Digital Photography

amazing

Science and creative minds is what’s making the world a better place.. I salute you all..

Open source camera? yes please!

Kodak were heading that way at one point. The DC290 (released around the year 2000) had scripting capability. But they quickly decided it wasn’t a good idea shortly after that.

This idea of changing the focus after you take the picture is brilliant.

Actually alot of canon cameras can be hacked by hooking into the debug firmware segments. Search “CHDK” on google and take the first hit.

True I like how the professor told a little lie.
They just made a more complete programmable camera.
There are many hacks been sold and given away already, some even making use of Large Format over a stock Sensor with just OTS Parts.

Still this is good if it sees production a reasonable price.

yeah! Finally some REAL development in photography. I’m very excited!

There’s a difference between hacking a proprietary off-the-shelf unit, and building a new platform from the ground up that is made specifically to be hackable.

Both are valid, but the latter is truly revolutionary in the field of digital photography. This is very exciting!

I concur but I was speaking to the point of the Firmware on Commercial DigiCams being closed it is only true in part. Canon especially has released the SDK to it DigiCams into the Wild Since the early days of the DSLR and 1st gen was based a slightly modified well researched OS.

The difference is that it would be legal. Others are great but, they are hacks. I’d love to add features to my new 500D but don’t know where to start. I looked at the CHDK and it’s not trivial…

Some of this is already commercially available e.g Pentax already has in-camera HDR (K-7). In general, I agree it’s about time cameras were opened up to hackers, just as we’re seeing with music hardware, such as Arduino-based effects pedals (OpenStomp, MIDIfoot).

Let me play Armchair skeptic for a few more minutes
Desire:
100% customizable and hackable device with a full lists of parts & exploded assembly drawings.
Result 50% of Desire

Reasons for shortfall:
Limited appeal of device
High cost of research means Researchers
a. Must much go commercial with the project in short order
b. Must retain some propriety rights with which they can barter.

Other issues:
Most likely the device beyond Beta will need prosperity parts Lens Array, Focal Assembly, I/O Screen, the entry for commercial manufacturers would surely buy the whole kit & kaboodle & produce the hardware, (after all the Photo & Imaging game have a long history of oftentimes outrageously expensive kits devices).
When this takes place there will be more cloaking of so-called OpenSource Firmware & OS.
LOL I say release the full documentation now and let us all have at it!

awesome.

nic

If you do photo journalism you know most pictures you take are unexpected, you have to click,click,click for chosing the best later. Most photographers just can’t afford to worry about doing advanced settings or program the camera in real time.They can miss a great shot.

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YAY!
Freesoftware is so awesome!

Can change focus? Does that mean it will be able to take 3d pictures and movies?