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Cadrage Director’s Viewfinder App Receives Major Update – First Look

The Cadrage app, a premium director’s viewfinder for iOS, has been re-designed from the ground up to be a key part of a filmmaker’s pre-production process. Cadrage App Overview Cadrage is, at its core, a director’s viewfinder app. You choose your camera, your lenses, and your recording format, aspect ratio, etc. Then you can take either photos or videos that accurately simulate the framing and field of view you will have on the day of the real shoot. And while Cadrage has an excellent interface for that and a plethora of features on that front, what makes it exciting is everything else they’ve laid on top of that solid foundation since their last major update. Lens and Camera Selection When you first open the app, Cadrage prompts you to select a camera and a lens (or set of lenses). You can pick from generic primes or zooms at typical focal lengths, you can add your own personal kit, or you can choose from a surprisingly large database of lenses. The selection ranges from Canon L zooms to ARRI/Zeiss Master Primes, with all sorts of anamorphic and oddballs in between. Once you have selected your kit, you can toggle between them on the fly to frame your scene exactly right. And if you swipe left on the screen, you can also find intuitive exposure, focus, and white balance controls to help you dial in the image you want. They also support third-party iPhone lens adapters, such as the Schneider iPro or...

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Published By: CineD - Friday, 15 November, 2019

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