FilmCalc

The Filmcalculator is a program for people working in the film business. It is mainly useful for D.O.P.’s, camera-operators, assistants, clapperloaders and gaffers but also for still photographers and video cameramen.

Primarily developed as a personal tool, the Filmcalculator has grown to a professional program with users world wide. Distribution as shareware makes it legal to make copies for colleagues and gives everybody the opportunity to try the program and decide if they like it before actually buying it.
The program helps with calculations needed while planning or shooting a production.

Optical calculations:
* Depth of field
* Splitfocus
* Focal length to lens angle
* Lens angle to focal length

Macro/VFX calculations:
* Magnification factor
* Needed diopter
* Needed Split diopter
* Scale/Model/SFX
* Event and screen time to frame rate
* Screen time to frames
* Recommended camera spreed for miniatures

Distance/Size calculations
* Distance and object size to focal length
* Focal length and object size to distance
* Distance and focal length to object size
* Matching lens and distance
* Matching lens and format (film//video/photo)

Filmlength/time calculations
* Time to filmlength
* Shooting time to screen time
* Rollsize to filmlength
* Filmlength to time
* Screentime to frames
* Frames to screentime
* Screentime to shooting time

Lamp and lighting calculations
* HMI flickerfree speeds and shutter angles
* Illumination calculations
* User adjustable lamp tables
* Color correction
* Exposure corrections for speed and shutter angle
* Exposure changes replacing lights

General
* Sun set/rise and positions
* Sun mapping
* Filmstock database (user editable)

Post
* Image data filesize
* Digital sound filesize
* And more…….

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