The Argus Rig
Production Bullet Time
at Studio Scale
The Argus rig is NWD’s proprietary multi-camera system: designed, built, and owned by us. Behind it sits a fleet of around 300 cameras across our rigs, calibrated to sub-pixel precision.
We’ve deployed it on major movie sets, international TV productions, and broadcast specials. Not as a vendor renting someone else’s kit, but as the people who designed the technology and know exactly how to push it.
300
Camera maximum configuration
4K
Per-camera resolution
360°
Full capture arc capability
2001
On studio productions since
Technical Specification
The Argus Rig
Camera Count
50 cine cameras on the Argus rig; around 300 across the NWD fleet
Resolution
4K per camera, cinema-grade imaging
Sync
Simultaneous fire, hardware-triggered with sub-frame precision
Capture Arc
Configurable from partial to full 360°
Output
Bullet time, freeze-frame, camera move synthesis, 4D Gaussian Splatting
Delivery
14 bit TIFF sequences exported from Canon RAW on the DSLR rig; 300Mbps movies from the Argus rig
3D and GS delivery
Full resolution 2D movies or the 3D files themselves; 4DGS exports for Unity and Blender
Deployment
UK, Europe, and international. NWD crew, NWD kit
IMDB
Full production credits available on request. Ian Wright / New World Designs
Film & TV Credits