AXIOM (camera)

AXIOM

AXIOM Alpha prototype at the Metalab Vienna
Type Digital cinema camera
Sensor CMV12000
Image sensor type Digital
Image sensor size "APS-like"
Image sensor maker CMOSIS
Maximum resolution 4096×3072 pixel
Frame rate 300 fps (10 bit)
132 fps (12 bit))
Shutter Global shutter

AXIOM is an open hardware and free software digital cinema camera family of devices being developed by a DIY community around the apertus° project.[1]

History

In 2006, people on the DVInfo.net forums started experimenting with adapting Elphel open hardware camera devices for film production in a forum thread entitled "High Definition with Elphel model 333 camera". The thread grew fast as people joined the effort and provided their own customizations. By early 2009, over 1000 posts had been submitted to this thread. The community realized that it was going to be impossible to maintain overview in this way and started setting up a dedicated website for the project.[2] In 2012, the plan to create the AXIOM camera hardware from scratch - overcoming the limitations of the Elphel hardware - was announced at the Libre Software Meeting in Geneva.[3]

Timeline

Date Model
10 July 2012 Sebastian Pichelhofer announces the project at the Libre Software Meeting in Geneva.[4]
7 March 2014 Presentation of the proof of concept prototype at Metalab.[5]
8 October 2014 AXIOM Beta development got funded through an Indigogo crowdfunding campaign.[6]
11 April 2015 AXIOM Beta prototype presented at National Broadcaster Association Show in Las Vegas.[7]

AXIOM Alpha

AXIOM Alpha is a digital cinema camera proof of concept prototype.[8] Only two units were built in 2013 and the second revision model was presented at the Metalab (Vienna based Hackerspace) in spring 2014.[9] The main components include a Zedboard using a Xilinx Zynq-7020[10] System on a chip (SoC) and a 4K Super35mm image sensor designed by the Belgian company CMOSIS.[11]

Technical specifications

The CMOSIS CMV12000 Super35/APS-C video image sensor has a resolution of 4096×3072 pixel, a color depth of 12bits/pixel and is able to capture at a maximal frame rate of 300 frames/sec in 10 bit mode.[12] It is connected to the ZedBoard over FMC. The Xilinx Zynq Z-7020 combines a Cortex-A9 dual-core with a FPGA. The ZedBoard contains the Zynq Z-7020 and all the necessary interfaces.[13]

The image data comes rolling out of 64 serial LVDS channels at a maximum rate of 300Mbits/sec per channel.

Software

The operating system is Linux kernel-based and composed entirely of free and open-source software[source?].

AXIOM Beta

Successor of the AXIOM Alpha[14] and the first 4K open hardware camera, which' development was financed through an indiegogo crowdfunding campaign, that exceeded its funding goal.[15]

AXIOM Beta is initially intended for software and hardware developers and once it matured will also target general users. It utilized the same 4K super 35 image sensor as the AXIOM Alpha. The lens mount is a passive e-mount with Canon EF or Nikon F mount adapter.[16] The first prototype of the AXIOM Beta was presented at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas.[17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Open Source: Eine Revolution mit Lötkolben und Schraubenzieher (German), zeit.de, 2014, retrieved July 21, 2014
  2. ↑ apertus° History, apertus.org, 2014, retrieved July 21, 2014
  3. ↑ Apertus - The birth of a completely open digital cinema camera, Libre Software Meeting, 2012, retrieved July 21, 2014
  4. ↑ "Apertus - The birth of a completely open digital cinema camera". 2012-07-10.
  5. ↑ Metaday 65: Building an open source digital cinema camera - Functional Prototype Presentation, Metalab, 2014, retrieved July 18, 2014
  6. ↑ "AXIOM Beta: The first open digital cinema camera". 2014-08-10.
  7. ↑ "National Broadcaster Association Show". 2015-04-11.
  8. ↑ Axiom Alpha: Die Open-Hardware-Kamera (German), heise.de, 2014, retrieved July 18, 2014
  9. ↑ Metaday 65: Building an open source digital cinema camera - Functional Prototype Presentation, Metalab, 2014, retrieved July 18, 2014
  10. ↑ "Zynq-based Axiom Alpha open 4K cine camera proto debuts in Vienna hackerspace". 2014-03-20.
  11. ↑ Zynq-based ZedBoard + CMOSIS Super35 Image Sensor + Apertus Engineering = Axiom Open 4K Cinema Camera, Xilinx, 2014, retrieved July 19, 2014
  12. ↑ "Cmosis CMV12000 product page". 2016-01-19.
  13. ↑ "ZedBoard".
  14. ↑ Introducing the Apertus Axiom Beta: the Most Affordable 4K Cinema Camera Yet, NoFilmschool, 2014, retrieved July 18, 2014
  15. ↑ AXIOM Beta: The first open digital cinema camera, Indigogo, 2014, retrieved January 18, 2016
  16. ↑ A closer look at the world's first open digital cinema camera, opensource.com, 2015, retrieved January 18, 2016
  17. ↑ The National Association of Broadcasters Show, The National Association of Broadcasters, 2015, retrieved January 18, 2016

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