pCAM Pro - Camera Tools

Plan shots, choose lenses, calculate exposure, and pre-visualize the frame in seconds.

27 pro tools. 2,000+ camera formats. Every result illustrated.

I've deliberately kept pCAM Pro a one-time purchase, with none of the subscriptions that have crept into so many apps.

• Universal app for iPhone, iPad, Apple Silicon Mac, and Apple Vision Pro

• 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)

• 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 & VFX with 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. 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

• 2,000+ 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

AND ONE THING THAT ISN'T A CALCULATOR

Crew Wheel — spin to settle who's buying the coffee. Not a tool, just a small gift for the standing-around time. Every long day needs one.

TRUSTED WORLDWIDE BY

DPs, Photographers, Camera Assistants, Camera Operators, Production Designers, VFX, Videographers, Gaffers, plus Film, Television, and Digital Media students.

INDUSTRY RECOGNITION

• Membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Production and Technology Branch).

• 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."