Put a cinema camera in the air. Keep full control on the ground.
ENTIRE R3 gives the camera crew exposure, focus and record control between takes, over the radio you already fly. It works with a RED KOMODO on an FPV rig, an ARRI ALEXA Mini on a heavy-lift, an FX6, a Z-CAM or a Blackmagic Pocket, and nobody has to land or touch the rig to change a setting.
The director wants another stop. With ENTIRE, the DIT changes ISO, shutter, aperture and colour temperature and starts recording from the ground while the rig stays in the air or on the pilot’s back. That replaces the usual routine of landing, unstrapping, adjusting and relaunching.
- ✓RED (KOMODO, V-RAPTOR & more): exposure, colour temperature, user-mappable keys, record start/stop.
- ✓ARRI ALEXA Mini (LF): full exposure and record control.
- ✓Sony FX6 / FX3: body control including the grip functions.
- ✓Z-CAM, Blackmagic BMPCC, Panasonic: full control of the smaller cinema bodies.
Fly the camera the job calls for.
One client wants RED, the next job needs a GFX, and your own rig carries a Z-CAM. ENTIRE talks to cameras over USB, WiFi, LANC, serial and iXLink, so one controller covers all three.
*Canon EOS R5C is not supported in video mode. Detailed connection options and control schemes for each camera are coming as dedicated pages. Tiles marked geotag also support automatic EXIF geotagging.
Exposure, recording and focus from the ground.
ENTIRE controls whatever the camera makes available on its remote bus, from your RC transmitter, ground station or HereLink screen.
Full exposure control
Shutter, aperture, ISO, exposure compensation, white balance and colour temperature, adjusted in flight as far as each camera’s bus allows. You can match takes without bringing the rig down.
Record, trigger & burst
Start and stop video, fire stills or bursts from a transmitter switch, a Link button, a mission event or the HereLink screen.
Focus & more
AF trigger, manual focus racking, focus-point movement, liveview zoom, menu navigation, playback and P-A-S-M toggle. What’s available depends on the camera model and is listed in each camera’s control scheme.
Works with the radio you already fly.
FPV pilots map camera functions to spare SBUS or Jeti channels, so there’s no ground station on set. MAVLink drones get QGroundControl and Mission Planner control, and on HereLink the MavCam app puts a camera UI on the pilot’s screen. The AIR Commander Link remote plugs straight in.
Hobby RC: SBUS, Jeti, PWM
Map spare channels of your film-set radio to camera functions, with configurable trigger levels. The crew doesn’t need any new hardware.
HereLink & ground stations
Full HereLink implementation via MavCam, MAVLink control from QGroundControl, and a Mission Planner plugin for PC ground stations.
AIR Commander Link & DJI
The AIR Commander Link remote works without any channel mapping. On DJI airframes, DJI LightBridge 2 control is supported.
RED KOMODO on a cinematic FPV rig
Change ISO, shutter, aperture and colour temperature and roll the camera from the ground between takes. The rig stays on the pilot’s back; the settings stay with the crew.
ARRI & FX6 on heavy-lift platforms
ARRI ALEXA Mini over WiFi, FX6 over LANC and grip. Recording and exposure stay with the camera crew, and the pilot just flies.
Z-CAM & BMPCC on your own build
Control a Z-CAM E2 or a Blackmagic Pocket from spare channels on the radio you already hold. No ground station needed on set.
One screen: fly and operate the camera
On HereLink drones, MavCam puts exposure, triggering and review on the flight screen, so one operator can fly the mission and run the camera.
One controller across a mixed fleet
Rental houses and drone service companies fly whatever the client books: a KOMODO this week, a GFX the next. With one ENTIRE and a cable per camera, crews only learn one workflow.
Thermal & zoom payload control
Switch ViewPro payloads between visible, thermal and near-infrared, and control tracking and zoom. On mapping jobs, the same ENTIRE geotags the images.
Ports and interfaces.
One camera port and three universal serial IO ports (six with the Extension BOX), plus microSD logging and built-in WiFi for configuration.
Control & integration
- ✓Camera interfaces: USB/MULTI, WiFi, LANC, IR, serial, iXLink and SmartPlug
- ✓Control input: SBUS, Jeti EX Bus, PWM, MAVLink and AIR Commander Link
- ✓Full HereLink implementation via MavCam · Mission Planner plugin
- ✓RED & ARRI control via optional control upgrades
- ✓Built-in WiFi hotspot with web interface for configuration & firmware updates
Geotagging & data
- ✓Automatic EXIF & XMP: GPS/RTK position, heading, camera Roll/Pitch/Yaw · JPG & ARW
- ✓GPS input via DJI API, MAVLink, EMLID ERB or NMEA
- ✓LightWare rangefinder distance tagging (Sony & ADTi) · measure in the free AirPixel Viewer
- ✓microSD slot for GPS geotagging LOG files and backup LOGs
Data sharing & triggers
- ✓MAVLink passthrough: drone data to other devices at its own baud rate, no extra connection to the flight controller
- ✓NMEA output: GPS from DJI API, MAVLink, EMLID ERB or NMEA forwarded to third-party devices as a configurable stream
- ✓Timelapse trigger: photos at a set interval, started or stopped in flight
- ✓Distance trigger: fires at a set spacing from GPS for constant overlap, pausable in flight
Geotagging is on board, too
ENTIRE writes GPS/RTK position and camera attitude into the EXIF of every photo on Sony, Canon R5, PhaseOne, ADTi, ShareUAV, ViewPro and Workswell cameras. The geotagging page covers the full mapping workflow. If your fleet flies the Sony ILX-LR1, look at TAG-E, which we built for that camera.
A dedicated app to set up and control your ENTIRE from an Android device.
The app is optional. You can configure the ENTIRE from any device with a web browser, and ENTIRE Link simply makes connecting and updating easier: it finds the ENTIRE, joins its Wi-Fi and opens the control page by itself.
- ✓Finds and connects automatically. Open the app, tap Connect once.
- ✓Opens in about two seconds after the first start, because the app keeps the control page on your phone.
- ✓Updates the firmware in four taps. Pick a version from the list of all releases and the app does the rest.
Which AirPixel controller fits your build?
ENTIRE R3 is the universal controller: cinema bodies, mirrorless cameras, industrial payloads and all the control links. TAG-E handles one camera, the Sony ILX-LR1, and has more mapping features for it. Geotagging accuracy is the same on both.
| Feature | ENTIRE R3 | TAG-E |
|---|---|---|
| Camera support | Universal: 15 camera families incl. RED & ARRI | Purpose-built for Sony ILX-LR1 |
| Control input | SBUS / Jeti / PWM / Link / MAVLink / HereLink | MAVLink / HereLink |
| Primary job | Long-range camera control | Geotagging & mapping |
| Geotagging accuracy | Same high accuracy | Same high accuracy |
| EXIF & XMP geotagging | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lever-arm offset calculation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Rangefinder geotagging measure in AirPixel Viewer | ✓ | ✓ |
| SBUS / Jeti / PWM / Link control input | ✓ | ✗ |
| WiFi configuration | ✓ | ✗ |
| Extension BOX support | ✓ | ✗ |
| Custom flight label | ✗ | ✓ |
| Movie SRT video geotagging | ✗ | ✓ |
| PPS GPS time synchronisation | ✗ | ✓ |
| PPK TXT output | ✗ | ✓ |
| Automatic camera clock from GPS | ✗ | ✓ |
| Best fit | Cinema, mixed fleets & any camera brand | Mapping fleets on the ILX-LR1 |
Building a mapping product around the ILX-LR1? Choose TAG-E. For any other camera, and for cinema work in particular, choose ENTIRE R3.
One controller for cinema, mirrorless and industrial cameras.
ENTIRE R3 costs €279. Camera cables and the RED & ARRI control upgrades are in the shop. If you’re integrating it into a drone platform, talk to us.