Posts Tagged ‘Axiom’

From cinematically stylish to very human in less than 30 seconds, the first apertus° AXIOM video update since the project was successfully funded on Kickstarter crystalizes a number of thoughts about life, liberty and the pursuit of... capitalism. Whoa. That’s a heavy intro.[adrotate group="6"] And…

What an amazing year for gear porn. The Year of Mirrorless and 4K 2014 was truly the year of mirrorless – and 4K (selling it, anyway). At one end, it was all about the Panasonic GH4 with its internal 4K recording and the first amazing…

While the concept of “open source” may seem arcane to many, it is in fact a profound intellectual and moral breath of fresh air – and has very specific implications for digital filmmakers. In the world of cinematography and photography, its champions are Magic Lantern…

With less than 24 hours left, the apertus° Axiom project smashes through its €100,000 goal with the help of the Magic Lantern community to bring the first free software and open hardware digital cinema camera to market.  You can help! Back on September 17th, we…

What happens when you mash up the community ethos and competence of a Magic Lantern with the scrappy capitalism of a Blackmagic and the modularity espoused by a RED? Maybe – just maybe – you get Apertus and their crowd-funded, open source cinema camera, the…

In case you haven't hear of Apertus and their Apertus AXIOM camera before they are an interesting company that has devoted themselves "to build the first ever open hardware and free software digital cinema camera from scratch." What?! They decided that they would create Apertus AXIOM (camera) from…

Open source software = nothing new. Open source camera = new and amazing! The team creating the Apertus Axiom Alpha camera is staying true to their word - they promised full disclosure of the development process, warts and all. If you've ever wondered what it…

Familiar with open source software? What if someone built a camera that is "open source"? Well, that's exactly what an international group called apertus° calls "Open Module" and they're announcing their new camera project today. Their camera, called the Axiom, has list of specs that…