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.
Alongside it runs the DSLR rig: around 120 Canon DSLRs, scalable to 240, shooting 5.7K stills for print grade output and true in camera long exposure. When the brief calls for maximum still resolution or light painting, that is the rig we bring.
300
Camera maximum configuration
4K
Per-camera resolution
360°
Full capture arc capability
2001
On studio productions since
Technical Specification
The Argus and DSLR Rigs
The Argus Rig
Cameras
50 Z CAM E2 4K cine cameras
Capture
Continuous synced video, the moment chosen in post
Resolution
4K per camera, cinema-grade imaging
Sync
Pixel sync, frame-for-frame across all cameras
Output
Bullet time, freeze-frame, camera move synthesis, 4D Gaussian Splatting
The DSLR Rig
Cameras
Around 120 Canon DSLRs, scalable to 240
Capture
Triggered fire, simultaneous or sequenced
Resolution
5.7K stills, published in Vogue and GQ
Sync
Hardware-triggered with sub-frame precision
Output
Bullet time, light painting, photogrammetry, 3DGS
Capture Arc
Both rigs: configurable from partial to full 360°
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
