Looks like a Typhoon H clone....

[djsergeatl]

Canon and a Japanese company just released a camera drone that looks like a typhoon h clone.
Article from dpreview.com:
Canon outfits industrial drone with ME20F-SH all-purpose camera

 

[Steve Carr]

Looks really really huge. Price?? Can only guess it's as big as the machine. $20,000 just for the camera.

 

[Jagerbomb52]

There's a whole world of other applications and special use cases.

While you may not see the utility in a camera like that, others do. Compare that camera, to thermal cameras with resolutions of less than half a megapixel, and can only see warm objects. And the utility of a camera that can see real objects by starlight, for certain applications, should be apparent.

Yes, it's a lot of money. But it's a very, very niche market. It was not likely ever intended to sell in volume. The only reason it was noticed at all, is because it was made by Canon. So people are expecting to see some sort of DSLR-carrying system to compete directly with DJI.
That was not the intent.

 

[Steve Carr]

There's a whole world of other applications and special use cases.
While you may not see the utility in a camera like that, others do. Compare that camera, to thermal cameras with resolutions of less than half a megapixel, and can only see warm objects. And the utility of a camera that can see real objects by starlight, for certain applications, should be apparent.
Yes, it's a lot of money. But it's a very, very niche market. It was not likely ever intended to sell in volume. The only reason it was noticed at all, is because it was made by Canon. So people are expecting to see some sort of DSLR-carrying system to compete directly with DJI.
That was not the intent.

Hmmm......I didn't say anything about it's usefulness. For $40-50,000 a machine it should be to see a mouse in the garden. The target audience is obviously limited.

 

[Jagerbomb52]

No I agree you did not but you implied it was expensive. I just replied that its cost was based on what it does and what it was made for. A certain niche, specialty market one that the average person would not fit into.

 

[B Scott]

Typhoon H on steroids lol

 

[Rayray]

Yes, it's a lot of money. But it's a very, very niche market. It was not likely ever intended to sell in volume. The only reason it was noticed at all, is because it was made by Canon. So people are expecting to see some sort of DSLR-carrying system to compete directly with DJI.
That was not the intent.

How on earth can you presume to know what people notice, expect, or the intent of manufacturer production?

Good ole @djsergeatl is merely pointing out the Hex resemblance. Funny, not serious. Doggone, the props are almost the diameter of a TH, lol. 44 volt battery?

 

[B Scott]

Augustine... deep breath and less sensitivity.
All is cool

 

[medic72494]

Go to cnchelecopter.com and build your own for far less.