Phase 1 Report & AXIOM Beta Production Status

Hi,

I decided against going forward with axiom camera. Obviously I have made the initial investment of €350. I was wondering if I could sell it or get some alternatives for that instead.

Also made initial investment so if any is intrested to buy my spot, please welcome

Good to see the progress you are making.

MikeA.

I am also interested to sell my share...I invested 500€...
Its not that I don't believe in the project but I am film maker and a photographer but not that technically apt. I cannot write code and I was hoping for things like using my Canon lenses with an autofocus system etc but this first all needs to be developed still by people in the open source community and I am not sure if this will happen or how long it will take etc.
Maybe the Gamma camera is more my thing but I have cameras I can use now already,
So if anyone is interested to take over my share,please let me know,
kindly
Raphael

Dan,
I agree. I also feel a bit bad about, it is not that i don't want to back this idea or the project. I did invest 500€ which is also not nothing. Part of my decision but my decision can also change; is that 1. i made a lot of investment, backing into indiegogo and kickstarter projects and lot of them didn't pay out or didn't get what was promised. I spend a few thousand € on camera stability gear from a small and innovative Swedish company, 1st step was a mechanical device and the 2nd part small motors would be added for an up price. the 2nd part was never realized, i am still waiting for it to happen and its 2 years later now. a lot of money gone in a system that could have been one of the best stabilizers out, the concept was excellent and is partly copied now by bigger companies with bigger budgets for r&d. but my money is gone basically. and it happened with lots of other projects alike.
I have become much more cautious with crowdfunding in the mean time.
Well, this is one part,
the other part is that i think i don't understand it the whole process anymore. like i wrote, I am not a techwiz i cannot program anything. i already have difficulties with my F55. which was a very expensive camera but the menus are a drag. for me anyway.
I was looking for something that is smaller and more mobile, this i think will still be the case but am looking for a camera that i can use all my canon glass one and still do autofocus on, ideally with touch. like the new Canon camera...this would be a dream.
and i think this camera won't have that...maybe one day if developers will make that happen. but who and when? I am not one of them, if i could do it i would but cannot....
maybe its communication. i know the guys really tried but maybe one has to contact these first backers again...
X

Just to share my feelings about this. To me it seems that Axiom team is fulfilling their passion with this project, and not after your money for false kickstarter. I trust their word and hard work they are doing to reach the goal. I found this Axiom Beta kickstarter project by following and testing Magic Lantern`s community and firmware development(for years) for Canon cams, and ML was THE reason I decided to take a risk to jump aboard (didn`t know nothing about Apertus or Axiom back then). And I´m not a programmer either, just a small one-man-band cinematographer who respects a good quality video and opportunity to have a chance for advanced tweaks in a future (if I`ll have time/brains to learn it). I´m one of 123, without regrets. And usually, if something is designed, build and tested in the middle- or northern Europe by adults, it`s worth of supporting ;)

I also made an initial investment of €350 and I regret to have to opt-out. I feel the process is longer than I can afford and my main interest would be in Axiom Gamma which requires even more time. Anyone interested in buying my voucher contact me at raulzevallos@gmail.com

Hi, i am also interested in selling my initial investment, plus email me if interested at forbiddencolors@yahoo.com and lets work something out, thanks

Hi there,

It seems that many people who didn't go for phase 1 are selling their voucher. So I'm selling mine as well to anyone who wants to join this adventure. I'm one of the early adopter of AXIOM Beta Super35 (using CMV12000 image sensor) (delivery avr. 15, 2015) for 350 Euros.

Contact me here if you are interested : gab.n.maillard(at)gmail.com

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To those who want to argue that I'm a false backer, I really don't care what you think about me.
Don't get me wrong. This kind of project is really amazing ! I can't imagine how hard it is to build something this big from almost nothing. I really loved the capability to reuse the sensor in the futur to update from beta to gamma, make everyone participate to such a big project... I guess many people backed for various good reasons.

However, they should have announced clearly the color from the beggining regarding the timeline. I backed this project in September 2014 and It was written at the time that the early bird Axiom beta would be shipped in April 2015.
Since they presented the Axiom Alpha, I thought most of the process (brainstorming, creating a working video camera) was already done.
Now, as a 3D designer (mechanical part, CAD) for almost 10 years, I understand you may have delays on a project. That can happen and I actually expected this. But not this long. We are now in April 2016.
I guess the timeline was too ambitious for something this big.
I wanted to use the Axiom Beta for my trip to Japan last year in July-August. I was traveling across the country and wanted good quality video to shoot because I didn't want to use Canon anymore. I had unfortunately to choose other options.

This is why, now, I really read thoroughly any indigogo/kickstarter/wemakeit project and I weight the pros and cons before backing.

I'm not here to debate. Everybody has his/her own reasons to keep supporting (or not) this project.

I just hope it will succeed. Because it deserves.

I am also an early backer - €350 for Super35 CMV12000 sensor. I was going to hold out for Axiom Gamma, but have decided to opt out. I'll still watching the project with interest.

If you're interested in my spot email me at tristan at flywirefilms dot com.

Hi,
Can you share the product NO. of the zip socket for the cmv12000 ? it looks like a socket for CPU.