http://www.noyzboyz.nl/Producten/Aaton/Recorder/aaton-cantar-x3 (http://www.noyzboyz.nl/Producten/Aaton/Recorder/aaton-cantar-x3)
Way Beyond the general population here - will probably run $20k or more - being sold for around 15.000 Euros in Europe
Does it hover? :o
Ain't that whut Futureman (Roy Wooten) plays..? :P
What a horrendously ugly looking machine !!!
It's like, how much more ugly could this be? And the answer is none -- none more ugly.
I.... kinda like it. :-\ it's like a concept car. Pretty ridiculous but sorta cool.
They are designed for location film cart use and are environmentally hardened (I.e. Against water, sand, etc).
This is the top of the line recorder
Clearly part of the Borg collective.
Damn
If you pre-order now, they'll include an 8gig SD card.
Now there is a real deal sweetener.
Cantar audio recorders (to be used on a cart) were created by Jean-Piere Beauviala, known for a very famous motion camera, the Aaton, designed to be like a "cat on the shoulder" vs the very un-ergonomic cameras of that time (Eclair, etc.). Then came a new time-code system, then the Cantar and eventually some financial difficulties in 2013.
http://test.aaton.com/products/film/
Beauviala is not only an engineer but someone very concerned with the "esthaetics of cinema". Aaton cameras are used in documentaries and some feature movies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaton_Digital
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaton_Digital
http://test.aaton.com/about/history.php
https://cinemagodardcinema.wordpress.com/interviews/genesis-of-a-camera-jean-pierre-beauviala-and-jean-luc-godard/
Beauviala also created a very small camera (in the 70's!), about the size of a SD microphone : the "Paluche" (the "Hand" (r) , in French slang). I can't find a picture of the original camera.
FWIW.