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pCAM Pro - Film+Digital
Master every shot with 27 professional-grade tools designed for DPs, camera assistants, and VFX supervisors. Eliminate the guesswork on high-stakes productions with the industry's most trusted technical calculator.
Key Figures
Downloads
70K+
User Rating
4.9/5
Total Ratings
500
Publisher
David Eubank
Category
Photo & Video
Locales
1
Latest Version
2.0.7
Size
125.9 MB
First Released
Dec 20, 2018
Features
The Gold Standard for On-Set Precision
Empower your production with 27 Emmy-winning tools. From depth of field to flicker-free lighting, get instant, accurate calculations designed for the high-pressure environment of professional cinematography.
Master Optical Calculations
Eliminate guesswork with instant Depth of Field, Field of View, and lens matching for over 2,000 camera formats.
Technical Exposure Mastery
Secure every shot with HMI flicker-free safe speeds, Mired Shift gel selection, and professional scene illumination tools.
The following screenshots and description are sourced directly from the app's official store listing and are the property of the app developer.
App Store
Screenshots
Emmy Award trophy for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering for pCAM Pro app
pCAM Pro app interface showing depth of field cinematography calculations
pCAM Pro app interface showing the Field of View and Preview tool for a Blackmagic camera.
pCAM Pro app showing field of view and focal length shot design previews
pCAM Pro app interface showing the Focal Length Match tool for comparing lenses between Arri Alexa and Canon EOS cameras
Relative Size feature in pCAM Pro app comparing IMAX and Nikon camera sensor dimensions with a visual overlay
pCAM Pro app interface showing technical exposure calculations for cinematography including aperture shutter angle and exposure index
Digital film slate tool for professional movie production
Three smartphone screens displaying customizable blue and green chroma keys with tracking markers for visual effects.
Screenshot of the pCAM Pro app displaying a list of lighting effect presets including fire television and police siren
Description
27 cinematography & photography tools. Essential for DP’s, Photographers, Camera Assistants, Camera Operators, VFX Supervisors, Videographers, Gaffers, Grips, Production Designers, plus Film, Television, and Digital Media students worldwide.
• Graphical interface informs the user how each calculation is applied.
• Universal app for iPhone, iPad, iPod, Silicon Mac (M1/M2, etc.)
• 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
• 2000+ camera formats plus unlimited customizable, user-defined camera formats, CoC & filters
• Designed by a working camera technician who understands that calculations must be done simply and on-the-run
27 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”
This page is not an official page of the app or its developer, but an independent editorial publication created for informational and commentary purposes. Unless expressly stated otherwise, neither the app nor its developer is affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, authorized by, or otherwise officially connected with MWM, Apple, Google Play, the app publisher, or the app's developer, and nothing on this page implies that the app was developed using MWM's services. Any trademarks, logos, screenshots, and other content remain the property of their respective owners.