Autumn forest reflected in a still loch under low fog

VECTRA

Shoot it flat. Grade it later.

Coming soon to the App Store for iPhone

Your iPhone decides how every shot should look before you do.

Vectra records what the sensor saw, in the log curve your edit already uses.

See the grade while you shoot

The file is flat; the viewfinder doesn't have to be. A Rec.709 view assist, or your own .cube LUT, shows roughly where the grade will land, and the controls stay out of the picture until you reach for them.

Vectra's viewfinder recording S-Log3 4K at 24 fps with view assist on, showing a forest reflected in a loch
S-Log3 recorded, Rec.709 shown
Vectra with the quick controls open: white balance 5600K, exposure compensation, autofocus and orientation lock
White balance, exposure, focus

Cut it next to your cinema camera

Pick the log profile of the camera you're matching. Vectra converts the iPhone's 10-bit signal into that curve and colour gamut on the GPU, so the same LUT and the same grade work on both.

  • Apple LogRec.2020492
  • S-Log3S-Gamut3.Cine420
  • C-Log3Cinema Gamut365
  • V-LogV-Gamut433

The 10-bit code Vectra writes for an 18% grey card, matching each manufacturer's published value. iPhone 15 Pro and later start from native Apple Log; earlier models from 10-bit HLG.

Stabilise it in Gyroflow

Every take records the phone's gyroscope and accelerometer, timed to the video frames. In-camera stabilisation stays off, so the motion data describes the image exactly and Gyroflow can do better work than the phone would. If you'd rather not, pick one of Apple's stabilisation modes instead.

  • SidecarA .gcsv file next to every clip
  • EmbeddedA CAMM motion track inside the .mov
  • Tested withGyroflow 1.6.3
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Files that hold up in the grade

10-bit HEVC at cinema data rates, saved straight to the Files app and named the way a Blackmagic camera names its clips. Nothing goes through Photos, so nothing gets renamed or recompressed.

  • CodecHEVC Main 10, 1-second GOP10-bit
  • 4K UHD3840 × 2160120 Mb/s
  • Open GateFull 4:3 sensor readout140 Mb/s
  • 1080p1920 × 108050 Mb/s
  • Frame ratesIncluding PAL 25 and 5024 25 30 50 60

Also on board: manual ISO, shutter angle and white balance, Rec.709 view assist or your own .cube LUT, false colour, zebras, focus peaking, frame guides, audio meters with a limiter, and timecode.

Run every camera from one Mac

Vectra Studio is a companion app for the Mac. Put an iPhone on each angle and run the shoot from your desk: watch every live picture, roll all cameras at once, ride exposure, and light the tally so the talent knows which camera is live.

  • PreviewLive picture from every camera, through the same view assist as the phone
  • ControlRecord, ISO, shutter, white balance, focus and tally, per camera or all at once
  • PairingA one-time 6-digit code from the phone; after that the Mac reconnects on its own
  • PrivacyEncrypted end to end, over your own network only. No account, no cloud
Vectra Studio on a Mac showing two connected cameras, Vectra A and Vectra B, side by side, with exposure controls in the inspector
Vectra Studio with two iPhones connected
Vectra's Remote settings on iPhone: Vectra Studio on, camera name Vectra A, a pairing code, and one Mac connected
On the iPhone: Settings → Remote

Turn it on in Settings → Remote, open Vectra Studio on a Mac on the same network, and enter the code.