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 In December 2012 Oscar Spierenburg created the "Apertus - Open Source Cinema" company as branch of his film production company (Picoux Productions) in Antwerp, Belgium.

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 hire staff to guarantee completion of development/manufacturing within schedule offer international sales & warranty to customers long term provide a long term upgrade path for our products provide professional customer support increase production volume to reduce unit retail prices stock up on cameras to reduce lead time for customers finance future development efforts handle returns, repairs and replacements provide training and consulting services             :root { --dark-background: #474747; --light-background: #e1e1e1; --separator: #fa8756; --small-separator: #9e9b95; --margin: 10%; } /*.extended-view { width: 200%; left: -50%; position: relative; }*/ .footer { width: 100%; padding: 0; } .footer-top-area { background-color: var(--dark-background); height: 9em; padding-left: var(--margin); padding-right: var(--margin); display: flex; align-items: center; } .footer-separator { background-color: var(--separator); height: 0.2em; } .footer-small-separator { background-color: var(--small-separator); padding-left: var(--margin); padding-right: var(--margin); height: 0.1em; } .footer-main-area { background-color: var(--light-background); } .footer-row { display: flex; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 2rem; } .footer-column-area { padding-left: var(--margin); padding-right: var(--margin); padding-top: 4em; display: flex; flex-direction: column; /* flex-wrap: wrap; */ /* padding-bottom: 2em; */ } @media only screen and (max-width: 768px) { .footer-main-area { flex-direction: column; } .footer-row { flex-direction: column; } .new-article { margin-left: 0.5rem; margin-right: 0.5rem; } .region-new-footer { margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } :root { --margin: 5%; } .publications { display: block !important; } /* .newsletter { min-width: 25%; } */ .newsletter { margin-top: 2rem; margin-left: 0; } } @media only screen and (max-width: 980px) { .publications { display: block !important; } :root { --margin: 5%; } } .footer-column { flex: 0 0 25%; justify-content: center; display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-self: flex-start; /* margin-bottom: 2em; */ } /* .section { display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin-bottom: 2em; } */ /* Column caption */ .column-caption div:first-child { font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1em; } .publication { height: 6em; /* background: white; border: 1px solid var(--small-separator); */ margin-right: 3em; } .footer a { text-decoration: none; color: black; } .footer a:hover { color: #FA8756; } .newsletter { justify-self: flex-end; margin-left: auto; } .publications { display: flex; } .social-icon { height: 100%; }  apertus° is a member of    and the AXIOM project is certified Open Hardware by   .                apertus° - open source cinema Factory Hub Vienna Vorarlberger Allee 38 1230 Vienna Austria Contact    Contribute Join the team GitHub repositories apertus° Labs Live chat (IRC) Donate   Projects AXIOM Beta AXIOM Ecosystem OpenCine AXIOM Remote   Association About Contact Team Mission Statement Project background     Recent publications         Resources Wiki Regional communities Social media accounts Imprint Privacy Policy   For occasional project updates: Subscribe to our newsletter                   Login   Thanks to our Sponsors           © apertus° community 2006-2023 Website content available under CC-BY 4.0 International license        window.eu_cookie_compliance_cookie_name = "";