Pro video camera app · Android

The manual cinema camera
that fits in your pocket.

CineCam is a manual video camera app for Android. Every value on a dial, Log and 10-bit, LUTs, scopes, slate and timecode — it starts automatic, and the moment you touch a value, it is yours.

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27 tone curves
26 looks
10-bit HEVC · APV

The CineCam viewfinder over a mountain lake at sunrise: lens, frame rate, shutter, ISO and white balance along the top, histogram, storage and audio cards along the bottom, the record button on the right

One take, four steps

Every value on a dial

Lens, frame rate, shutter, ISO, white balance and tint sit in one row. Touch a value and a dial opens under your thumb — no menus between you and the picture.

See what you record

RGB histogram, waveform, zebra, false colour, focus peaking, grid and a horizon level that turns green when you are straight.

Looks, or Log for later

Slide through the look wheel and record the look into the clip — or shoot a Log curve and grade it in the edit with a matching technical LUT.

Roll

Cinema clip names, slate and timecode in every file. The file stays playable at every moment, even if a take is cut short.

Wherever the shot is

Landscapes at dawn, streets at dusk, a set at midnight

Sunrise over a mountain lake with pine trees — **Nature**Log curves keep the sunrise and the shadows in one take.

A busy city avenue at dusk with car lights — **Streets**Lock exposure and focus with a long-press and keep walking.

A film crew working on a soundstage with lights and cameras — **On set**Slate, reel names and timecode that match the other cameras.

A phone on a gimbal filming a harbour at dusk — **On a gimbal**Teach any gimbal or remote button to start a take, pull focus or zoom.

A wet road through a foggy pine forest — **Any weather**Zebra and false colour show what the fog hides.

Screenshots

The app, as it looks in your hand

Real screens from CineCam. The picture in the viewfinder is a sample photo.

Quick controls: tiles for Format, Colour and Log, Audio, Storage, Slate, Presets, GPU, and monitoring tools such as Grid, Level, Zebra and False colour — Quick controls — every tool one tap away

Video format sheet: resolutions from 720p to 8K, with sizes the phone does not declare marked in red — Format — what this phone declares, and the rest in red

Settings: the Screen tab with orientation tiles, brightness and inactivity timer — Settings — searchable, one row per setting

Permission checklist with the lens showing a green tick: camera and microphone allowed — Permissions — only what the camera needs

Built for people who shoot for a living

The tools of a cinema camera, sized for a phone

Manual, when you want it

Focus, zoom, shutter angle, ISO, white balance in kelvin and tint. A long-press locks exposure and focus where you tapped.

Log and HDR

27 tone curves — Log, HLG and PQ — with gamut choice and a curve graph. 10-bit HEVC where the phone has it; unsupported choices are marked in red, never hidden.

Scopes that read the sensor

Histogram, waveform, RGB parade and vectorscope, always measured before the look, so they tell the truth about the recording.

Looks you can record

26 built-in looks and your own .cube files. Monitor only, or baked into the clip — your choice per take.

Sound that syncs

Gain, limiter and meters; a broadcast WAV beside the clip; LTC timecode in from an audio channel for multi-camera days.

Ready for the edit

Reel and clip names like A001C003, scene / shot / take, good-take marks and notes — written into the file and the media list.

Anamorphic and framing

Desqueeze from 1.25× to 2×, frame lines for your delivery aspect, safe areas, nine grids and a calibrated horizon.

Your footage stays yours

Clips, pictures and sound never leave the phone. Anonymous usage and crash reports can be switched off in Settings.

Look wheel

Scroll, and the look changes

In the app you slide the wheel under a fixed yellow frame. Here, the page does it for you.

On the record

What goes into the file

Video: HEVC and AVC, 8- and 10-bit; APV 10-bit 4:2:2 on phones that encode it. Bitrate from 1 to 500 Mb/s, all-intra or a keyframe interval you choose.
Colour: Camera, Log, HLG and PQ curves; Rec.709, P3 and Rec.2020 gamuts and wide camera gamuts; correct colour tags and HDR metadata in the file.
Frame: Constant frame rate, shutter by angle or speed, aspect ratios from 1:1 to 2.40:1, high-speed modes where the sensor has them.
Audio: AAC in the clip and a BWF WAV beside it; internal, wired, USB and Bluetooth microphones; meters, gain, limiter and monitoring.
Files: MP4 or MOV, timecode track with the reel, cinema or date names, internal storage, SD card or a USB folder. An interrupted take is finished on the next start.
Hands: Volume keys, Bluetooth remotes, gimbal and game-pad buttons — learn any button and give it an action.

What a phone can do depends on its camera and encoder. CineCam shows what this phone declares and lets you try the rest — marked in red.

Questions

CineCam, in short

What is CineCam?

CineCam is a manual cinema camera app for Android. It gives you dials for lens, frame rate, shutter angle, ISO, white balance and tint, records Log and 10-bit video, and adds scopes, looks, slate and timecode for professional video work.

Can I shoot Log and 10-bit video on my Android phone?

Yes, where the phone's camera and encoder support it. CineCam offers 27 tone curves including Log, HLG and PQ, and 10-bit HEVC. Options your phone does not declare are shown in red, so you can still try them.

Does CineCam support LUTs?

Yes. It has 26 built-in looks and imports your own .cube LUT files. You can monitor a look only or record it into the clip, and LUT Lab builds a technical LUT that matches the Log curve you shot.

Which exposure and focus tools does it have?

An RGB histogram, waveform, RGB parade and vectorscope, zebra, false colour, focus peaking, grids, frame lines and a horizon level you can calibrate. The scopes read the picture before the look.

Does it work with a gimbal, a Bluetooth remote or an external microphone?

Yes. You can teach any gimbal, remote or game-pad button an action such as record, focus or zoom, and record from internal, wired, USB or Bluetooth microphones with meters, gain and a limiter.

Are my videos uploaded anywhere?

No. Clips, pictures and sound stay on your phone. The app sends only anonymous usage statistics and crash reports, which you can switch off in Settings.

Where can I get help?

See the Support page for answers and contact, and the Privacy Policy for what the app collects.

Press record.

CineCam for Android. Start automatic, take over one value at a time.

Get it onGoogle Play

The manual cinema camerathat fits in your pocket.