The origins of RT Motion began in 2007, when long-term collaborators Kris Bird (director of photography & electrical engineer) and Jamie Glover (jib/steadicam op & machinist engineer) wanted to remote-focus every day of an upcoming 40-day project. The budget for a traditional 2-axis remote would only stretch to a week, so there was the perfect excuse to improvise a solution. Two weeks of electronics work and manual metal-machining later- the device was crude, but enabled shots that wouldn't have otherwise been possible.


2009 MK2 Motor By early 2009, there were still very limited options on the market for multi-axis control. Kris and Jamie decided to invest the time and money in developing the world's first affordable multi-axis remote lens control solution-- the RT Motion MK1 was released a year later.

2010/11 saw rapid refinement and expansion for the company, including investment in high-end CNC machining facilities to reduce out-sourcing costs and improve production precision to aerospace levels. This enabled the company to develop and tune it's first true 'flat motor', the MK3.

The company has now been shipping professional solutions for over 2 years and is on the 3rd revision of its lens control system. User feedback and rapid in-house development has resulted in a rapidly maturing professional solution.

2012 will see the expansion of the product range, particularly in areas which take advantage of the completely unique MK3 brushless (intelligent) motor with integrated drive electronics (with 5x the life of traditional brush motors).


2011 MK3 Motor Upcoming Releases and announcements:-

- Motion Control integration API- Control MK3 motors directly via Serial, no receiver required. Ideal for integrating lens control into existing MoCo systems, Aerial photography rigs, 3D rigs, etc.

- Rail-mounted controller (manual follow focus replacement)- can connect directly to motor, no receiver required.

- Gimble/ tripod mounted control thumb control- can connect directly to motor, no receiver required.

- Affordable break-out box to enable control of 4-8 motors from a single Controller / Receiver set.

- Discounted upgrade for existing customers wishing to trade in MK2 motors for MK3 motors.