Tilta Nucleus Nano II Hand Wheel Controller

The Nucleus Nano II Hand Wheel Controller is Tilta’s wireless focus controller with a 1.6" circular touch screen. The main dial pulls focus, the damped control rocker drives zoom or iris, and camera settings can be changed over Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or USB-C. The built-in 1800 mAh battery runs for up to 20 hours; the unit works with Nucleus Nano II, Nucleus Nano and Nucleus-M motors and with DJI RS 2 and RS 3 Pro gimbals.

The hand wheel is the part of the Nucleus Nano II system the focus puller actually holds. A dial, a rocker and a touch screen in one round body replace both a marked focus disc and a separate camera controller.

1.6" circular touch screen

The screen switches between three main pages — camera control, focus control and motor control. It shows iris, ISO, shutter speed, colour temperature, resolution, bit rate, frame rate and recording status. The interface is driven by touch, so settings can be changed without reaching for the camera.

Dial, rocker and buttons

The main dial pulls focus with adjustable resistance; the damped control rocker drives zoom or iris and suits smooth eases in and out. The REC button starts and stops recording, the FUNC button switches functions. The whole body sits in one palm, leaving the other hand free.

Up to four channels

On its own the hand wheel drives motors for focus, iris and zoom. Combined with the Nucleus Nano II Control Handle the number of channels rises to four, adding the motorised Mirage ND. The system is backwards compatible with Nucleus Nano and Nucleus-M motors as well as with DJI Focus motors.

Lens mapping and camera control

The lens mapping page shows the focus distance in real time, so there is no need to mark a focus disc in pencil. Camera control runs over Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or USB-C; the range of functions — from Run/Stop to ISO, shutter and iris — depends on the camera model and firmware version.

What to watch out for

The hand wheel must not be powered over P-Tap — the manufacturer states this explicitly. The NATO clamp on the Control Handle and the Power Handle is intended for the hand wheel only; do not attach other accessories to it or the contact pins will be damaged. Camera control is available on selected models only and the feature set changes with firmware.