Redshark: This could be the biggest advance in camera design for a decade

GPS · Oct 14, 2013

The frustration of locked-down proprietary camera firmware is one that many of us are familiar with. It’s pretty annoying to have a camera that could clearly be capable of all kinds of things but is heavily restricted by the locked-down software it is running. This is of course the origin of the Magic Lantern project, which was borne of the frustration of camera hardware that was capable of doing so much but was restricted by the built in firmware and the policies of the companies involved. It has taken a lot of work by the Magic Lantern team to gain access to the camera and to build an understanding of the way it functions, so that they could run their own software alongside the camera firmware and new features could be added.

A different world
What if none of that was necessary? What if it was possible to live in a different world? A world in which the firmware was already open and that people were free to develop it beyond its present abilities - without any proprietary limits. A world in which the camera hardware was accessible and documented. A world free of cameras that lock you into certain brands of media only. A world in which the camera could be updated to keep up with the times, so that it could run new codecs or would work with newer workflows and new ways of thinking. A world in which new features could be added as soon as people have the idea for them.

All this and much more is the thinking behind the Apertus° Axiom project.
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Read more and see photos via the source link.

Source:
http://www.redsharknews.com/technol...biggest-advance-in-camera-design-for-a-decade

Apertus Website:
https://www.apertus.org/

Axiom Alpha Prototype:
https://www.apertus.org/alpha_prototype

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