Name: Cadrage Director's Viewfinder
Rating: 4.66826 (208 reviews)

User Reviews for Cadrage Director's Viewfinder

4.67 out of 5

208 Ratings

6 years ago, Grimmsden

Invaluable Tool for Location Scouting

I have been relying on Cadrage more and more during location scouts and love the flexibility it gives me to test out lenses and angles from several cameras, including use of SpeedBoosters. The export functions are also great for getting a quick and dirty shot list sent out. There is a delay from pressing the shutter or volume keys for me, but since I’m on a 6s I don’t know if it could be a little bit the phone. I’d love to try with a dual camera to see if it returned better quality on long lenses versus straight digital zoom. I’d love to see a more streamlined interface for organizing shots, but the current one is entirely functional, additional cloud services besides Dropbox would also be a nice export option in future.

3 years ago, Jayse_

THE ONE to get.

Having worked and futzed with them all... I can confidently tell you Cadrage flat out slays and renders the others dead. This is not only my fave viewfinder app, but, honestly it’s one of my all time fave apps. A joy to use - let’s you focus on doing what you need to do and makes your shortlists and storyboard creation become effortless. Today I created an entire storyboard for a complex video in a 25m Lyft ride from my phone. In the past, this would have taken an hour or more on desktop. This app is so well designed and made to make our work frictionless, easy and enjoyable. Well done. Developer response to my feature request has been quick and phenomenal as well. That is sayin a lot these days. Highly recommended.

4 years ago, Monsoon Season

Buy this app.

If you’ve ever wanted to scout shooting locations without having to drag along your entire kit, stop reading this review and just buy this app already. It is the single most useful app in my professional arsenal: wherever I am, whatever I’m doing, I can grab my phone and instantly frame up a shot for any camera, lens, or aspect ratio. Better yet, Cadrage captures an incredibly useful amount of metadata so there’s no second-guessing how you got that shot. From time to GPS location to even the direction and orientation you were shooting, there’s so much data available that you can easily return to the location and set up without excessive re-scouting.

4 years ago, Hackme

Almost perfect

As soon as you can add camera and lens information manually after importing a photo this app will be perfect. Don’t know if this is possible but it seems like an easy feature to add. This is my go to for communicating Shotlists and relevant information to the crew. The reason for requesting that you can manually add camera information is because when outputting a Shotlist with imported images, the PDF reports prints out “unknown camera”. This causes everyone in the crew to bombard the DP saying “I thought we selected the camera?” To which the DP has to explain that this is a limitation of Cadrage. Help! If this gets added this app is a game changer and would be the Tesla of viewfinders.

1 month ago, Christian-stone

Excellent tool

Really nice considerations to have a lot of functionality but make it refined and simple enough so that it’s enjoyable to use. One thing I find lacking is that in the image library I’d love to review images almost full screen with the basic sensor / lens info. The all or nothing information list is just too much information to be able to make image decisions and also quickly reference what the lending differences were. Similar to the shooting screen if there was just a small bottom border that displayed core info, that would be helpful.

2 years ago, Jason2671

Great utility every film maker or photographer must have

Cadrage will save you a lot of guessing, time and money. If you are a cinematographer, photographer, location sound mixer, set designer or location scout, or anyone that needs to have critical technical information, with lens info and geo-tagging, to make your life easier and equip you to excel in your job, then this needs to be in your kit. Buy it. You won’t regret it. Oh, I forgot to mention that it’s very affordable.

2 years ago, fizzletopX

Great app

Great app! The only thing I would change is how the camera and lens kits are organized. I shoot video on an R5c and use a mix of zoom R lens and primes in my physical kit. So I’d like to be able to switch between all my lenses in the app quickly. When your kit only has prime lenses it’s great because you select the ones you own in app and use the arrows to switch between them quickly. -we need to be able to add zoom lenses into this organization and switch between them with the arrows the same way. -and then just have an extra UI button to zoom in and out with that lens.

5 years ago, Sean Kennedy Santos

Great work _ Must have in the digital tool box for a DOP

I think Cadrage stormed the opposition (Artemis) when this update occurred in IOS 13. Leaving the others for DEAD. The UI is cleaner with a brilliant, more pro appearance overall. They added more lenses & cameras. GREAT to see it all function so neatly & efficiently without tiresome menus. For an onsite DP’s reference well equiped tool - for other HOD’s in a production to communicate ideas & concepts on location it’s definitely the tool you want in your device as any film maker. This gets my vote.

6 years ago, Josey444

Solid camera app

It seems a few other reviewers don’t understand what this app is for and have given it a one star. If you work in the film & television industry or need to have a way to frame up shots, this is a solid app. If you think this is a viewfinder app to allow you to see through your camera then this is not it. This is a director’s viewfinder and allows you to see what a frame would look like using various lenses on various camera bodies.

2 years ago, jludwick

Useful Storyboarding Resource

This app is an excellent resource for storyboarding, with access to premiere motion picture lenses, some costing 5 figures. An Arri Alexa Classic 20mm spherical has a readable distortion distinct from a Panavision anamorphic, and being able to capture that helps with scene compositions; you can maintain a consistent look through the perspective guides. If you’re a director on set, you should use a director’s viewfinder, but this app is 1/5 the cost and excellent for off-set pre-pro.

4 weeks ago, On One Arts

Such a Useful Tool!

Cadrage is so good about updates to this app that I know I never have to wait very long before a lens I’m interested in appears. And they update corrections to camera modes and add newer cameras often, too! Thank you, Cadrage, for the frequent and useful lens and camera updates. You have made it easier to choose the right combo for projects, and to collect pre-production images.

2 years ago, Richard D. D.

Lock Screen widget!!

Thank you so much for adding this feature. I use a focus mode while filming projects and I consolidate all the apps I need for productions within that mode. I even have a customized lock screen and with this new widget I can be way more productive!

3 years ago, TannerDP

Game changer to have on set!

Location scouting just got even easier to find our frame. Saves us time and hassle of moving the cinema camera until we know we have our shots. Amazing price for such a great and easy to use tool.

3 years ago, BobbyoftheBeard

Massively useful.

Literally use it every day on every shoot. I was just gaffer on a project where we were moving from setup to setup so fast that I was setting up one scene ahead of the crew and using Cadrage to communicate with the dp while they’d shoot the room I’d just lit. Couldn’t love this more.

3 years ago, Unutso

For professional directors and DPs

I’ve been using Cadrage for about 3 months now. It’s exceeded every expectation for a viewfinder app for location scouts. The team behind the app also seems to very consistently support the app users with updates based on feedback. Zero regrets from me in buying Cadrage. Keep up the great work!

2 years ago, SugRPinkCar Studios

Great app for filmmakers

I never thought I would rely so much on my iPhone to take care of so many of my production needs. As much as I like the old traditional ways of filmmaking, going this route is both faster and my cost effective.

5 years ago, ljksfgionrmssdfrvs

Great app, now even better with iPhone 11 support

Using this with an iPhone 11 and love that it can support the 13mm FOV (on full frame). Also, I love the new ‘looks’ option where you can actually color grade a style and save it as a preset for preview and adding to saved shots. Very nice!

1 year ago, therewillbebooze

Love this app!

I’ve matched this to my BM6k Pro setup with my Sigma 18-35mm. I’ve even added my Luts to be able to get a good idea of what the image will look color wise. Big Fan. So easy to use when scouting and figuring out lenses needed for coverage.

1 year ago, Noon O. Stunts

Changed my view

This is such a great app. To know what camera, format, lense, etc. that is being used for filming and adapt it to rehearsals and pre-vis is a game changer. Turning in ideas knowing they will fit the scene ahead of time saves countless hours of production time. Love it and thanks Noon Orsatti DGA/SAG

3 weeks ago, Richklein

Great way to visualise shots

I use the app to select locations and plan focal lengths with my Komodo. It is perfect for seeing the framing at different ratios. I also shoot images to use in my scout plan. Really a useful tool, highly recommended.

1 year ago, JDPiercy

Quick and easy

Gives me everything I have been looking for in a camera / story board app. The PDF export is a game changer to my production. Quick simple and it works.

2 years ago, AliAzhari

Brilliant

I’ve been using Cadrage for quite a few years now on many different projects and many different cameras as well. I can confidently say that this is the best viewfinder app I’ve ever used.

3 years ago, Coastal Rick

Love this

Being able to preview what a shot is going to look like before having to configure my video rig is a real time saver. Also allows me to scout locations without having to bring out the rig.

3 years ago, Travass9696

Great app. Be aware though….

The app is great but be aware that you have to have a newer model phone with the newer cameras so that you can actually see the wider angle lens field of view. Other than that great app.

3 years ago, iamtheproductiondesigner

Great Value. Easy to use and good tool!

Bought this for Tech Scouting and to Help visualize what a frame might be. Really comes through. I haven’t used all the features but will update.

4 years ago, ManmadeMedia.net

Quick viewfinder to capture setups for production!

Love the details I get when shooting setups for projects. Clients can quickly see what we’re going to capture. Awesome having different cameras and lens kits to access quickly!

2 years ago, Casey James Basichis

Great App! FR: simultaneous adapter overlays

Feature request: Simultaneous display of available adapter mags (including no adapter) to show which magnifications fill in the gaps. Cadrage is front and center on my Home Screen. Using it every day.

9 months ago, @fz3

Very nice app wish it had more overlays

I wish there were more composition overlays such as golden triangle. Otherwise great app it had my camera and lens setup more than I anticipated.

4 years ago, Whatswrongwithyouapple

Great App

This app is great for scouting. I’ve also developed a workflow where I download the photo from Cadrage and use it as a background in my storyboard. I’ve found the lenses and cameras are pretty accurate. Keep up the great work!

4 months ago, ghubbyhbbfy

Great app

It helps a lot when you are location scouting and doesn’t need to bring your camera and lens!

2 years ago, NaterLarson

One Of My Favorite Tools

Every camera and lens combo you would ever need, the ability to grab scout stills or video with baked in camera and lens info? The best. Pricey, but ultimately worth it.

6 years ago, manuelvedp

One of the most useful tools

Great app!! I am a cinematographer and have shot two feature films, I always use Cadrage to plan the camera positions with my directors, one of my top tools! Thank you!

2 years ago, Ponbiki1

Buy it!

This is a great little tool, super easy to use has most cameras and lenses. You can even add custom lens options too. I use it on every shoot.

3 years ago, timothyreal

Best scouting companion

It has been a big help to be on the go and scouting locations and have all of your lens choices in the palm of your hands at any moment

1 month ago, Moonjc

Don’t leave home without it

Really speeds up the set up process and communication between folks. Great app.

10 months ago, Where'ditgo

Very helpful!

Easy user interface, more options than I know what to do with 😅

4 years ago, Pham Ngoc Lan

Good quality but still need more supports

A very useful app. I always use this when scouting location for my films. Not only me, my DOP and production designer are also love it.

3 years ago, HT Apple

So much better than Artemis

Artemis was always slow and problematic. This one’s so much better, easy to use.

2 years ago, SuckyTindy

😌👌🏼👌🏼

This app’s pretty dope, if you ask me… It’s so convenient to just carry and have, even just for comparing framing things in random settings.

4 years ago, Asher.SB

Super easy, works every time!

I love to use this app to frame out shots before hand. It’s intuitive and has all the features I need.

1 year ago, jhols123

Excellent. All the cameras and lenses and adapters

Has aspect ratios presets for every camera I’ve ever used with every lens I’ve used with every adapter I’ve ever used. Very solid.

2 years ago, fZeroRide

Using it since day one

Love the layout. It’s sober. All the formats in it. Frame lines overlay. Clarify misconceptions about sensor crops etc. Love the ability to generate a shot list.

2 years ago, jotowa

Best I’ve used.

So far so good. Just embarking on using it but have done several location scouts w it, great features.

4 years ago, Fire Sale Hunter

Easy to use

I enjoy all the metadata that is captured during a location scout in order to duplicate the shots during production day.

5 years ago, Irwin Wen

Great app. (Ultra wide support)

Currently using this app on the iPhone 11. Was hoping the app is able to enable the ultra wide cameras for wider focal length. Thank you! Hopefully the update can come soon.

2 years ago, Skeedamon

Great scouting tool

Use this app on every scout. Well designed and includes every lens I can think of.

2 years ago, SJ_1984

Essential

Absolute time saver. This app taught me so much about my lenses in just minutes. Can’t wait to go shoot.

3 years ago, George1508

Enjoy

Really enjoy using the app!! Use it on a daily basis when I am on set. Thank you

5 years ago, William Maheras

Expertly designed

Expertly designed and easy to use. Extensive up to date database of cameras and lenses. A pleasure to use in studio or on location.

6 years ago, dietwedge

Works as Advertised

Cadrage has become an invaluable tool for me. Works as advertised and is absolutely worth the cost of admission.

Description

Cadrage Director's Viewfinder - the app that will transform the way you work. Cadrage allows you to line up your shots with precise framing previews of any professional camera/lens combination and make sure everybody is on the same page during preproduction and on set. ◈◈◈ Planning your shoot has never been easier. Download Cadrage now and see how it will change the way you work. ◈◈◈ FEATURES ● Accurate previews for thousands of cameras and lenses ● Save photos and record videos ● Add custom framelines in any aspect ratio ● Built-in gallery & project manager ● Create neat PDF shotlists and directly upload to Dropbox or send via email ● Manually control exposure, focus & white balance ● Professional 3-way color correction to pre-visualize the final look ● Supports dual and triple camera devices ◈◈◈ Communicate your vision to your team. Download Cadrage now and get the most out of your shooting day. ◈◈◈ ◆ CINE CAMERAS ◆ AJA Cion ARRI Alexa 35, Alexa 65, Alexa Classic, Alexa LF, Alexa Mini, Alexa Mini LF, Alexa SXT, Alexa XT, Amira, D-21 Blackmagic Cinema Camera, Micro Cinema Camera, Micro Studio Camera 4K, Pocket Cinema Camera, Pocket Cinema Camera 4K, Pocket Cinema Camera 6K, Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro, Production Camera 4K, Studio Camera 4K, Studio Camera HD, URSA, URSA (Broadcast), URSA 4.6K, URSA Mini 4.6K, URSA Mini 4K, URSA Mini Pro, URSA Mini Pro 12K, URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2 Canon C100, C100 Mark II, C200, C300, C300 Mark II, C300 Mark III, C500, C500 Mark II, C70, C700 Digital Bolex DJI Zenmuse X7 Film 16mm, 35mm, 65mm/70mm, 8mm Freefly Systems Wave Generic Broadcast Ikonoskop A-cam dII Kinefinity KineMAX, KineMini, Mavo, Mavo Edge, Mavo LF, TERRA Panasonic AF101, BGH1, EVA1, HDX 900, VariCam 35, VariCam LT Panavision DXL, DXL2, Genesis Phantom 65, Flex, Flex4K, HD GOLD, Miro LC321S, v2640 ONYX, VEO4K-PL PS-CAM X35 RED Dragon-X, Epic Dragon, Epic-W (Helium), Epic-X, Gemini, Komodo, Monstro-VV, One, Ranger (Gemini), Ranger (Helium), Ranger (Monstro), Raven, Scarlet-W (Dragon), Scarlet-X, Weapon (Dragon-VV), Weapon (Helium) Silicon Imaging SI-2K Sony F23, F3, F35, F5, F55, F65, F900, FS100, FS5, FS5 Mark II, FS7, FS7 Mark II, FS700, FX3, FX6, FX9, HDC-1500R, Venice Weisscam HS-2 Z CAM E2, E2-F6, E2-F8, E2-M4, E2-S6, E2G ◆ PHOTO CAMERAS ◆ Canon 1000D/XS, 100D, 10D, 1100D/T3, 1200D/T5, 1300D/T6, 1D, 1D C, 1D Mark II, 1D Mark III, 1D Mark IV, 1D X, 1D X Mark II, 1D X Mark III, 1Ds, 1Ds Mark II, 1Ds Mark III, 200D/SL2, 20D, 30D, 350D/XT, 400D/XTi, 40D, 450D/XSi, 500D/T1i, 50D, 550D/T2i, 5D, 5D Mark II, 5D Mark III, 5D Mark IV, 5DS, 600D/T3i, 60D, 650D/T4i, 6D, 6D Mark II, 700D/T5i, 70D, 750D/T6i, 760D/T6s, 77D, 7D, 7D Mark II, 800D/T7i, 80D, 850D/T8i, 90D, M50, R, R5, R6, Ra, RP Film (Still) 35mm (135), APS, Large Format, Medium Format, XPan Fujifilm GFX 100, GFX 100S, GFX 50R, GFX 50S, X-A7, X-H1, X-Pro2, X-Pro3, X-S10, X-T2, X-T200, X-T3, X-T4, X100V Hasselblad Digital Medium Format Leica CL, M10/M10-R, M8/M8.2, M9/M9-P, S, S2, SL, SL2, SL2-S Mamiya Leaf Credo Series Nikon D1, D100, D1H, D1x, D200, D2H, D2Hs, D2x, D3, D300, D3000, D300s, D3100, D3200, D3300, D3400, D3s, D3x, D4, D40, D40X, D4s, D50, D500, D5000, D5100, D5300, D5500, D5600, D60, D600, D610, D70, D700, D7000, D70s, D7100, D7200, D750, D7500, D80, D800, D810, D850, D90, DF, Z50, Z6, Z7 Olympus E Series Panasonic GH1, GH2, GH3, GH4, GH5, GH5S, S1, S1H, S1R, S5 Pentax 645D, 645Z, K Series Phase One Achromatic+, IQ Series, P 30+, P 40+, P 45+, P 65+ Sigma fp, fp L, SD1, SD15 Sony A290, A390, A450, A580, A6000, A6300, A6500, A6600, A7 III, A7C, A7r II, A7r III, A7r IV, A7s, A7s II, A7s III, A850, A9, A9 II, A900, A99, SLT-A37K, SLT-A57, SLT-A65, SLT-A77