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  • irregularMEirregularME

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    I thought in this section there should be a discussion about the Apertus Project. ( http://www.apertus.org/ )

    It sounds, at least for me, very promising and down to the ground and not too hipster like the digtial bloex, (which is, with all respect, beautyful).

    However, what are your opinions on it? After all, there is a lot going in the 4k sector and raw cinema development.

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  • MordaeMordae

    They have a post up where they say they're looking at 4k and a 35mm format. And at that price point? Currently the setup costs around $2k with everything included. This is already bordering on the BMC, and in my opinion at least for now isn't worth investing in. I will be following it keenly though!

  • MordaeMordae

    I've been reading into this and it seems like the holy grail already. The camera itself costs around $1000 and to get uncompressed dng raw at almost 3k resolution you only need to add a battery pack ($100), a hard drive (sata or ssd) and any ethernet capable device with an app to read video from it (these devices range from tablets to netbooks and laptops) to use as a viewfinder.

    The rest is basically up to you, although they also have a free dng converter and are making a free editibg suite.

    Oh and did I mention that it's open hardware aswell? If you have the knowhow you could basically use any sensor on it.

  • danyyyeldanyyyel

    I have already commented on another forum, was that they should give a less powerful/ambitious system. It was before the bmc and in the end I think the success of the launch tells the story. An APSC size 2 k sensor (2.5) raw with at least 12 stop of DR would be the base. The DR is much more important for me than any 4k. Many people talk 4k, but how many can use/afford the size of these files. The zacuto test will show how much DR is important for indie filmmakers (much less light for fill etc). I hope it goes through but I think at this level it will be more of a laboratory, test camera.

  • MordaeMordae

    I agree with the DR part, but I also took a look at the raw stills at their website. If you expose for highlights, you can get a lot of latitude out of this.

    Just download a sample or two and throw them into Photoshop or Aperture etc. http://apertus.org/en/still-images

    Shadows are a lot more flexible in raw!

  • No_SuRReNDeRNo_SuRReNDeR

    -nvmd

  • johnnymjohnnym

    Images look great i think. And with open source it could be promising for anamorphic, next to the advantage of being open source of course. It seems they will go through Kickstarter as well : http://apertus.org/en/node/152

  • CRFilmsCRFilms

    Here's my problem with any of these cams, the cost. I bought my GH1s for around $300 new body only, and when the unhackable got hacked, that was the deal of the century. Now I paid $700 for my GH2, but when you factor in the hack, and you factor all the tests that have been done, it's still the best deal out there by $2000 easy.

    As a director(granted wannabe), grading to me is vastly overrated...I care more about story, acting, editing, etc... Worse case scenario, I shoot in B&W, and I've still got an image that looks as good or better than Pi and Clerks. I don't need RAW. 4:2:2 at sub $1000 would be good enough and if you could do RAW 1080p for $1k or less, EVERYBODY would buy that and wait months to get on the waiting list.

  • ahblezaahbleza

    Fresh information. Looks very interesting, although I would question support.

    http://nofilmschool.com/2012/07/apertus-axiom-camera-4k-150fps-global-shutter-15-stops-dynamic-range-10k/

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    @ahbleza

    This information had is just reposting from their site, we had info, but @No_SuRReNDeR removed it.

  • No_SuRReNDeRNo_SuRReNDeR

    Doh! Sorry I just didnt want post a duplicate- Im sorry

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