Apertus presented the Axiom concept video camera that could be launched in 2013. They hope to finance the project through Kickstarter: “We have actually been rather careful and secretive not to release too much information about the new camera on the Internet as we do not want to follow the unfortunately quite commmon practice of how other companies announce their products: they just promise you whatever you want to hear and a couple of years later they admit that this product is not ever going to see the light of the day. So we made sure that what we announce is solid and well thought through. But still a word of precaution: We will need your help to create Axiom, only if we manage to succeed with our kickstarter campaign we will be able to afford the development. Currently we are still working on preparing the material for the campaign, unfortunately its taking longer than we hoped it would – stay tuned.“
Looks nice! But what kind of mount will it use???
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“they just promise you whatever you want to hear and a couple of years later they admit that this product is not ever going to see the light of the day.”
What U Talking Bout Willis?
I think they are talking about the RED Scarlet 3k for 3K bizo.
Also this info has been around for weeks.
Anyone notice the sensor is square ? Good for fashion, not so good for film …
Sounds like the Hasselblad “almost” medium format mirrorless camera.
I thought I read somewhere that it would use C-mount but wouldn’t that be kind of small for a 35mm sensor?
Am I too much of a pessimist to think that those specs are unobtainable for at least a couple of years? Factor in a couple more to actually get it to market?
Global shutter plus 15-stops dynamic range for video? Ain’t happening in 2013 (outside of a lab). I wouldn’t have thought that global shutter was worth the investment for a cinema camera anyway (?).
The inclusion of CinemaDNG is nice. I’m still waiting for basic ProRes support on a DSLR though, I scratch my head over AVCHD, weird choice for consumer CSCs/SLRs.
Pessimist? No. A realist? Definitely.
They will use this sensor: http://www.cmosis.com/news/press_releases/2012/cmosis_enters_mass_production_of_the_cmv12000_its_150_fps_12-megapixel_cmos . Looks like an interesting sensor.