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= 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”.
URL = http://cinema.elphel.com/
Description
"Apertus uses the Elphel free software and open hardware HD camera as its core component. Built by the Utah based Newonics Inc. electronics manufacturers, Elphel have been producing high performance cameras since 2001 releasing software and hardware design code under a GPL license. Community-led modifications and contributions to the development of Elphel camera equipment is rooted at the heart of production.
Apertus uses the Elphel 353, which consists of an Aptina CMOS bayer-pattern sensor with an optical format of 1/2.5″ (5.70mm x 4.28mm) and a native resolution of 2592×1944 (5 Megapixels). The camera is equipped with a standard C-mount lens fitting but ships with an adapter ring that can accommodate CS-lenses as well. The camera supports a range of resolutions and recording modes, including a RAW mode for an optimum quality/FPS ratio.
One of the most interesting features is the camera’s connectivity, with the ability to connect to any external SATA device that is supported under a Linux operating system (external harddrives, raids, etc.); an Ethernet 100MBit Network; USB 1.1 using 5V power supply; IDE to connect to an internal hard drive; and RS232 for access to a console and debug output. The Elphel can record onto 2 internal CF Card Slots, an optional internal IDE 1.8″ HDD or via its SATA connector to any SATA device." (http://osliving.com/sourced/real-world-open-source/meet-apertus-the-open-source-hd-cinema-camera/)