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Do you think of implementing Bluetooth into Axiom?
Well there is a new Crowdfunding campaign for a new controller: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/flow-an-intuitive-precise-wireless-controller

It is open source and Linux based and could be a perfect camera control unit.
Think of just using this small wireless bluetooth device as folow focus, iris and iso controller, start / stop gestures, and even more...
And you could attached it easily to your tripod head or quickly to a handle if shooting handheld.

There would be so many controlling possibilities for the Axiom camera.

Piepas created this task.Dec 15 2014, 12:10 AM
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Bertl assigned this task to sebastian.Dec 15 2014, 2:40 PM
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Bluetooth is not planned for the AXIOM Beta, but it should be fairly easy to use an USB Bluetooth dongle on the Beta.

Device looks interesting (although I do not see the direct applicability for AXIOM), so we might consider backing the project.

sebastian triaged this task as Wishlist priority.Dec 16 2014, 11:29 AM
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sebastian claimed this task.Dec 18 2014, 11:48 PM

taking over task to think about what we could use it for and if we should be getting one of these "flows" :)

sebastian added a comment.Dec 18 2014, 11:48 PM

if anybody has ideas, convince me :)

sebastian closed this task as Wontfix.Jan 4 2015, 9:26 PM
Piepas added a comment.Jan 21 2015, 10:57 AM

You do not see any possibilities to control an EF Autofocus lens via Bluetooth by that new Flow wireless controller?
I thought it could be done like they used it via USB with the Okii follow focus for some Canon DSLRs ( http://www.okii.net/product_p/fc1.htm)
The difference is all is touch controlled. But I did have the dream to control the focus on active EF-Lenses wirelessly without any additonal focus motors, because we already have the motors inside the lens! I think it is absolutely worth to keep that contoller in mind....

sebastian added a comment.Jan 21 2015, 12:53 PM

If its the touch controller you are interested in with the flow controller why not use a smartphone instead?

If its the rotary encoder though you are interested in then the AXIOM remote will feature those anyway.