Nagra III Tape Recorder

unigami

This little recorder made a big impact on the motion picture industry in the sixties. I think it is a great example of perfectly executed design. Someone had one for sale on Ebay and had pictures from every angle, so I thought it would be fun to model it.

This is my first serious attempt at doing a rendering. I used Kerkythea. It looks pretty good to me, but feel free to make comments if you see anything that I can change to improve it!

Here's an interesting article about the Nagra III and its inventor:http://www.filmsoundsweden.se/backspegel/kudelski.html

Rich O Brien

Excellent model

Stinkie

Agreed! The render doesn't look bad either, but the plane the recorder's sitting on is far too reflective, IMO.

massimo

Very nice model The renders are hmmm...you have to work a bit on materials and lighting.

numbthumb

Excellent model indeed!

honoluludesktop

Hmm...Reminds me of one of my favorite films where a Nagra has a minor part in the film. What a beautiful, and lyrical soundtrack.
[flash=640,390:5pjfwgk4]http://www.youtube.com/v/2hsmoo97CVA?version=3[/flash:5pjfwgk4]
[flash=640,390:5pjfwgk4]http://www.youtube.com/v/lN_8qFinDBM?version=3[/flash:5pjfwgk4]

unigami

@honoluludesktop said:

Hmm...Reminds me of one of my favorite films where a Nagra has a minor part in the film. What a beautiful, and lyrical soundtrack.

Thanks for the clips, beautiful - I really enjoyed watching them!

A Nagra also appears in the Beatles movie Help! and in the John Travolta movie Blow Out

Thanks everyone, for the nice and helpful comments!

solo

Excellent model!

I'd love to run it through Thea and get it photo real.

Bryan K

Excellent model and render.

I've actually used one of those a long time ago. Fantastic piece of engineering.

solo

Thanks for letting me play with this brilliant model, rendered with Thea.

nagra3.b.jpg

d12dozr

Daaaammmmmmmmmm!

Roger

@bryan k said:

Excellent model and render.

I've actually used one of those a long time ago. Fantastic piece of engineering.

I was in charge of a Department of the Army film team at the Pentagon in 1967. We were traveling around Washington, DC filming protests and rioting. The cameramen had German Arriflex cameras and the soundman was using the Nagra. They were good machines, but the one we had that day developed a short and started to smoke.

Roger

Could you let me use the file? I do a newsletter for a group of ex military photographers and some of them were soundmen. Too often the soundguys are overlooked and I think images from your model would help generate greater recognition in the group.

unigami

@solo said:

Thanks for letting me play with this brilliant model, rendered with Thea.

Pete...my pleasure! It looks fantastic!

solo

Thanks, here is another.

honoluludesktop

Wow, look at the detail brought out by the render on the model's tape heads, guide fasteners, meters, etc.

solo

This is a good one, click on large image:

http://www.solos-art.com/nagra-iii-recorder/

EarthMover

Brilliant modeling! You can really see the detail in the Thea render. Love the before & after scroll over on the website Pete....that's a really powerful effect.

michaliszissiou

I have one Nagra III here, it works perfectly

This is a brilliant model

dale

Incredible modeling, The detail is stunning.
And Pete you have really brought it to life!