Some camera support innovations are so fundamental that it is impossible to imagine the world of television camera-work without them. The fluid action head, first patented by the Australian company Miller, is a perfect example of one such innovation. Before Bob Miller invented the world’s first fluid head in 1946, camera operators had no option but to work with bulky and expensive gear-driven assemblies whereby panning shots were tricky and diagonal moves virtually impossible.

Miller fluid heads revolutionised the film and television industry by giving operators the freedom to shoot far more creatively, reduced production time and achieved shots that were previously unobtainable.

Sixty plus years on and with more than 200,000 systems in use globally, Miller products feature in electronic news gathering, electronic field production, as well as cinema and television productions in world leading networks, production houses, corporate, educational and government institutions in more than 65 countries.