Miller Camera Support Equipment is the commercial name of R. E. Miller Pty Ltd, an independent Australian manufacturer of tripod

Tripod

A tripod is a portable three-legged frame, used as a platform for supporting the weight and maintaining the stability of some other object. The word comes from the Greek tripous, meaning "three feet". A tripod provides stability against downward forces, horizontal forces and moments about the...

s, fluid heads and various accessories for professional camera systems (dollies , spreaders and other camera supports such as monopods and pedestal systems).
Miller is one of the leading suppliers of ENG

Electronic news gathering

ENG is a broadcasting industry acronym which stands for electronic news gathering. It can mean anything from a lone broadcast journalist reporter taking a single professional video camera out to shoot a story, to an entire television crew taking a production truck or satellite truck on location...

/EFP

Electronic field production

Electronic field production is a television industry term referring to a video production which takes place in the field, outside of a formal television studio, in a practical location or special venue...

 equipment to broadcast

Broadcast

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 and government.

Miller is also the exclusive distributor of Lowel lighting equipment in Australia .

History

Eric Miller, an Australian engineer from Sydney, invented the fluid head for motion picture cameras, receiving a patent in 1946. He founded Miller Camera Support Equipment in 1954, manufacturing fluid heads and tripods. The same year, he developed the Miller Viscosity Drag. This invention greatly improved image quality in films by applying user-variable dampening to the pan and tilt movements of the camera.

Miller products are widely used in Australia, and since 1958, have been exported to the US, Europe and Asia.

Location

Miller Camera Support Equipment headquarters and manufacturing are based near Sydney

Sydney

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, Australia

Australia

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. The company also has service facilities in London and in New York, plus branch offices in Canada, California, Hong Kong, China, and various European countries.. .

Fluid heads

• 75mm bowl
  • DS miniDV range: DS5, DS10 and DS20. Introduced in 1992 .
  • Compass range: Compass 15 and Compass 20. Introduced in 2009 .

• 100mm bowl
  • Arrow range: Arrow 25, Arrow 40 and Arrow 50. .

• 150mm bowl
  • DS60

Tripods

• Toggle : lightweight tripods with traditional locks and 75mm bowls.
• Solo : spreaderless lightweight tripods with concentric locks and 75mm or 100mm bowls.
• Sprinter : fast setup lightweight tripods with 100mm bowls
• HD (Heavy Duty): sturdy tripods with 100mm or 150mm bowls

External links

• MILLER Official website
• Chadwell O'Connor, inventor of the fluid head
  Chadwell O'Connor
  Chad O'Connor redirects here.Chadwell O'Connor was an American inventor and steam engine enthusiast. He is most remembered as the inventor of the fluid-damped camera head, an achievement for which he won an Academy Award in 1992.-Early life and education:Chadwell O'Connor came from a distinguished...