P-Cam Pro: Meet the Swiss Army Knife of Cinema Apps

The popular P-cam app gets “Pro” update with more cinematography tools.

First released years ago and originally developed by those working in the camera technician field, the new updated P-Cam Pro app continues to be a handy tool for filmmakers on sets big or small.

If you’re looking to preview field of view, calculate focal length matches, or just access the numerous reference charts which you might need out on a shoot, this “swiss army knife” cinema app has you covered.

Let’s take a look at some of the P-Cam Pro’s updated features.

Depth of Field

As a highly helpful and practical hand-held depth of field calculator, the P-Cam Pro gives insights into percentage distances, user-definable camera formats and focal length changes.

• Near, Far, Total, Hyperfocal & Percentage Distances
• Unlimited user-definable Camera Formats & CoC
• Automatic server updates to new Cameras
• Incremental +/- distance & focal length changes
• Camera, Lighting, and Favorites lists with reordering

Field of View Preview

The P-Cam Pro also helps with your shot-to-shot production as a preview device for setting up your compositions and working with your field of view with a focus on different focal lengths, distances and camera positions.

• Match shots based on Distance & Focal Length
• Portrait and Landscape camera positions
• 8 Preview Illustrations
• Adjustable safe area masks, 90% - 92% - 95%

Reference Charts

And as a favorite of DPs and ACs on every set, having handy reference charts at the ready can be a huge help and save you from lugging around papers and folders everywhere you go. (Just don’t get caught looking at your phone any time other than to check the app!)

Reference charts included:

• Technical charts, lists and tables
• False Color/Exposure Change
• Cine Lens Manufacturers
• Zone System
• Miniature Shooting
• Safe Panning Speeds
• Cine Film Stocks
• 2018 Camera comparisons

The Rest of the P-Cam Pro Tools

But there’s definitely plenty more to get out of the P-Cam Pro as the device has a wide array of uses and tools at your disposal. Including:

• Splits - Aperture Finder
• Focal Length Match
• Relative Size
• Exposure
• HMI Flicker-Free
• Insert Slate
• Eye Light - Chroma Key
• Light Effects
• Mired Shift - Gel Selector
• Conversions
• Test Charts (siemens)
• Triangulate
• Running Time to Length
• Shooting to Screen Time
• Color Correction
• Time Lapse
• Scene Illumination
• Light Coverage
• Underwater Distance
• Diopter
• Macro

You can purchase the P-Cam Pro on iTunes for $29.99 here.