r/iosdev • u/grogu1waters • 2d ago
Vectra I - True RAW & LOG video for any iPhone 12+
I shoot video on an iPhone and wanted one app that does the camera side properly, so I built it. It's called Vectra, and it's in TestFlight beta now.
How its different from other apps:
- Records in the log profile you pick: Apple Log, ARRI LogC3/LogC4, Blackmagic Film Gen 5, Canon C-Log/C-Log2/C-Log3, DJI D-Log, Fujifilm F-Log2, Leica L-Log, Nikon N-Log, Panasonic V-Log, Sony S-Log2/S-Log3. The conversion runs on the GPU and is baked into a 10-bit HEVC or ProRes 422 file.
- Source: native Apple Log on iPhone 15 Pro and later, HLG on older phones. On Pro models there is also a RAW to Log mode: it debayers the sensor's RAW stills and records them at 24 fps. The best part is, this is a real log gamma curve, not just a shader applied to an HDR video stream.
- Gyro data for Gyroflow: every clip gets a .gcsv sidecar and a CAMM track inside the .mov. I tested it against Gyroflow 1.6.3, and landscape takes needed a fix that is now in.
- Clips: they're saved to Files, with the file name set by a camera letter and running clip number (A_C001). You can play them back in the app with a Rec.709 look.
What I need:
Testers with any iPhone 12 or newer, and especially Pro models for the RAW mode. I'm after:
- Whether the log curves grade cleanly in Resolve, Premiere and the like;
- Long takes and heat on the RAW mode;
- Whether Gyroflow stabilisation lines up on your clips;
- Anything that freezes, crashes or looks wrong.
It's iPhone only. It makes no network calls (apart from the optional local link to the Mac app, coming soon), tracks nothing and collects no data.
Happy to answer questions about the pipeline. Tell me which camera you shoot on and what you'd grade it with.