If you are looking for Record professional videos with your iPhoneyou will know that the native iOS camera app may not be enough. While it is true that some parameters such as video format or resolution can be adjusted, these are ultimately automatic captures. They are of very good quality, certainly, but insufficient for those looking to be able to change any other element.
Great proposals thus arise, like the one brought by Kino or like the one “Backmagic Camera” AppThe latter was created by the film and camera experts at Australian company Backmagic and is completely free on iPhone.
A 100% free application, without subscription
There are often great apps that require payment to download or, failing that, a subscription with recurring payments. This or that is free, but requires some type of additional payment to have all the functions of the application. While it is true that they can compensate, the case of “Backmagic Cam” is even better.
Blackmagic Camera
Blackmagic Camera unleashes the power of your iPhone and iPad by adding controls and operating systems for digital cameras! Now you can create the same cinematic look you get in Hollywood feature films.
Available in the App Store totally free. As you can see, when you download it, no payment will be requested and it does not include any type of in-app purchase. Everything is offered completely free of charge and no advertising which interrupt its use.
Yes, you will see that some permissions are requested inside like microphone, camera, gallery access or location, but all are necessary if we take into account that it is an application designed to record videos (the problem with location is to locate where you record the videos, but this can be disabled). As the application’s own listing in the App Store indicates, they do not collect data.
What “BackMagic Camera” offers for iPhones
The first thing is to clarify that, although we focus on the latest iPhone because they are the ones that offer the best video recording features, this application works on any device with at least iOS 17. In other words, it can work on an iPhone XS and later models, including the iPhone XR, iPhone SE 2020, and iPhone SE 2022. Of course, it also works with the new iOS 18.
What the app itself offers is a Comprehensive interface and settings for professional video recording. It is not intended for inexperienced people, although in the end, by playing with it, you can also learn and find the exact point for professional video recording.
As you will see when entering its parameters, it offers a very extensive list of possibilities for change recording format, codecs, color, manual focus, audio format, compression and a long etcetera.
Some of the many settings of “BackMagic Camera”
There are certain settings that are recommended by professionals, such as set LOG format to H.265, enable LUT to rec.709 conversion and ‘record LUT to clip’ option. In this way, it is possible to manually capture high-quality videos and allow for the necessary retouching in post-production.
And, although that is not his goal, “BackMagic Camera’ also offers editing options after the video is recorded. While it is true that the idea is to send the video to a professional editor to edit it from a computer, in the end it is still interesting to have the possibility of editing each of the clips so that they already have the desired configuration as standard.
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