Picture
HEVC
Recorded with your film look applied. Electronic stabilization is there when you want it (not at OPENGATE).
Format
HEVC .MOV
Manual camera for iPhone
Not a photo your
Not a photo your
phone finished for you.
One you decided.
ROVEWORKS CAMERA hands the exposure, the colour and the focus back to you. Instead of stacking frames to smooth a scene out, it records the single frame that existed the moment you pressed the shutter.
- Control
- ISO · SS · MF
- Files
- HEIF · RAW · HEVC
- Engine
- METAL LUT
The actual capture screen
Honest optics
The camera doesn't decide the scene for you.
It makes your decision clearer.
Stacking frames to make a picture brighter and sharper also erases the shadows, the texture, and the exposure you chose. ROVEWORKS CAMERA skips Apple's image processing pipeline and develops the single frame the sensor actually received.
01 — Control
Bring the feel of a dial
back into the shot.
Turn the dials at the left and right edges of the screen to set ISO and shutter speed. Each dial only shows values your iPhone can actually produce.
01
Set the exposure yourself
ISO on the left, shutter speed on the right. Swipe up to raise a value; double-tap to drop straight back to auto.
02
A viewfinder meter
Three lamps instead of a scale. Left means underexposed, right means overexposed, and a green centre means you're there.
03
Level and framing
A level indicator and grid to square the frame up. Changing the aspect ratio never moves the controls.
02 — Focus
Focus is where the
two images meet.
The patch at the centre of the screen shows the live image twice, split apart. Turn the half-circle dial around the shutter button until the two overlap and the subject is in focus. It runs on LiDAR distance data, and the images split side to side even when you hold the phone sideways.
M
Coincidence focusing
The way a Leica M rangefinder works, carried over as-is. The patch border glows yellow the moment the images align.
AF
Autofocus is still there
When you don't need manual focus, one tap puts autofocus back.
!
Where it works
Coincidence focusing needs LiDAR and the wide lens. On telephoto and ultra-wide, M mode stays manual — you focus with the dial, without the patch.
03 — Film looks
Not something you pick afterwards.
Something you see first.
Twelve film looks render live in the viewfinder through Metal-based 3D LUTs, so the colour on screen is the colour that gets saved, in photos and in video. Drag the handle to compare.
CLASSIC
Held-back saturation over firm midtones. Suits street work and
flat, grey light.
04 — Video
The same dials, the same looks,
now in motion.
The controls and colour you use for photos carry straight into video. Your film look, tone curve and grain are rendered into the footage as it records.
01
Manual exposure while recording
Set ISO and shutter on the same dials. The slowest shutter is one over the frame rate, and the 180° setting is marked.
02
Only what your lens can record
OPENGATE, 4K, HD and 720, from 24p to 120p. The menu offers only the combinations the current lens can actually record.
03
Guides on screen, not in the file
Zebra and focus peaking work while recording and never go into the file. If a call interrupts a take, what you've shot is saved.
Sound
STEREO / MONO
Stereo or mono from the built-in mics, wind noise reduction, external microphone support and a live level meter.
Format
AAC
05 — Files
One shutter press,
two files.
One to look at and share now, one to reinterpret later. Nothing is applied to the RAW file.
HEIF / JPG · DISPLAY P3
BAYER RAW .DNG
Ready to use
HEIF / JPG
The colour and exposure you saw on screen, written straight into the file. Open it in Photos and share it right away.
Format
HEIF / JPG
Ready to keep
BAYER RAW
Exactly what the sensor recorded. No film look, no brightness lift. It's there for the day you want to read the frame differently.
Format
RAW .DNG
Worth stating plainly
We chose one accurate frame over a bigger number.
On iPhone, a 48MP image has to be assembled from several frames, and that process overrides the exposure you set. ROVEWORKS CAMERA doesn't stack frames, so its photos are 12MP. You give up the number and get back a picture that matches what you saw.
06 — Gallery
The photograph,
and the settings behind it.
Shot with this app. Each frame lists exactly what the dials were set to at the moment of capture, so you can see how a decision becomes a result.
- SHUTTER
- 1/250
- ISO
- 200
- WB
- DAYLIGHT 5500K
- LENS
- 24mm f/1.78
- FILM
- Classic
- EFFECT
- TONE H−1 · GRAIN W
07 — Pricing
Start free.
Pay once, if you want more.
No subscription. Pro Pack is a single purchase that stays with your Apple Account.
Free
Free
- Manual ISO, shutter speed and light meter
- Three film looks (Standard · Classic · Monochrome)
- White balance, tone curve, grain and sharpness
- Autofocus, level indicator and grid
- In-app gallery and location tagging
No time limit, no watermark.
Pro Pack
$9.99 one-time
- Video recording (up to 4K 60p and OPENGATE, film look live)
- Nine more film looks (twelve in total, photo and video)
- Rangefinder manual focus (M mode)
- RAW (.dng) capture
- Custom presets (up to eight)
- Zebra and focus peaking overlays (shooting and recording)
Price varies by App Store region.
Restore your purchase on any device with the same Apple Account.
Already own Pro Pack? Video is included at no extra cost.
ROVEWORKS CAMERA
Stop letting the phone finish it.
Leave the frame you decided on.
Read the light, set the exposure, choose the colour, and keep both the picture and the negative.
Single frame · Manual exposure · Display P3 · Metal LUT · Bayer RAW DNG · HEVC video