Why Motors?

Why motors?

We get this question from time to time and the simple answer is, why not?

NODO's patented motorized handwheel technology is designed to expand the limits of your operating and enable you to achieve your creative vision.

One of the most fundamental tools of camera movement is weight—a heavy dolly, a large camera, a big crane. All of the tools we use have weight which resists acceleration and deceleration. This weight is tactile. A dolly grip can feel it in their palms as an actor turns to walk. A camera operator feels it in their fingers as they land a whip pan. Control over this weight is control over the image. The Inertia Wheels give you control over the tactile weight in your hands, and therefore the image at the other end.