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It seems to me that thus far there has been a lot of work on the software side in gaining control of our images, and almost none on the hardware side. No choice of sensors, no open architectures for using different sensors, zero interoperability of lenses, etc, etc. I'd like to change that. So, I'm building a camera from scratch, and documenting all the steps. If people are so inclined, they can take what I've done (when I'm done) and run with it, to make their own camera.
The broad outlines of the camera are:
Rangefinder focusing, M-mount
overall size less than 33x75x140mm (dhw)
Sensor: 36x24mm +/-.2mm
12+mp
Black and White or Color
Socketed sensor (user removable/replacable)
16 bit
Shutter: In-sensor electronic
frame rate: 3+fps
Wifi+bluetooth connectivity
20gb built in memory
It seems to me that thus far there has been a lot of work on the software side in gaining control of our images, and almost none on the hardware side. No choice of sensors, no open architectures for using different sensors, zero interoperability of lenses, etc, etc. I'd like to change that. So, I'm building a camera from scratch, and documenting all the steps. If people are so inclined, they can take what I've done (when I'm done) and run with it, to make their own camera.
The broad outlines of the camera are:
Rangefinder focusing, M-mount
overall size less than 33x75x140mm (dhw)
Sensor: 36x24mm +/-.2mm
12+mp
Black and White or Color
Socketed sensor (user removable/replacable)
16 bit
Shutter: In-sensor electronic
frame rate: 3+fps
Wifi+bluetooth connectivity
20gb built in memory
posted by matt at
11:16 PM
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A really wonderful initiative! I am glad someone does this.
One sidenote: why 20 Gb builtin memory? Doesn't this make such a camera useless for traveling?
Lucassen /NL
I am also interested in creating an open source project for a Stirling engine (see my blog). I am still searching for a hosting site. Source Forge turned it down because they are for software only. I am now looking at the AMSE Peerlink site, http://peerlink.asme.org/, because it has collaboration and is mechanical engineering site.
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