Tech Scout Camera

LUT Camera & Director's Finder

Only for iPhone

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.

iPhone

Tech Scout is a LUT-based still camera with film emulation, director's viewfinder, sun tracker, and exposure meter designed for film industry professionals. Tech Scout bypasses iOS’s computational photography pipeline by leveraging film industry post production color workflows and advanced film emulation tools, bringing an entirely new type of photography to your iPhone. A still camera with a motion picture camera under the hood. Accurately emulate all major motion picture cameras. Any look, any camera, right in your pocket. At Tech Scout’s core is its camera system. Motion picture image science and film emulation tools have been fully ported to run locally on device, without cloud compute or AI-assisted image processing. Apple's computational photography image pipeline is replaced by wide color gamut, ACES-derived log workflows, standardizing to the same image pipeline film industry professionals work with every day. Tech Scout has fully native image science support for the Arri Alexa and Alexa 35, the Sony Venice family of cameras, all modern RED Digital Cinema cameras, Fujifilm Eterna, DJI, Canon Log 3, and BlackMagic version 5 color science, as well as both Apple Log and Apple Log 2. All of these gammas/color spaces are available on all supported iPhone models, and can be accurately previewed live with the LUT of your choice using our unique Scout Viewfinder. Also included are Scout custom looks, pulled from Brook Willard's personal LUT library and tuned to the capabilities of the iPhone camera system. Scout's Film Emulation engine is Brook's own design; Tech Scout is the first public release of a previously internal tool developed for use on some of the largest motion pictures in history. Director’s Viewfinder: Load your show LUT and scout like you shoot. With a library of dozens of cameras, hundreds of record modes, thousands of lenses, and cinema camera image science, Tech Scout is a major step forward for phone-based directors viewfinders. And sharing projects is easier than ever. You can AirDrop, iMessage, or email your Tech Scout projects instantly, including not only your project settings but your custom show LUT as well. Sun Position: Every director’s viewfinder capture features a sun position visualizer, showing relative sun position, sunrise, sunset, and other critical metadata. Whether you’re a cinematographer, director, or locations, your viewfinder captures will carry enormously valuable information for your crew. Exposure Mode: Tech Scout’s exposure mode allows you to accurately measure scene exposure on your chosen camera system. With waveform monitors, false color, EL Zone, and both LUT and log preview of your project’s look, exposure mode is a quick and accurate way to judge scene dynamic range and light levels. Film Emulation Scout’s Film Emulation engine features motion picture quality film grain, halation, edge softening, glow, and dye layer light scattering. Camera Mode Tech Scout includes a fully-featured camera mode, with support for Bayer RAW capture, Apple ProRAW Capture, and Scout Pro mode on supported phones. Fully manual controls, LUT and film emulation support, burst mode, flash support, and every other feature that you would anticipate in a dedicated professional camera app. Love your favorite cinema camera’s look? Have a preferred LUT? Wish you had a film camera in your pocket? Tired of AI-assisted photography? Tech Scout’s camera mode is the tool you’ve been waiting for. Scout Viewfinder In order to accurately display Scout’s image science live onscreen, the Scout Viewfinder bypasses iOS’s camera preview altogether. Instead, Tech Scout captures and processes full-resolution RAW images in realtime and displays them live. This novel approach brings accurate look preview to the full range of supported iPhone models. Tech Scout is designed and engineered by cinematographer and former digital imaging technician Brook Willard. Tech Scout is a $19.99/year auto‑renewing subscription with a 7‑day free trial.

  • 5.0
    out of 5
    11 Ratings

Tech Scout v1.0.4 introduces major performance improvements, customizable user buttons, new exposure tools, and a full suite of iOS lock screen widgets. PERFORMANCE • By implementing performance updates from the Scout Film Engine OFX Plugin, Tech Scout adopts a near 10x improvement in film emulation render speed. • User-experienced capture-to-capture develop time is reduced by more than 80%. • iOS image processing and handoff stages are further optimized, reducing memory usage and increasing speed considerably. • Thermal performance is significantly improved, improving render times on sustained captures without throttling. • Increased UI responsiveness during renders. iOS WIDGETS • Added a full suite of iOS Lock Screen and Control Center widgets. • Added unique widgets for Photo Mode, Director's Viewfinder, Exposure Mode, and Sun Position, opening Tech Scout directly into your preferred mode. CAMERA MODE • New User Buttons functionality added to the Camera Tools menu. Activating them enables two tappable buttons on the viewfinder, assignable to a function of your choice. • New exposure tools added to Camera Mode, accessible via user button. These include False Color, Highlight Clip indicator, and Zebras at +4 and +5 stops above middle grey. • Histogram mode switch between log and LUT is improved and clarified. NOTABLE BUG FIXES • Fixed assorted UX responsiveness bugs related to iOS 27 • Tech Scout now reads the iPhone 18 Pro's variable iris, ensuring Exposure Mode and Director's Finder accuracy. • Fixed a bug where film grain would not render in certain highlights. • Fixed bugs related to Apple ProRAW development. ProRAW render speeds improved by as much as 11 seconds per frame. • Assorted other bug fixes and usability improvements.

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    Seller
    Brook Willard
    Size
    330.1 MB
    Category
    Photo & Video
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 17.2 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 17.2 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 14.2 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 1.1 or later.
    Languages
    English
    Age Rating
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    Copyright
    © 2026 Brook Willard