Cinema FV-5

Cinema FV-5 is a professional video recording software designed specifically for Android devices. This application offers powerful features and fully manual controls, providing a comprehensive range of options for users looking to enhance their mobile filmmaking capabilities. With Cinema FV-5, users can manually adjust the frame rate to tailor their footage to different production needs. Whether you're an aspiring filmmaker or a photography enthusiast, this application provides the tools you need to shoot high-quality video, giving you complete control over parameters such as focus, exposure, and white balance.

Highlights:

Get audio from many sources: The application is compatible with supporting devices such as mics or headsets.

Adjust audios easily: For stable quality, related factors will be fine-tuned.

A great sound: You will spend a lot of time listening to the product many times.

Adjustable control buttons: Every feature makes taking photos or recording videos convenient and suitable.

The experience will change: Through free editing from users, the working speed will be many times faster.

Shoot like a pro:

Smartphone cameras have become quite capable that it's hard to take a bad photo. From the hardware to the software processing, you can take a nice photo with minimal effort. However, the same can't be said for video recording as results still often look subpar. One way to work around this is to use a camera app focusing on video capture, and Cinema FV-5 is one example.

This app looks like any other camera app you've used before. Where others aim to offer a clean and minimal UI that gets out of your way, it goes the opposite direction and puts everything front and center for easy access. The bottom row of icons houses toggles and sliders to adjust ISO, white balance, focus, and the like, all configurable on the spot.

The settings window offers more options to configure, including changing video bitrate, format, and resolution up to 4K. You can even change the audio source if you'll use a mic accessory for better sound. Having said all that, the experience itself leaves a lot to be desired. Navigation is slow, it constantly hunts for focus, and video playback has a delay at the beginning.

Features:

Adjust all the image sensor parameters that you only thought pro-videocameras had: exposure compensation, ISO, light metering mode (matrix/center/spot), focus mode and white balance.

Change sensor parameters (like ISO, exposure compensation or white balance) also during recording.

Focus adjustments during recording: lock focus on your subject before recording and change focus planes while recording.

Professional viewfinder: 10+ compositing grids, 10+ crop guides available, safe areas display and much more.

The most advanced electronic viewfinder on a video camera: live RGB and luminance histogram are available also during recording.

Professional sound metering options: display audio peaks and sound clipping warnings during recording.

Use any audio input source for your video: built-in microphone, external (wired) microphone or wireless (Bluetooth) headset.

Choose video and audio codec, adjust the bitrates, audio sampling rates and number of channels.

Record in 4K UHD (Ultra High Definition) video on supported devices.

All camera functions assignable to volume keys. You can adjust EV, ISO, color temperature, zoom and more using volume keys (including those in cable-headsets) as well as focusing and recording. Devices with hardware camera shutter keys are also supported.

Video geotagging support.

Autofocus, macro, touch focus and infinity focus modes, plus a focus lock switch (AF-L).

Autoexposure (AE-L) and auto white balance (AWB-L) locks in Android 4.0+. You can also lock exposure and white balance during clip recording automatically.

Zoom after and while recording. Set specific focal lengths thanks to the 35mm equivalent-based focal length display.

Powerful video clips organization options: different storage locations and fully customizable file names (even with variables).

Pros & Cons:

Pros

Extensive manual control over all key video settings

Support for external microphones

Multiple resolution and bitrate options, including 4K

Real-time audio and exposure monitoring tools

Cons

Performance issues on some devices (focus, playback lag)

Interface may be overwhelming for beginners

Final Words:

Cinema FV-5 is an excellent video recording app, offering a huge amount of features, thanks to which you can transform your Android device into a professional video camera, almost as if by magic. The only thing you should be aware of when using the app, however, is that some cameras on relatively older devices may not be compatible with many of the features.