DEVICE
iPhone 12 or laterLiDAR (Pro / Pro Max) for depth-of-field simulation. Without LiDAR you still get the exact framing.
CINEMATOGRAPHER'S VIEWFINDER
Look through a cinema camera's frame,
on your iPhone.
CineLoupe crops the iPhone camera to the exact field of view of a chosen sensor mode and lens — VENICE, ALEXA, KOMODO, 1,400+ lenses — and uses LiDAR depth to render the bokeh, too. Frame lines, sun position, wireless monitoring to a second device, takes, storyboard and a PDF scout report — one tool for location scouting.
iPhone 12 or later · iOS 17 · LiDAR (Pro models) for bokeh
FEATURES
Sensor modes, not just cameras. Depth, not just framing.
Every recording mode has its own imaging area. CineLoupe crops by that, and then computes depth of field from focal length, T-stop and focus distance.
Bokeh you can see
LiDAR depth drives a per-pixel disc blur that follows the chosen lens. Tap to focus. Anamorphic lenses render with the right squeeze and oval bokeh.
- ARRI, SONY, RED, Canon, Nikon, DJI, Blackmagic, FUJIFILM, Vision Research, GoPro
- Open Gate, 16:9, 6:5 anamorphic — by actual sensor dimensions
- 1,400+ lenses: Signature, Master, Supreme, Cooke, Leitz, Angénieux, Premista, Sumire …
Frame lines for every deliverable
Any aspect × size % × outside shade from 0 to 100%. Stack 16:9 and a 90% 16:9 on the open gate, add a 9:16 for the social cut, and burn them into the recording if you like.
Where the sun is — now, and on the shoot day
A top-down diagram with the camera's heading, a scrubbable timeline for the day, sunrise / golden hour / sunset, and an AR view that overlays the sun's path on the camera image.
Takes → storyboard → PDF
Stills and video carry camera, mode, lens, focal length, T-stop, focus, time, GPS, heading and scene/cut. Mark the OK takes, drag them into cut order, and export a location report with maps, camera positions, headings and the sun direction at each take. Optional auto-upload to your own Google Drive or Dropbox.
Wireless monitoring, device to device
The finder streams live to any other iPhone or iPad running CineLoupe — up to seven at once, over Wi-Fi or a direct peer-to-peer link, no server. Bokeh, frame lines and burn-in included. The director's iPad can change lens, focal length and T-stop, and trigger a still, without touching the camera.
Re-simulate later
Stills keep the raw frame and depth map. Revisit a take with a different camera, lens, T-stop or focus, and save it as a new take.
COMPATIBILITY
What you need
OS
iOS 17 or later
WIDE END
Ultra-wide camera extends the wide endFull-frame 14–16mm equivalent, depending on the model. Beyond that the edges are synthesised and clearly marked.
RECORDING
HEIC · HEVC / H.264 / ProRes1080p or UHD, 24 / 25 / 30 fps, Apple Log on supported models.
LANGUAGES
English · 日本語
PRIVACY
No accounts, no analytics, no trackingEverything stays on your device unless you turn on upload to your own cloud storage.
TESTFLIGHT BETA
Try it before release
Install TestFlight, open the public link, and you're in. Feedback from real scouts shapes 1.0.
Open TestFlight link
Link goes live once Apple approves the beta.
FAQ
FAQ
How accurate is the framing?
Framing is computed from the sensor mode's published imaging-area dimensions and the lens focal length. Modes derived from pixel pitch rather than a published figure are marked with “?” in the app.
Is the bokeh the real lens's bokeh?
No. It is a physically based approximation of depth of field — circle of confusion from focal length, T-stop and focus — driven by LiDAR depth. Distortion, vignetting, cat's-eye, breathing and colour are not reproduced. Make final decisions with a test shoot.
My lens isn't in the list.
Type any focal length and T-stop manually. The database is built from cinema rental inventories and grows with each release — tell us what's missing.
Where do my takes go?
Into the app's Documents folder on your iPhone (visible in the Files app), optionally copied to Photos, and — only if you enable it — to your own Google Drive or Dropbox. Nothing is sent to us.