Ant CineKit

Ant CineKit is a the on-set reference and calculator suite for cinematographers, camera assistants, Digital Imaging Technicians, filmmakers, and content creators.

Stop digging through PDFs and manufacturer sites on location. Every spec you need — sensor dimensions, codecs, data rates, image circles, close focus — lives in one app that works offline.

Created from more than 15 years of professional DIT experience.

Available in 7 Languages: English, French, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai

CAMERA DATABASE 95 cinema camera bodies from ARRI, RED, Sony, Canon, Blackmagic, Panasonic, Nikon, Panavision, Phantom, DJI, Freefly, Kinefinity, Z CAM, AJA and more. Full recording modes, codecs, resolutions, sensor areas, frame-rate limits and media options for each body.

LENS DATABASE 261 lens series across 27 brands — ARRI Signature, ARRI Rental (ALFA, Prime DNA, DNA LF, Moviecam), ZEISS, Cooke, Angénieux, Hawk, Leitz, FUJINON, Canon, Sigma, DZOFilm, SIRUI, Laowa, Atlas, Gecko-Cam, NiSi, Vazen and more. Focal lengths, T-stops, close focus, front diameter, weight, coverage and image circle.

DIRECTOR'S VIEWFINDER Turn your phone into any camera in the database. Pick a body, recording mode and lens, and the live viewfinder matches that exact field of view

SUN FINDER & AR SUN TRAIL Scout light for any location and any date. Get sun altitude, azimuth, sunrise and sunset, plus golden hour and blue hour windows morning and evening. Then open the AR Sun Trail and see the sun's full path drawn across the real sky in 3D, with time markers, so you know exactly where the light will be at 4pm on shoot day. The viewfinder also overlays live compass heading and sun position, so you can line up a shot against the sun before you commit.

SENSOR & LENS COVERAGE Compare up to four camera-and-lens combinations side by side. See exactly how sensor formats stack up, whether a lens covers your recording mode, and where vignetting will bite.

DEPTH OF FIELD Calculate near focus, far focus, total depth of field, hyperfocal distance, and estimated background blur. Choose strict, normal, soft, or custom circle-of-confusion settings. The visual preview supports frame lines, anamorphic desqueeze, diopters, and metric or imperial distances.

ANGLE OF VIEW Horizontal, vertical and diagonal angles, field of view at any distance, and the longest focal length that still fits a known object in frame.

DATA CALCULATOR Work out exactly how much storage a shoot needs. Pick camera, codec, resolution and frame rate, then get data rate, storage per hour, total storage and how many cards or drives to bring. Scales across multiple cameras and shoot days.

DATA TRANSFER CALCULATOR Estimate transfer time using file sizes in MB, GB, or TB and transfer speeds in MB/s, GB/s, Mbps, or Gbps. Compare drives, card readers, networks, and backup workflows.

ADDITIONAL ON-SET TOOLS • Flicker-free shutter recommendations for 50 Hz and 60 Hz lighting • Shutter-speed to shutter-angle conversion • Flat-port underwater-focus calculation • Film length, frame-count, and runtime calculations

BUILT FOR SET • Full anamorphic support with desqueeze across every tool • Favorites and recent gear for fast recall • Share and export your calculations • iPhone and iPad, with a layout tuned for each • Works entirely offline

All calculations are estimates based on published manufacturer specifications. Always confirm critical numbers against the actual camera and media before you roll.