Cinemate Docs#

Welcome to the Cinemate project — an open-source boilerplate for building your own digital cinema camera using a Raspberry Pi 4 or 5. It combines a lightweight Python interface with the CinePi‑raw recorder by Csaba Nagy for capturing 12‑bit CinemaDNG footage.

To begin, follow the steps in Quick start. Later sections cover customising your build. For more background, see the Overview.

For sharing your build with others, inspiration and discussion, make sure to join the CinePi Discord.