pCAM Pro - Film+Digital

Rebuilt from scratch with new interface, many new features, iPad and iPhone Xs compatible. Instant server updates to new camera formats. Camera, Lighting, and Favorites lists with reordering. Incremental +/- distance and focal length changes. Better accuracy & dynamic calculations. Improved searches. 4 test charts. Diagonal focal length matching. Blue/green screen with VFX tracking markers. Color Preview images. On the fly units conversion. White or Black Insert Slates. Widget, Launch Pro and Siri Shortcut ready.

24 bundled cinematography & still photography tools used by Oscar & Emmy winning Directors of Photography and Cinema & Media Studies students worldwide. Quick & easy tools for Camera Assistants, Camera Operators, VFX Supervisors, Script Supervisors, Gaffers, Grips, Editors, Production Designers, Art Directors, and Photographers.

It was designed by a working camera technician for professionals. Unlike other photography apps, its graphical interface helps the user understand how each calculation is applied. Often reviewed as “the Swiss army knife of cinema and photography apps.”


FEATURES

– Over a 1000 camera formats plus unlimited customizable, user-defined camera formats, CoC & filters. Automatic server updates to new cameras.
– Built-in user guides on each screen.
– Calculates instantly & automatically as each entry is entered.
– Depth of Field calculation (hyperfocal, total depth, near and far, image circle)
– Field of View (with angle of view)
– Field of View Preview in both Portrait & Landscape camera positions (8 images to pre-visualize & size shots by distance & focal length)
– Splits - Aperture Finder calculation
– Focal Length (lens) Matching - match to horizontal, vertical or diagonal dimensions
– Relative Size (compares sensors)
– Reference (technical charts, lists & tables. Cine film stocks, cine lens specs, false color/exposure change, miniature shooting, safe panning speeds, zone system, 2018 camera comparison chart).
– Exposure calculations
– HMI Flicker-free (safe shutters & safe camera speeds)
– Insert Slate (4 font colors plus white or black backgrounds)
– Eye Light - Chroma Key (VFX tracking markers for green/blue screen)
– Light Effects (animated light effects: fire, strobe, neon, siren, etc. For handheld light or Apple Airplay to HDTV)
– Mired Shift - Gel Selector
– Conversion calculator
– 4 Test Charts (incl. Siemens Star)
– Triangulate calculation (calculate distances, image circle, etc.)
– Film Running Time to Length
– Shooting to Screen Time
– Color Correction (chooses color correction filters)
– Time Lapse (shooting Interval, event Duration, screen time)
– Scene Illumination (beam intensity)
– Light Coverage (width/distance)
– Underwater Distance
– Diopter (lens focus, diopter power)
– Macro (object distance, magnification, corrected stop, DoF, object size, image size, fill percentage)

20 YEARS - 2 AWARDS

Originally designed in 1998 for the Palm Pilot and Trēo devices, this app has become a time-tested industry standard.

62nd Primetime Emmy Awards. Engineering award for "Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development" from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Technical Achievement Award from Society of Camera Operators. “For outstanding contributions to cinematography through the design and development of the pCAM Film+Digital Calculator.”