Open Source Camera System “Apertus Axiom” Shoots 150fps, 4K, costs under $10K

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Open Source Camera System “Apertus Axiom” Shoots 150fps, 4K, costs under $10K

Touting some impressive specifications, (15 stops of Dynamic Range, Super 35mm Sensor) the Apertus Project is aiming to create a modular camera system that operates on an (free) open source software. This opens up opportunities for coders to develop and modify the system to meet their needs, and share with a community. Think of Magic Lantern for DSLRs, but not having roadblocks like those in the Canon Firmwares.

Specs include;

• Cinema DNG Recording
• Super 35mm Sensor
• 4K Resolution
• Global Shutter
• 15 Stops of Dynamic Randge
• Projected price below $10,000

It’s great to see DIY’ers starting these kinds of projects and making them so community oriented, for more info check out Apterus.

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dpcfilms
USB 1.0… (@ 01:50)?
Sam Peterson
Someone please help me understand how 2592×1944 is 4k
Sam Peterson
USB port likely for communication/configuration not signal path
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=554360130 Cedric Gall
There’s some confusion with the website. When you click on “elphel camera”, it shows you a picture of the new axiom, but then gives you a whole page of tech specs for the old elphel.
I guess it will really have 4k, and it will be s35mm as they say.
NursultanTulyakbay
2592×1944 is actually 5k, but I am sure there some higher math involved with scaling down to a 16:9 aspect ratio. Just a guess on my part.
Sam Peterson
5 Mpxl < 4k
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4K_resolution
http://twitter.com/ApertusOSCinema Apertus
Thanks for the notice, I started clearing up the website a bit to make it less confusing ;)
http://www.facebook.com/Marsfilms Mars Oliva
It’s not. In the Film world, #k is how many pixels across the frame.
EX: “1080″ is 1920 pixels across, rounding it is 2K
RED ONE shoots ~4500 pixels across, or 4.5K
EPIC and SCARLET shoot ~5000 pixels across, 5K.
This camera (supposedly) shoots what is projected to become another standard, 4K. so 4000 across.