John Downer / Remote control "lion buggy" used to film Lion pride in BBC television series "Supersense", 1989

John Downer / Wide angle shot of Elephant herd taken with remote control camera during filming of BBC television programme 'Elephants - Spy in the Herd' 2003

John Downer Productions / 'Plopcam' - remotely controlled video camera disguised as dung, used to film elephant herd for BBC television film 'Elephants - Spy in the Herd' 2003

John Downer Productions / Elephant using foot to explore dungcam - remotely controlled video camera used for filming BBC television programme 'Elephants - Spy in the Herd' 2003

John Downer / African Elephant herd on the move taken with remote controlled camera during filming of BBC wildlife television pogramme 'Elephants - Spy in the Herd' 2003

John Downer / Lion cubs investigate Bouldercam remote control camera, Masai Mara, Kenya. Filming for 'Lions: Spy in the Den' a John Downer production for BBV tv. 2000

Marie Read / Equipment set up for remote control photography at nest hole of Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus), New York, USA. Camera, fitted with wide angle lens, mounted on monopod attached to ladder...

Marie Read / Backyard setup for photographing Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (Archilocus colubris) in summer, New York, USA. A natural food plant (cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis)) in a floral tube of water is tie...

Will Burrard-Lucas / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) at waterhole taken with a remote-control camera buggy. Tsavo East National Park, Kenya

Will Burrard-Lucas / Beetle cam, remote controlled camera buggy set up on tree roots.

Will Burrard-Lucas / Beetle cam, remote controlled camera buggy set up, Katavi National Park, Tanzania, October 2009.

John Downer / Clive Hall preparing glider painted to look like a stork for remote control aerial filming for 'In-Flight Movie', with Stonehenge in background, Wiltshire, England, UK, 1986