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I really hope he finishes it, because I want one.
@paperdigits Looks like you might be getting your open source camera after all 
lol, yes, it is quite interesting. If there is a way I can buy one, I probably would 
not sure I have the skill to make one from scratch
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He thought it would take about a year. It ended up taking more than seven, and it’s still not finished.
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Already here:
Although your post title is better
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@Tim @Donatzsky Moved your posts. Feel free to edit your posts.
Below’s what I posted on YT. lol
Impressive (got link from DPR’s site). Still, decades worth of experience and passion is not in the cards for me; guess I’ll still fork out the dough for a off the shelf camera. lol
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The spec sheet of the sensor claims a 66 dB dynamic range, which is impressive (22 stops if I am doing the math right).
Apparently sourcing the sensor is difficult. I hope that 20 Mp sensors will be available in a similar way soon, that is plenty for enthusiasts.
I wonder how much of that is lost to the adjacent circuit? It has to go through amplifiers and then the ADCs. Would be cool to see the spec sheet for a modern sensor used in production.
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Very cool…
I’ve occasionally wondered about availability of camera guts around which one could design bespoke housings for various applications. Just wondered, no real application comes to mind…
A small update:
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