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[19:23] <marcin___> This is Marcin from Open Source Ecology. Is the current plan to develop a generalized open source camera platform, or only professional grade? [19:24] <marcin___> I am interested in lower quality sensor chips. [19:24] <marcin___> Would lower cost sensor chips be readily retrofittable, or is that a heavy development task? [19:24] <Bertl> well, the current target is kind of professional, but as it all is open and the interfaces are well known [19:25] <Bertl> it should be fairly simple to attach whatever you have sufficient documentation about to the AXIOM (at least on the Beta :) [19:26] <Bertl> we will feature a "low end" sensor (the cmv2000/4000) as well, but I guess you are referring to sensors below 150 USD [19:28] <Bertl> does that answer your question(s)?
[20:08] <marcin___> Ok. Have you produced any Open Source Digital Camera Design for Dummies materials? We are big on PhoneBloks style modularity, and we are developing such hypermodular machines in the heavy industry space. [20:09] <Bertl> no big documentation so far, but that will come with the Beta [20:09] <Bertl> most information is on the wiki or "in" the source code right now [20:17] <marcin___> Do you have any Axiom Harware Architecture Design Concept files - showing the modular breakdown and component choices made? [20:19] <Bertl> check out the indiegogo page, it probably still contains the most compact information about the Axiom Beta, although we already changed some things based on feedback [20:19] <Bertl> https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/axiom-beta-the-first-open-digital-cinema-camera
[20:27] == intracube [~intracube@unaffiliated/intracube] has joined #apertus [20:27] <marcin___> Where could I find your hardware and circuit files? [20:28] <Bertl> either on github or here http://vserver.13thfloor.at/Stuff/AXIOM/ [20:28] <marcin___> Is the hardware design for the Axiom Beta complete? [20:29] <Bertl> nope, not yet [20:34] <marcin___> Is there a way to order an Axiom Beta at this time? Or that's for later once the Beta ships to the Indiegogo supporters? What price point are you aiming for for the completed camera including fabrication costs? [20:35] <marcin___> Are you Herbert? [20:35] <Bertl> at the moment there is no way to get a Beta, but it will be sold once the Backers got a chance to get their Beta. [20:35] <Bertl> yes, I'm Herbert [20:36] <Bertl> for the price, we will see as the camera will be sold at cost to the backers [20:38] == jucar [~jucar@217.112.96.110] has joined #apertus [20:38] <marcin___> Ok. We'd like to add this to our open hardware tools that we use at Open Source Ecology. Have you seen my TED Talk? http://www.ted.com/talks/marcin_jakubowski?language=en
[20:43] <Bertl> now I have. sounds cool! [20:43] <Bertl> but it will take some work to get all documented properly for this purpose [20:44] <Bertl> but it matches our goal that anybody can build and extend the AXIOM [20:45] <marcin___> Can you point me to any decent references on the design of Modular Digital Camera Architectures? [20:46] <marcin___> Is there any other open source digital camera project that you know of? [20:46] <Bertl> not really, as far as I know we are the first one to tackle this [20:46] <Bertl> yes, the elphel project [20:46] <Bertl> and there are other projects focusing on "low end" video [20:57] == jucar [~jucar@217.112.96.110] has quit [Ping timeout: 240 seconds] [21:01] == jucar [~jucar@217.112.96.110] has joined #apertus [21:14] <marcin___> Bertl: What is the open source "low end" video project?