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Apertus, the Open Source HD Movie Camera

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-that's-a-project dept.

osliving writes "This article takes a tour of the hardware and software behind the innovative Apertus, a real world open source project. Led by Oscar Spierenburg and a team of international developers, the project aims to produce 'an affordable community driven free software and open hardware cinematic HD camera for a professional production environment'."

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  1. Big names supporting this? by akirapill · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh silly me, I read the summary as "Led by Oscar [winner Steven] Speilburg..."

    1. Re:Big names supporting this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Well, the name "Apertus" suggests it's supported by both Aperture Science and Hogwarts.

  2. Re:Open source camera? by TheKidWho · · Score: 2, Funny

    You think they'll actually get one to market? Overly optimistic of you!