OCTOPUS CAMERA, a prototype open platform upgradable cinema camera developed by a UK-based company OCTOPUS CINEMA, should support a range of image sensor modules (with various sensor sizes) from third-party sensor module manufacturers. The company published an update assuring that the work on the camera is active and they posted two videos showing the current progress of the OCTOPUS CAMERA – colour sensor model sample footage and digital USB audio capture. OCTOPUS CAMERA update. Source: OCTOPUS CINEMA The OCTOPUS CAMERA is a prototype cinema camera developed by a UK-based company OCTOPUS CINEMA, designed as an open platform with removable and upgradable parts. The camera should not be tied to a single image sensor but it should support a range of image sensor modules (with various sensor sizes and both monochrome and colour versions) from third-party sensor module manufacturers. To refresh your memory about this camera, you can read my article from June 2019 (OCTOPUS CAMERA – Cinema Camera Prototype with Upgradable Parts). The OCTOPUS CINEMA team recently published an update about the camera. They are assuring that the development is still active even despite the current situation around the COVID-19 pandemic. They claim that a large majority of the development is software engineering which is done free of any central location. The company also published two videos showing the current progress of the OCTOPUS CAMERA – colour sensor model sample footage and digital USB audio capture. Colour Sensor Model It seems that the OCTOPUS CINEMA team is focusing on the development of the...
Published By: CineD - Tuesday, 7 April, 2020