ARRI Alexa Mini hire in London from £350/day: Super 35, PL mount, built-in ND, full kit with EVF, 2x 256GB CFast and rods. Specs, kit list, FAQs. N16.
The ARRI Alexa Mini is still the camera a lot of DoPs reach for first, and you can hire one from Yellow Cactus in Stoke Newington, N16 for £350 a day.
It's compact, lightweight and self-contained, which is why it became the standard for gimbals, drones, car rigs and handheld work on commercials, dramas and music videos. You get ARRI's Super 35 ALEV III sensor and the colour science and highlight handling that go with it, recording ProRes or ARRIRAW. Ours is set up with a PL mount, so it takes the cinema primes and zooms most crews already know.
Why crews pick it:
ARRI Alexa Mini key specs (from ARRI):
What's in our ARRI Alexa Mini kit:
An ARRI vertical mounting kit is available separately for 9:16 deliveries.
The ARRI Alexa Mini product page lists exactly what comes in the kit and the current rates. Add lenses, media, power, monitoring and wireless video from our full kit list, so the whole camera package comes from one counter.
If you want a larger sensor, the Alexa Mini LF is on the shelf too. The Mini also pairs beautifully with our anamorphic lens sets, and the Ronin 2 carries it easily for moving shots.
Lenses for the Mini: because it's Super 35 and PL mount, cinema zooms like the DZO Pictor and DZO Tango fit straight on with no adapter, and the DZO Pavo 2x anamorphics were built for Super 35 sensors and suit the Mini's 4:3 mode. Our guide to the best lenses for the Alexa Mini and Mini LF goes through coverage, squeeze and weight.
Further reading: our Alexa Mini vs Mini LF guide compares the two ARRI bodies on sensor size, frame rates, ND, lenses and budget.
Kit is collected from and returned to Unit H1, 2 Leswin Place, London N16 7NJ, Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm. If it's your first hire, please register a production account before ordering. Questions about camera hire? Call 020 7898 3322 or email rentals@weareyellowcactus.com.
The ARRI Alexa Mini is £350 a day at Yellow Cactus. Three days are charged as 2.5 days, four as 3 days and Monday to Friday as 3.5 days, and your basket shows the exact total before you send the order.
PL mount, so it takes standard cinema primes, zooms and anamorphics.
The Alexa Mini records to CFast 2.0 cards. Our kit includes two 256GB CFast cards and a Codex CFast reader, and you can add more media from the same site.
Yes. It has motorised internal ND filters (0.6, 1.2 and 2.1), so you can drop exposure without a matte box, which helps on gimbals and car rigs.
The PL-mount body with ARRI EVF and support, top handle, shoulder pad, dovetail plate and V-Lock plate, two 256GB CFast cards with a reader, 15mm and 19mm rods with mounting hardware, a Wooden Camera A-Box and cables. The product page lists everything.
Any PL glass that covers Super 35. On our shelf, the DZO Pictor and Tango zooms and the DZO Pavo 2x anamorphics are Super 35 designs that suit it well, and full-frame primes work too.
Yes. Collect after 4pm the day before and return by 11am the day after, and those aren't charged as hire days. Weekends count as a single hire day.
Unit H1, 2 Leswin Place, Stoke Newington, London N16 7NJ, Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm.