I have not heard much from Apertus lately?

[Zachadoodle]

Back in 2016, Apertus announced they would make an open source fully customizable camera known as the Axiom Beta and Gamma. Their latest news was that they got a factory set up for the Beta, though I have not heard from them in a while. I'm interested in their camera as I'm sure it'll be good, considering the Magiclantern team is working with them on it. Has anyone tried their camera?

 

[Alex H.]

According to their website, the Beta is shipping. $4300, and that's for the "developer" version, so you'll have to build your own chassis/enclosure.

I've not heard of it before just now. So... no point of reference here.

 

[QuickHitRecord]

I wouldn't hold my breath. This camera was in crowdfunding about ten years ago and there's been very little news since. I'm pretty sure I saw a developer version on eBay a couple years ago but at this point, there are better cameras that are available for less.

If you really want to tinker and heavily customize a camera, I'd suggest looking at the Magic Lantern builds for the EOS-M/650D/700D. These cameras received a new hack within the last year or so that is remarkably stable and responsive. I'm getting continuous 2560x1440 in 12-bit raw on my EOS-M and in my view, there is currently no better digital 16mm (NOT s16mm) camera on the market. And the Facebook group is a lot of fun, with plenty of tinkering and information-sharing. It kind of reminds me of DVXuser back in 2010 or so.

Or you could always build your own CinePi 2K.