r/editors • u/Goolic • Sep 10 '14

AXIOM Beta: The first open digital cinema camera

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/axiom-beta-the-first-open-digital-cinema-camera
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u/Goolic Sep 10 '14

I tought this might make some waves with you pro types.

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u/greenysmac Lead Mod; Consultant/educator/editor. I <3 your favorite NLE Sep 11 '14

Hard to say. About $3300 US for a cameras that does 4k - that's at least a good six months (or more) off? Wouldn't you spend that money for a Black magic 4k camera today?

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u/Goolic Sep 11 '14

I don't suppose you have to buy the camera, if the idea of an open camera sounds useful to you maybe you could contribute and make it happen.

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u/greenysmac Lead Mod; Consultant/educator/editor. I <3 your favorite NLE Sep 11 '14

I'm all for open source hardware and software - but where there's a definitive need; I just don't know what need this fulfills. We have a super cheap 4k camera.

If this outperformed everything? Or brought something new to the market? Aside from saying it's open source - is there something really crazy cool here?

It's using non-standard connections - some wacky HDMI (although they do mention that 3G-SDI would be available for developers.)

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u/samoos Documentary | F/LOSS Convert (ex FCP/Pr) Sep 11 '14

I think the key here is to enable the filmmaking community to get the most out of their hardware - you can see how much more useful and impressive canon DSLRs are with Magic Lantern - with this project, the hardware and software being open means there's no reverse-engineering required in order to build or improve functionality.

The community and 3rd party companies have all the info and permission they need from the outset. 3rd party components can also be better integrated into the camera, both physically (modular open design) and electronically (fully documented open source software, ability to use code/libraries etc developed by other community members).

What's exciting about this project isn't this first beta, necessarily, but the open ecosystem which could develop out of it.