26 cinematography & photography tools. Essential for DP’s, Photographers, Camera Assistants, Camera Operators, VFX Supervisors, Videographers, Gaffers, Grips, Production Designers, and Cinema & Media Studies students worldwide.
• Universal app for iPhone, iPad, iPod, Silicon Mac (M1)
• Depth of Field (hyperfocal, total depth, near and far, image circle)
• Field of View (and angle of view)
• Field of View Preview in both Portrait & Landscape camera positions (8 images to pre-visualize & size shots by distance & focal length)
• Focal Length (lens) Matching - match to horizontal, vertical or diagonal dimensions
• Relative Size (compares sensors)
• Exposure calculations
• HMI Flicker-free (safe shutters & safe camera speeds)
• Reference (technical charts, lists & tables. Cine film stocks (with film can labels), cine lens specs, false color/exposure change, diopter distance table, miniature shooting, safe panning speeds, zone system, 2018 camera comparison chart)
• Insert Slate (4 font colors plus white or black backgrounds)
• Splits - Aperture Finder calculation
• Speed Booster® Adapter. Calculate reduced Focal Length & Boosted Aperture with various adapters. Also create camera format profiles with attached adapters for use in other tools
• Eye Light - Chroma Key (color-adjustable VFX tracking markers for green/blue screen)
• Light Effects for handheld light or via Apple Airplay to HDTV. Includes templates for: fire, television, siren, neon, strobe, flashbulb, lightning, strobe. Create unlimited custom animations
• 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)
• Built-in user guides on each screen
• Calculates instantly & automatically as each entry is entered
• Over 1600 camera formats plus unlimited customizable, user-defined camera formats, CoC & filters
• Automatic server updates to new cameras (no waiting for App Store updates)
• Designed by a working camera technician who understands that calculations must be done simply and on-the-run
• Different from other photo apps, its graphical interface shows how each calculation is applied
26 YEARS - 3 AWARDS
75th Primetime Emmy Awards. Emmy® for “Outstanding Achievement in Engineering, Science & Technology” from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
62nd Primetime Emmy Awards. Engineering Plaque 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”
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You are missing out on an amazing app!
If you have not checked out this awesome app, you are missing an opportunity to solve problems that come up for production. I know this app is unique to the camera dept but I assure you that Production Designers, Producers, Chief Lighting Technicians, Key Grips, Storyboard Artists and anyone involved with pre-viz, can gain very useful info from their “what ifs”. pCam is an essential tool in my e-kit. It has saved me thousands of dollars due to its wealth of data. It enables me to see the future.
You must see for yourself.
Excellent app
Have owned PCam since the start of my focus pulling career. This app has helped me figure out complicated shots to just last night doing car plate shots with 9 cameras on a array, quickly figured out the hyperfocal distance for all. No need to have a camera implement if you know how to actually use the app. Has helped me countless of time in my Local 600 career. Thanks!
The app should access camera
Great app, BUT it should access camera on iPhone to give the exact POV of the shot, rather than using cartoon cutouts which do not simulate your actual actors.
Can’t say it can’t be done, cause the app “Cadrage” does it and it is rated very high in the App Store. When using your camera, it superimposes the frame (depending on the lens you select) over your camera’s frame.
A Service To The Industry
This piece of programming is a major service to the industry. It’s clearly driven by love because it’s certainly not driven by money. Thank you, David!
Bill Dill, ASC
Great App with one huge thing missing
Love the app. So many tools to make sure your production looks & feels great.
The only thing that would make the app better from my experience with the app, is when previewing your shot in “Field of View”, the app should access your phone’s camera where the user can see exactly what their shot will look like depending on the camera and lens being used, rather than cartoon cut-outs that include dimensions (because people are different sizes and shapes).
That feature would make this app perfect.
The electronic resource.
I’ve been using pCAM since it was on palm pilot. It is THE cinematography resource, and the standard for which all other similar apps must be judged.
Essential part of my kit
As a VFX Supervisor and Artist, this app is a necessary part of my kit. I use it for sensor size comparisons, FOV dimensions, and a myriad of other camera and lighting items that are important for the VFX team. If you’re in the industry, you need this app.
Very valuable tool
Superb software at a very reasonable price for value received.
Simply the best.
As a 1st AC it gives me confidence in the decisions I make and the focus I pull. Thank you!
The best
This is a must have app if you are a cinematographer or photographer.
