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AXIOM Gamma Camera Concept Update

Submitted 11 years 8 months ago by Sebastian.

Romance with the Big Camera Looking at this "behind the scenes" image from Romance on the High Seas , one wonders how people managed to create entire feature films whilst working under the limitations imposed by professional cinema technology in the 1940's and 1950's. Today we are used to carrying around greater processing power in our pockets than the fastest supercomputer (the Cray 1 from 1979) was capable of more than 30 years ago. Times have changed dramatically! Behind the scenes on "... » Read more

Merry Christmas from the apertus° team: First 4K RAW DNG

Submitted 11 years 9 months ago by Sebastian.

This year you can open one present early: First 4K RAW DNG image from our Axiom Alpha prototype: As we've previously stated, please keep in mind that our sensor calibration and tuning- alongside our image conversion logic development- have just begun and this image represents a camera in a very early developmental state. For example, the image has had no fixed pattern noise corrections or hot pixel compensation applied amongst other things that we just have not had the time to implement yet... » Read more

Second AXIOM Alpha Prototype Unit ready for action

Submitted 11 years 9 months ago by Sebastian.

The second Axiom Alpha prototype unit, now containing a full grade image sensor, is complete and ready for further calibration testing. Please remember that this prototype- housed in a custom enclosure made from laser cut acrylic glass and a wooden base to provide the assembly with greater strength around the tripod mounting plate- is a proof of concept, designed to test the electronics and allow us to capture images in the same manner as with a real camera, under proper lighting conditions... » Read more

AXIOM Alpha Prototype Progress Report

Submitted 11 years 9 months ago by Sebastian.

This is a combined news update regarding both our hardware and software development progress. As you can see, our work with Axiom Alpha prototype is coming along quite nicely. We’re sure you’ll all be happy to hear that raw still image capture has been working well on our testing board for quite some time now. However as we are still finishing the prototype enclosure, we have not yet carried out many other calibrations and tests - especially considering that the image sensor we’ve installed in... » Read more

First Images from AXIOM Alpha

Submitted 11 years 11 months ago by Sebastian.

On the Road to Pixeltown After a seriously busy month spent programming VHDL for the FPGA (we had a backlash when we discovered a bug in the provided memory AXI slave interfaces, which required a workaround), creating Linux drivers and scripts, testing and establishing workflows, our Zedboard is now fully communicating with the CMV12000 image sensor . We knew this wasn’t going to be a walk in the park, and to explain how complicated it is getting data from the sensor (which probably isn't that... » Read more

The AXIOM Gamma Open Module Concept

Submitted 11 years 11 months ago by Sebastian.

Introduction With our effort to build a feature reduced Axiom camera prototype (Axiom Alpha) nearing completion , we're testing variations of our concept and designs for the full Axiom camera system. Whilst the official announcement for the Axiom camera occurred back in July 2012, the world has since changed: New technologies are now available, with prior hardware difficulties and bottlenecks now much easier to overcome. In the last twelve months, the apertus° team has also grown and evolved-... » Read more

AXIOM Alpha Prototype Hardware complete

Submitted 11 years 11 months ago by Sebastian.

After receiving our PCBs for the prototype , we have now started assembling them. Doing so has required a series of complex procedures and multiple runs of hand soldering tiny components or reflow soldering on a hot plate. This has been immediately followed with connectivity testing and interface communication tests. At present, all components have been properly installed and testing/verifying electrical connectivity has indicated that everything is in good working order. On the software side... » Read more

The apertus° Team at IBC 2013

Submitted 12 years 1 week ago by Sebastian.

Whilst operating on a super tight schedule, we were able to meet up with a good range of contacts from various companies including Xilinx, P+S Technik, LockCircle, Ikonoskop, Silicon Imaging, Atomos, Altera, Cinema5D, Redsharknews / Editshare, Slashcam.de and IntoPix. After generating some interesting discussion with the aforementioned players regarding our project and the future of Axiom, we will be sure to incorporate their high quality feedback into our designs (in the appropriate areas). We... » Read more