Magic Universal ViewFinder

4.3
189 reviews
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About this app

*** OVER 42,000 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 the 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 / formats:
- Canon FF / APS-C (1DX Mark2, 1DC, 5D Mark IV, 6D, 80D, 760D, etc)
- Canon EOS R
- Canon EOS C100, C300, C500

- Nikon FF / APS-C (Z7, D4s, D5, D750. D810, D500, D5600, D3400, D7200, etc)

- 4/3 standard (Panasonic Lumix GH4, GH3, AF100, EVA1)

- Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Olympus PEN series, Olympus OM-D E-M series

- Sony Alpha Alpha a99 II, 7RII, 7II, 7S II, 7R, a77, a6500, a6300, a5100
- Sony FS100 / 700 / F3 / FS7

- Blackmagic Cinema / Pocket / Pocket 4K / Pocket Cinema 6K / Micro / Production 4K cameras / URSA series

- Helium 8K, Weapon 8K, Scarlet-W, Red Dragon Weapon / Epic / Scarlet / Mysterium-X Epic / Scarlet / Red One

- Alexa Classic / XT / SXT / Mini / LF / Alexa 65
- Alexa Amira
- Sensor Mode 16:9 4:3 / 4:3 Cropped / Open Gate
- ProRes / ARRIRAW

- Polaroid cameras: Spectra, 600 series, SX-70
- Fuji Instax WIDE, XT-3 Photo / DCI 4K

- film formats: 35mm, 6x6, 6x7, 645, 4x5"

- Phase One Digital backs: P65+, P45+, P40+ etc
- Hasselblad H5D-40/50/60

- Phantom High Speed cameras: Flex / Miro / HD Gold

- JVC GY-LS300 (super 35mm, super 16mm, MFT)

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.

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
Updated on
Aug 24, 2023

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Ratings and reviews

4.2
183 reviews
Ming
September 30, 2023
Incredibly useful app. I've used this for many years and it's pretty much perfect. Just a couple of things would improve it though... As others have stated, it would be very useful to be able to switch to an ultrawide phone lens - currently you can only switch between front & main back cameras, thus not being able to fully visualize a wide FOV in devices with UW lenses, instead of having greyed-out portions. It would also be handy if the dev could add a x0.8 optical adapter to the list.
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Terry Thomas
October 22, 2021
I paid for the full version because it allows me to select from various wide angle lens adapters. Well worth it. I found a US $1 wide angle adapter in stock at my local Dollar Tree store. But the package does not say what multiplication factor to use. Would you like me to send one to you for testing? A few suggestions I would like to see added: 1. the ability to insert a Copyright line into the EXIF data. This could help to protect my rights. 2. the ability to add a watermark to the image. For the same reason as #1. 3. a toggle on the main screen which would instantly turn on/off the wide angle lens setting. As it is now, I have to go back to the Settings menu then go to the lens screen and make my choice. All at the same time I am juggling adding or removing the lens. 4. hepatic feedback when the cell phone is perfectly horizontal or vertical. Yes, the green dot illuminates but it is almost impossible to see in bright light. 5. your high contrast B&W looks good but what about having regular B&W + the ability to try different color filters such as red, blue, green, yellow or orange? When photographing landscapes or architecture using color filters can make a good deal of difference in the final image. 6. the ability to ONLY snap to what lenses I own. Right now when I am scouting a location, I must be careful scrolling lest I set a focal length while scrolling that I do not own. I am sure as I use your app I will have more suggestions. Thank you. Terry Thomas... the photographer Atlanta, Georgia USA
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Roman Medvid
November 20, 2021
Hi Terry, sry for the delayed reply. You could send me one, or you can use a Calibration flow learn the angle coeff yourself: http://dev.kadru.net/index.php/calibrating-your-android-device/ Thnx 4 ur suggestions; some humble advice: 5. I'd encourage you to try create your own LUTs (like plain B&W). 6. Try Package Settings feat (enable in Settings)
Rupert Brun
November 10, 2021
Needlessly infuriating to use. Every time I try to change focal length the app thinks I've "long pressed" and locks the wheel, I can find no way to turn off this function. Having saved a setting or "package" I might then want to change it but there's no way of saving the new settings instead of the old, you have to delete the old and then save again from scratch. And there's no way to arrange saved packages in the order I want them. In some ways it's a very useful app but the UI is awful.
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Roman Medvid
November 20, 2021
Hi Rupert, if you just swipe the wheel up or down, there shouldn't be that locking toggle message. But I will try to introduce a switch in the Settings menu to disable this function, in a next update. Thank you for your support

What's new

- minor bug fixes