible gimbal camera.

Im sure the file still holds.

But AF is such a help and and really what can one not do with the fx6 or canon c300iii?

Of course there is the business case. Does anyone pay to hire this.. however good or not good it is.

My C200 is a financial disaster even though personally I think it presents a good image/price/features ratio. I think that but im not a producer.
 
I bought my Amira early last summer. Beautiful image, easy to use(about as close to an ENG camera as we have in the large sensor world), built like a tank and you usually don’t have to “sell” it to clients. It had paid itself off before the end of the year.

Today, all cameras are good and make good images, but they don’t make Arri images.

If I could only have one camera in my stable, an Amira or anything from Canon, Sony(exception of possibly a Venice 2), Panasonic, RED or Black Magic, I’m taking the Amira.
 
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