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AXIOM Alpha

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AXIOM alpha rigged up

apertus° AXIOM Alpha is the name of a proof-of-concept prototype that is more than just a lab experiment. It is already meeting the demands of some real world applications like being used for film production to some degree. We are certain though that while it will not be the answer to all our prayers and not the goal of all our dreams yet it can be seen as the first step to embark on a journey to that place where we want to be one day. The main motto with AXIOM Alpha is "Keep it simple!". The features are reduced to the absolute essential core. No luxuries. So for example we chose the lens mount that is the simplest and easiest to implement from a technical point of view but allows manual aperture control: The Nikon F-mount. Any future AXIOM model will have a wider selection of lens mount options.

signal stage of AXIOM alpha, F-mount lens, super35 sensor, processing with 12v and usb2 input, onward to fullHD scaling to HDMI-out

Project Type: Hardware, Software Status: Completed


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Reporting from EHSM

Submitted 8 years 7 months ago by Sebastian.
Particle Collisions We had a couple of great days in Hamburg, heard talks about interesting topics and met a lot of inspirational people. And we were also given a grand tour of the particle accelerators that we were all so "physically attracted" to :) . DESY's primary task, since the research centre was founded in 1959, has been to investigate the smallest particles known at that time.. Over it's five decade operation history, DESY provided essential information and data for solving some of the... » Read more

apertus° attending Exceptional Hardware Software Meeting

Submitted 8 years 7 months ago by Sebastian.
At the end of this week we will be traveling to Hamburg in order to attend the "Exceptional Hardware & Software Meeting" (EHSM) . It would appear that makers and hackers tend to be physically attracted to large particle collider installations, given that we had our first apertus° first apertus° community meeting in Geneva near the CERN Large Hadron Collider , and now EHSM is held at the DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron - German Electron Synchrotron) operating a particle accelerator... » Read more

AXIOM Alpha Color Modes Update

Submitted 8 years 8 months ago by Sebastian.
The rather unfortunate wiring of the HDMI encoder chip on the Zedboard of AXIOM Alpha makes it impossible to use any full (4:4:4) color mode, because there are just not enough data input lines to transfer a complete pixel. The only modes we can use are those where partial data for two pixels is transmitted and the missing parts are interpolated by the encoder (ADV7511). The mode we started with was the rather strange RGB 2:4:2 mode where pairs of red/green and green/blue are sent and both red... » Read more

Moving Images from AXIOM Alpha Prototype

Submitted 8 years 10 months ago by Sebastian.
We have now resolved the issues we were facing with HDMI video recorders . It turns out that monitors are capable of synchronising to whatever frequency you are supplying them with, making them very tolerant and usable straight out of the box - even with non standard signals. Recorders on the other hand are a lot less flexible when it comes to the frequency of the supplied input signals. It appears that they will stubbornly refuse to do anything unless the supplied input frequency is perfect... » Read more

AXIOM at Louis Lumière school

Submitted 7 years 7 months ago by getzi.

AXIOM Alpha Sample Footage Compilation IV

Submitted 8 years 3 months ago by Sebastian.
AXIOM Alpha sample footage remix by Kimon Kodossis released during the AXIOM Beta crowd funding campaign: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/axiom-beta-the-first-open-digital-cin...
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AXIOM Alpha

AXIOM Alpha Sample Footage Compilation III

Submitted 8 years 3 months ago by Sebastian.
AXIOM Alpha sample footage remix by Kimon Kodossis released during the AXIOM Beta crowd funding campaign: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/axiom-beta-the-first-open-digital-cin...
Project: 
AXIOM Alpha

AXIOM Alpha Sample Footage Compilation II

Submitted 8 years 3 months ago by Sebastian.
AXIOM Alpha sample footage edited and graded by AOMBK as remix of the original footage shot on the AXIOM Alpha - presented in the AXIOM Beta crowd funding campaign: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/axiom-beta-the-first-open-digital-cin...
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AXIOM Alpha

AXIOM Alpha Sample Footage Compilation

Submitted 8 years 3 months ago by Sebastian.
Sample footage shot on the AXIOM Alpha prototype presented in the AXIOM Beta crowdfunding campaign: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/axiom-beta-the-first-open-digital-cin...
Project: 
AXIOM Alpha

apertus° presentation at Exceptional Hardware & Software Meeting (EHSM)

Submitted 8 years 7 months ago by Sebastian.
Particle Collisions We had a couple of great days in Hamburg, heard talks about interesting topics and met a lot of interesting people. And we got a grand tour of the particle accelerators which we all were so "physically attracted" to :) . DESY's primary task, since the research center was founded in 1959, was to investigate the smallest particles known at that time. Over the decades, DESY...
Project: 
AXIOM Alpha
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