The thing about ARRI is, yeah their gear is expensive, but it is just an incredible combination of good design and stellar engineering. Their cameras are surprisingly straightforward to use, definitely easier than a RED or Sony (with their "every-surface-needs-to-be-covered-in-buttons-but-few-are-where-you-would-expect-them"-mentality).
Their light gear is just stellar. I have seen ARRI HMI lamps that took 40 years of beatings and still worked flawlessly.
The thing is, sure ARRI is expensive, but depending on your production losing a day might be more expensive than buying a whole new camera.
Generally my experience is that a lot of the price of high end gear goes towards reliability, this is true for most other fields of tech as well.
Their light gear is just stellar. I have seen ARRI HMI lamps that took 40 years of beatings and still worked flawlessly.
The thing is, sure ARRI is expensive, but depending on your production losing a day might be more expensive than buying a whole new camera.
Generally my experience is that a lot of the price of high end gear goes towards reliability, this is true for most other fields of tech as well.