FILM DRONES
Heavy-lift, Inspire 3, Mavic 3, FPV drone film crew
based in Queenstown New Zealand
10 Years Experience
Our Commercial Drone Filming Credit List is vast with clients including Coca Cola, Samsung, Lloyds, Toyota, Mitsubishi Motors, Subaru, Hyundai, Isuzu, Tag Heuer, Asics, Sony, Subway, Shiseido, Jaguar
Our Drama and TV Drone Filming Credits include 'Don't Make Me Go', 'The Royal Treatment', 'One Lane Bridge', 'Dark City - The Cleaner', 'The Summit', 'She-Hulk', 'The Power of the Dog', 'SAS Australia',
FREEFLY ALTA X DRONE
Maximum payload 15kg
Multiple camera and lens options
Maximum ground speed 60kph
Heavy Lift Drone
Arri Alexa Mini LF, Sony Venice, Red
Anamorphic or Spherical lenses
Full FIZ control
3 Man Team
LARGE PAYLOAD
Alta X is the go-to drone when we need to carry an cine camera for TVCs or Feature Films.
DJI INSPIRE 3 DRONE
X9 Camera
8K Full Frame Sensor
Maximum ground speed 94kph
Medium Lift Drone
18mm 24mm 35mm 50mm lenses
Dual Op or Single Op
PRECISE WORKHORSE
Inspire 3 has it all, great quality in a mid sized affordable package. This is our favourite drone for high speed car commercials and TV Drama.
Excellent quality RAW stills photographs from the Full Frame 45 megapixel sensor.
DJI INSPIRE 2 DRONE
X7 Camera
6K Super 35mm Sensor
Maximum ground speed 94kph
Medium Lift Drone
16mm 24mm 35mm 50mm lenses
Dual Op or Single Op
FAST WORKHORSE
Inspire 2 is a known and proven cinema drone.
DJI MAVIC 3 PRO CINE DRONE
Hasselblad Camera
5.1K 4/3 Sensor
Maximum ground speed is 68kph
Lightweight Drone
24mm Lens
70mm Lens
Single Op
AFFORDABLE QUALITY
Mavic 3 packs a lot of quality into a very small package. Perfect for smaller productions.
FPV CINELIFTER DRONE
Fuji X-2HS Camera
6.2K Super 35mm Sensor
Maximum ground speed is 130kph
FPV Drone
9mm, 14mm Lenses
Single Op
FPV PERSPECTIVE
FPV Cinelifter is incredibly fast and agile for dynamic chase and immersive action.
FILM CREW
Our Queenstown drone pilots and operators all have extensive film set experience with backgrounds in camera, grip or lighting department
Aerial Cinematographer
Ben Ruffell is an award winning Aerial Cinematographer and Photographer. He is a full member of The New Zealand Cinematographers Society (NZCS) and also a member of the ACS. Ben is a CAA Part 102 certified drone pilot.
NZCS - Bronze - 'Dawn Flight' 2021
NZCS - Gold - 'Mitsubishi' 2019
NZCS - Silver - 'Telunsu' 2019
NZCS - Gold - 'Flying South' 2016
Chief Pilot
Joshua Dunn is one of New Zealand's most sought after cinema drone pilots. He has over 500 hours of flight time logged including 50 hours of night operations. Joshua is a CAA Part 102 certified drone pilot.
A former dolly grip, Joshua understands camera movement and he achieves shots that have the 'wow' factor.
GIMBALS
We are the original stabilised gimbal rental company based in Queenstown
Freefly MoVI XL
DJI Ronin 2
Freefly MoVI Pro
Support Equipment
Camera Equipment
- MoVI Wheels
- Master Wheels
- Alpha Wheels
- MoVI Controllers
- Force Pro
- Black Arm
- Easy-Rig
- Ready Rig GS
- Eartec Wireless Intercoms
- Honda Generators
- HD Monitors
- Wireless Video
- Wireless Follow Focus
- Red Dragon Cameras
- Tokina Cinema Vista prime set
- Angenieux Optimo Style 25-250 zoom
- Fujinon 19-90 zoom
- Matteboxes
- Filters
- Sprayoff Milli Rain Deflector