A wireless, electronic lens adjustment system for motion picture cameras leverages brushed motors to deliver high torque in a small, quiet package.
The development of the SteadiCam, with its vibration-attenuation technology, promised to free filmmakers from the constraints of dolly rails and stationary cameras readily used in filmmaking well into the 90s. The SteadiCam allowed camera operators to carry a camera and still get quality footage. The challenge was in how to adjust focus, iris, and zoom while the camera was being carried.

Preston Cinema provided the solution with the introduction of the FI+Z, a family of wireless lens-adjustment systems that allow camera assistants to remotely fine-tune focus, iris, and zoom. Using hand controls, camera assistants adjust...read more