ALEXA Pocket Guide

Here's a link to the Arri Alexa Pocket Guide which has some great information.  Some of the highlights include:

Grey scale mapping.  Note how the 18% grey card never really changes.  What changes is how the latitude is shifted... the wrong way.  According to this chart you should shout 160 at night to get the most latitude in the blacks and 1600 during the day to protect the highlights.  That's crazy talk.

All the codecs available and almost all can be recorded straight to the SxS cards including 12 bit 444.  The only output that needs an outboard recorder is the uncompressed ArriRaw.  Did I mention it's uncompressed?  I don't think any other output of any camera is not compressed.

The Alexa uses false color for exposure.  I miss the option of have zebras.  You can frame and focus with zebras on but with false color on it would be near impossible to run and gun... which is exactly when you'd want to judge exposure through the viewfinder..

I couldn't find any images from the Alexa but the RED also has false color.  It's like some 60's psychedelic acid trip.  Here's the normal frame:

And here's the same frame in false color.  Yikes!

There's a lot more in the Alexa Pocket Guide at:
http://www.arridigital.com/sites/default/files/2011_04-21a_ALEXA_Pocket_Guide.pdf