Our Bradley Remote CamBall 4 have come back from another successful series of Springwatch produced by the BBC Natural History Unit.
We have a huge variety of fixed rigs, PTZ, minicams, remote cameras and full broadcast viewing galleries at TX, all available for Dry Hire or with an experienced crew and full production support available if required.
Hire Camballs, Remote Hotheads, PTZ Cameras from TX, see Bradley Camball hire
More information and specifications on the Camball 4Ki on the Bradley Remote website
Read more about BBC Springwatch here
If you need a Wireless Link, the Teradek Bolt 3000’s arrive at our Shepperton HQ. 3000ft with zero delay, 20MHz channels, and new DFS channels make these the perfect upgrade.
They’re going straight out to a shoot on the lot but will be available to hire very soon.
Contact us by email or give us a call to see how we can help simplify your shoot!
Sony Venices added to the TX fleet of cameras with optional AXS extension units. With a full frame sensor, 6k shooting, Rec. 2020 colour space, and a phenomenal 15+ stops of latitude it’s the obvious choice for your next production! (All of our cameras have the V4 update).
A Virtual Reality Experiences like no other!
Working with TVC Group, TX provided end-to-end VR production for a tour of the cockpit of a MK IX Supermarine Silver Spitfire. IWC Schaffhausen guide you around the spitfire undertaking “The Longest Flight” project, a 43,000km tour circumnavigating the world.
Read more about the Silver Spitfire here: https://www.silverspitfire.com/
Read the Article on IWC website: https://www.iwc.com/en/articles/journal/the-longest-flight-news-events.html
Read more about the related Television Programme on the History Channel: https://www.history.co.uk/shows/silver-spitfire-the-longest-flight
TX shoot and stitch a unique 360 Video Link telling the story of The Balvenie DoubleWood. Relying heavily on our Mantis remote control 360 dolly, the 360 degree tour experience takes viewers through the whisky making process at Balevenie’s home in Dufftown.
You can also watch the video on Balvenie’s YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3Ll6GHznBs
TX helped create a 360 experience to better explain the problems Comic Relief are trying to solve.
Providing multiple 360 cameras and camera crew to shoot a mosquito-eye view of Malaria in Uganda for VR specialist production company, VR City.
Voiced by David Tennant, this video explores Life on the Front Line, with the world’s deadliest creature, the Mosquito, and how Malaria can be life-threatening for these communities.
You can read more about this shoot on East City Films website: https://eastcityfilms.com/content-comic-relief
An immersive 360 video experience, TX scrub up for a first-person view of an angioplasty at The John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, for specialist VR Production Company; East City Films
Experience a live Angioplasty, experience it in a 360-degree video, made for the British Heart Foundation.
Utilising a range of 360-degree cameras, external recorders, monitors and viewing gallery to ensure that everything was captured, and nothing was missed, stitched live for better viewing, with a full stitch completed in post, and presenting via a VR headset for an experience as if you were there.
Read more on East City Films website: https://eastcityfilms.com/british-heart-foundation
Whilst beautiful, the mountains around The Matterhorn throw up some challenges for 360 Video. The camera team from TX, working for production company VR City, hauled full pro VR shooting kit, monitoring and a track and dolly system across the Alps.
https://sanmiguelrichlist.independent.co.uk/vr/
Transmission TX are now owners of Mantis 360 Support systems to aid in the capture of 360° footage.
The Mantis, described as ‘The ultimate stabilised remote dolly for 360 camera arrays’, is used on uneven surfaces, awkward angles and rough terrain to help capture stabilised footage for ease of editing in post.
With a Kenyon gyro, 2-axis gimbal and 4 wheel-drive, as well as being remotely controllable from speeds of 0.1mph; the Mantis is a great aid to capturing stabilised footage, be it tracking shots, eye-level shooting, etc.
Please contact us for hire prices and availability.
Shooting 360 video on wirecam, drones, in rivers and fires, TX are again out with VR City to create a 360 interactive experience VR tour of the Laphroaig Distillery on Islay. The film tells the story of Laphroaig Whisky from the rivers and peat fields to the glass. Slàinte!
We learnt a lot ourselves, a great fun to shoot, read more about it on East City Films website: https://eastcityfilms.com/laphroaig
Read the thoughts of So Many Whiskies here, having toured quite a few distilleries – they’d know a good one: https://www.somanywhiskies.com/distilleries/item/908-laphroaig-virtual-tour-islay-scotland