Magic Sony ViewFinder

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3.7
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About this app

*** OVER 100,000 people across the world using Magic ViewFinder apps to frame their NEXT SHOT ***

• For a cinematographer: looking for an angle and view in your next shoot?
• For a director: creating your next storyboard?
• For a photographer: scouting for a shoot location?
• For a camera man: want to see your next shot framing without the camera in your hands?

Magic ViewFinder presents you a precise framing preview for the real camera/lens combination you will be shooting with, right where you stand with your phone/tablet. It simulates the framing of any Sony camera or lens and helps thousands of professionals in filmmaking or photography at the preproduction.

PLEASE READ: this app does not turn your smartphone into an external monitor, but operates as a stand-alone directors viewfinder.

If you have any issues please email us for a quick support: dev@kadru.net

The app is a digital director's viewfinder -- it helps you see the exact field of view for your future shot. Select the camera from the menu and rotate the wheel to select the focal length of the lens.

Supported cameras:
- Sony Alpha a99 II, 7RII
- Sony Alpha 7II, 7S II, 7R
- Sony Alpha a77, a6500, a6300, a5100
- Sony FS100 / FS 700
- Sony F3 / FS5 / FS7
- Sony RX100 (1" sensor)

Magic ViewFinder simulates using tele adapters or anamorphic optics on your camera (see menu). From the menu you can also select the aspect ratio of the frame guide overlaying your image.

Magic ViewFinder also lets you apply some commonly used color presets (also known as LUTs) to the live picture, which brings you even closer to the final shot.

When you have found the right view, you may save it for future reference, with additional data like the focal length, tilt and roll, date and time and camera / lens information.
While taking a photo, you may lock exposure and turn on and off the auto focus to better control the captured picture.

At the start there is a constant middle-speed center-based auto focus engaged to keep your images focused. But you can tap the live screen to focus on particular objects. Long-click to return to continuous AF.

If the field of view of your real camera is wider than your in-device camera, Magic ViewFinder adds 'padding' around the image, since the device cannot 'see' what is beyond its scope. It is the best solution that we developed first, and other viewfinder apps copied this feature from Magic ViewFinder.

Please note that position of your Android device corresponds to the 'nodal point' of your real lens, which is somewhere in the middle of the lens. This point is, so to speak, the weighted center of the optics.

Depth-Of-Field tool: If you want to check depth-of-field, press DOF icon and calculate the near and far limits of DOF while changing the aperture and the focus distance.

Ad policy: The ads help me continue the development of the app. Also by watching a video ad you can turn on Premium Features totally free for 2 hours.

To activate additional settings, to increase the range of supported cameras to Blackmagic, ARRI Alexa, Red, as well to Canon, Nikon and Lumix formats, to use all available optical adapters, frame guides and anamorphic indexes and to turn off advertising, please subscribe to paid Premium Features or purchase advanced Magic Universal ViewFinder app.

Please keep in mind that this app will perform best on the devices oriented for HD or Full HD display. On older and smaller devices this program may perform awkwardly.

Specifically, Calibration is recommended for a precise operation of the app. You can start Calibration process from the menu, the instructions are on the web site.

Please read the description and manual at: http://dev.kadru.net

By installing this app you agree to the following privacy policy:
http://dev.kadru.net/privacy_policy/Privacy_Policy_Magic_CaNiLu_ViewFinder.html
Updated on
Aug 24, 2023

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Ratings and reviews

3.8
1.47K reviews
T Neighbors
June 24, 2022
Good, but room for improvement. Why not have it skip to a number when we tap that number? ...currently you have to scroll to the number, which can be a little slow and awkward if we are aiming for a specific number. And having an alert pop up every minute to get me to leave a rating or give me a tip is really annoying. Also, it's time to update your camera list.
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Wei Onn Chai
July 17, 2020
Love the tool but hate the monthly subscription, I would rather pay a one time perpetual license than paying it monthly. It's not like there's any continuous updates/upgrades benefit to paying monthly. Recommendation: ability to custom frame guides suited for photographer instead just for videographer (ie 4:5, 1:1 etc) and also ability to remove certain unused focal lengths. Nonetheless, still a great tool. Thanks.
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Roman Medvid
July 21, 2020
Hi Wayne. Thanks for your review. You can make a once-and-forever purchase: the app Magic Universal Viewfinder doesn't have monthly subscription. Unused focal lengths can be easily removed -- press '-' on the yellow triangle. You can write me other suggestions to dev@kadru.net
Izzul Haziq
February 7, 2024
R.string_camera_preview_ is not working. It's not exactly the error name, but yeah, every time I change the focal length distance, it kinda doesn't show the camera preview, and it just shows a stuck image. In this, though, clicking the settings still works, and everything else seems fine. It's just the camera preview just stuck
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Roman Medvid
February 7, 2024
Working on this issue mate. Meanwhile please use the screenshot. Thanks for you patience

What's new

- minor bug fixes