I've been interested in this for quite a long time now, but just recently it occurred to me that i want to do this as a career, but i Haven't got a clue as to how or where to start from, I'm about to graduate with an IT degree this year, majoring in Artificial intelligence and I'd wanna work on programing cameras and developing software to be used on the hardware it self. Any pointers as to how can i start with that would be great.
I've looked at sites such as nikon and canon for the SDK but it's only via requests to registered companies.