The Best Smartphone Apps for Cinematographers — Test 001.

 
We will be test­ing a num­ber of film­mak­ing appli­ca­tions for smart­phones (both for Android OS and iOS). Aca­cia, a free app for the Android plat­form is our first victim.

Accord­ing to the devel­op­ers this app “aims to be a Swiss army knife of tools for film­mak­ers, cur­rently pro­vid­ing an inter­ac­tive Depth of Field (DOF) cal­cu­la­tor, equip­ment and media man­age­ment, shot log­ging, and a vir­tual slate (or clap­per).  The lat­est ver­sion added a rudi­men­tary dig­i­tal Director’s Viewfinder as an exper­i­men­tal fea­ture, and that is what got my atten­tion. Some­time I carry my cam­era, but I always have my phone with me. With Acacia’s Director’s Viewfinder I can now scout any loca­tion and deter­mine which lenses do I need for a shoot. But, is it accu­rate? Watch the video to find out.

Since this is our very fist field test, we would love to hear your feed­back and com­ments. What can we improve? What else would you like us to review?

This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 20th, 2011 at 18:45. It is filed under Analysis, Cinematography, Digital Cinema, Education, HDSLR Cinema, Photography, Technology, Visuals and tagged with , , , , , , , , . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.