Macro Motion Control Gantry
4 axis XY, Pan and Tilt macro gantry for precise and fast macro motion control cinematography on set
I have designed and developed over the last year a bespoke motion control gantry to facilitate macro cinematography principally of wildlife subjects.
The 4 axis gantry is XY and Pan and Tilt axes and is designed to accommodate RED, Arri and other large format cinema cameras. The unit is designed to work with macro lenses and is routinely used with focal lengths such as 200m micro lenses and 10x microscope objectives.
The camera can be flown with a PS4 controller live, or recorded and played back for repeat VFx moves.
It mounts on a 100mm bowl, or 3/8″ tie down and work in any orientation. Tilt is +/- 45 degrees and Pan is 360 degrees. X rail is 18″ and Y is 12″.
As seen in:
All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix)
A Real Bugs Life (Disney+)
Super/ Natural (Nat Geo)
Sphere Vegas

Life on Our Planet | Netflix
Life on our planet Coming soon to Netflix Robert shot time lapse photography for this ground breaking new Netflix series from Silverback Films, released on Netflix on 25th October 2023.Read more about it hereSubscribe
A Real Bug’s Life | Disney+
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Sphere Vegas opens with Postcards from Earth
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Super/Natural wins best cinematography at Jackson Wild 2023
Super/Natural wins best cinematography at Jackson Wild 2023Congratulations to all the camera team who worked on Super/Natural: The Mating Game for Plimsoll / Nat Geo which won the 2023 Cinematography award at Jackson Wild 2023. It's especially humbling that the award...
Super/Natural nominated at Emmy and Jackson Wild
Super/Natural nominated at the Emmy Awards and Jackson WildCongratulations to all the nominees across the board at both the Emmy Awards and Jackson Wild this year. There is some outstanding work in consideration. I'm delighted that a series I worked on - Super/Natural...
Filming for Sphere Vegas wraps at Studio 19
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All Quiet wins 7 BAFTA awards
All Quiet receives seven BAFta awardsCongratulations to the cast and crew of 'All Quiet' on the awards they received this evening at the 76th BAFTA awards in London. I am deeply proud to have worked on the film as a splinter wildlife unit shooting with the foxes in...
James Friend wins BSC Award for All Quiet
James Friend wins BSC award for All QuietI would like to extend my warmest congratulations to James for his win at the 2023 BSC Awards for the Cinematography on All Quiet on the Western Front. Operator Danny Bishop also won an awards for his work on the film....
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