Legacy Analog Cameras

ARRI made its first film camera in 1924, more than a century ago. After spending the next decade innovating and honing their expertise on real productions, ARRI founders August Arnold and Robert Richter worked with chief design engineer Erich Kaestner to launch the ARRIFLEX 35 in 1937, thereby bringing ARRI to the world’s attention.

From there, ARRI film cameras went from strength to strength, winning the trust of international filmmakers and garnering a dozen Academy Sci-Tech Awards. On these pages we share information held in the ARRI archive about them all, from 1937 up to the last analog camera in 2008 – tech specs, brochures, photos, downloads, and more.

The film camera hall of fame

The cameras and camera series with direct links below are gray-painted models of the modern era.

Vintage black-painted models can also be explored in detail by following the 'Older ARRIFLEX Cameras' link.

ARRIFLEX 416 series

The pinnacle of 16 mm: 416, 416 Plus, and 416 Plus HS

ARRIFLEX 416/Plus/HS - the pinnacle of 16 mm camera

ARRIFLEX 235

The final 35 mm film camera built by ARRI

ARRICAM ST and LT

The ultimate sync-sound 35 mm film camera system

ARRIFLEX 435 series

35 mm MOS: 435, 435 ES, 435 Advanced, and 435 Xtreme

ARRIFLEX 16SR 3 series

Concluding a 16 mm classic: SR 3, SR 3 HS, SR 3 Advanced

ARRIFLEX 535 and 535 B

ARRI’s sync-sound 35 mm studio cameras for the 1990s

ARRIFLEX 535/B - ARRI’s sync-sound 35 mm studio cameras

ARRIFLEX 765

ARRI’s legendary 65 mm analog camera

Older ARRIFLEX Cameras

Black-painted cameras from the ARRIFLEX 35 to the 16SR II

Explore more of ARRI's backstory

Our interactive timeline covers the full history of ARRI, from its very beginnings in 1917 when two film-obsessed schoolfriends started building their own equipment, right up to the most recent digital developments. There are also video interviews with filmmakers, recorded at the time of ARRI's centenary celebrations.