Cadrage Director's Viewfinder Reviews

by Grimmsden

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.

by Coastal Rick

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.

by Sean Kennedy Santos

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.

by Josey444

It seems a few other reviewers don’t understand what CadrageDirectorsViewfinder 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.

by Unutso

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 CadrageDirectorsViewfinder also seems to very consistently support CadrageDirectorsViewfinder users with updates based on feedback. Zero regrets from me in buying Cadrage. Keep up the great work!

by TannerDP

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.

by BobbyoftheBeard

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.

by SugRPinkCar Studios

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.

by Ljksfgionrmssdfrvs

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!

by ManmadeMedia.net

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!

by Hackme

As soon as you can add camera and lens information manually after importing a photo CadrageDirectorsViewfinder 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 CadrageDirectorsViewfinder is a game changer and would be the Tesla of viewfinders.

by Whatswrongwithyouapple

CadrageDirectorsViewfinder 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!

by GabrielNM

Great layout, solid list of features, and a well-designed workflow. I’ve used Cadrage for television shows, commercials, and short films and this new update makes it even better. Works great on the iPhone 11 Pro.

by Travass9696

CadrageDirectorsViewfinder 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.

by Iamtheproductiondesigner

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.

by Casey James Basichis

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.

by Fire Sale Hunter

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

by Timothyreal

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

by Monsoon Season

If you’ve ever wanted to scout shooting locations without having to drag along your entire kit, stop reading this review and just buy CadrageDirectorsViewfinder 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.

by Manuelvedp

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!