Image Processing Hardware

ARRI’s image processing philosophy is to maintain the highest quality as far as possible through the processing chain. This means transporting and processing uncompressed 16 bit raw data inside the camera.

When using the ARRIRAW format, raw data can be recorded for the highest image fidelity. For other formats, any steps that reduce the data’s bandwidth are applied at the latest stage feasible, thus preserving the maximum of the original image content. To achieve the necessary proces-sing power, ALEXA’s image processing hardware consists of the latest in FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) technology combined with a super fast internal data bus.