SmartLog: Free Camera Reports

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SmartLog: free camera reports for film & TV

The paper camera-report log book, retired. Log scenes, takes, lenses, filters, timecode and notes on any phone, then export clean PDF reports, CSV and JSON. Built with working ACs and DPs, and full of the small quality-of-life touches other reporting apps skip. No account. No subscription. Works fully offline, and your data never leaves your device.

SmartLog running on an iPhone on a music video set
Launch SmartLog → Download SmartLog Launch opens the app in your browser, ready to use with nothing to install. Download saves it as a single file you can keep and open offline, anytime.
Tip: Open SmartLog in your normal browser (Safari or Chrome), not inside another app's browser (a link tapped from Instagram, Facebook or a messaging app). Then use Add to Home Screen or Install so your log is always saved on your device. In-app browsers can clear your data when they close.

Three ways to keep it

Same free app on every device. Pick whatever suits how you work.

on your phone

iPhone, iPad & Android

Tap Launch SmartLog, then use your browser's Add to Home Screen (Share menu on iPhone/iPad, the menu on Android). You get an app icon that opens instantly and works fully offline on set.

on your computer

Mac & Windows

Open SmartLog in Chrome or Edge and click Install (the install icon in the address bar, or the browser menu). It becomes a proper app window with its own icon, offline and account free.

keep a copy

Offline HTML file

Prefer a file you own? Tap Download SmartLog above, or open the app's Timecode tab and tap Download offline copy. Either way you get the whole app as one file, yours to keep forever.

See it

SmartLog Setup page on iPhone: appearance, timecode clock and production details SmartLog take form on iPhone with camera B selected, shot number, INT NIGHT and lens kit

SETUP: THEMES, LIVE TIMECODE AND YOUR WHOLE PRODUCTION · THE TAKE FORM: CAMERA B TAGGED, SHOT S2, INT / NIGHT, ONE-TAP COOKE S4/i LENS KIT

SmartLog camera reports on iPad in landscape, one report per camera and roll

The Report tab on an iPad in landscape. SmartLog cuts one camera report per camera and roll, here A cam on roll A012 and B cam on roll B007, each with scene, shot, take, timecode in and out, per-take frame rate (48 fps on the insert), stops in tenths like T2 (3/10), filters, ISO, colour temp, tint, shutter and rig. The circled take number is a good take; the struck red row is a false take. One tap prints it or saves the PDF.

What it does

  • Take logging with a fast entry form: slate, shot and take, optics, exposure, rig and notes.
  • A camera picker with 79 bodies covering every Netflix-approved camera, drones included. Pick your body and the recording format and codec fill themselves.
  • 30 lens sets from studio primes to cine zooms and anamorphics, ready as one-tap chips.
  • Multi-cam ready: set how many cameras are on the job, give each its own camera model, and tag every take A / B / C with one tap.
  • US and UK slating conventions: lead with scene / take or slate / take, whichever way your crew works.
  • Fine-tuned detail most reporting apps skip: tint, per-take frame rate, shot / slate numbers, interior / exterior and day / night, and rig (dolly, steadicam, gimbal, drone).
  • A stop slider that reads in tenths, exactly like the ARRI viewfinder: T2.8 (3/10).
  • Paper-style camera reports, exported as PDF straight from your phone.
  • CSV and JSON export that opens in any spreadsheet or DIT and reporting software.
  • Time-of-day timecode, and frame-accurate LTC jam from any timecode box through the audio input.
  • Kit and preset system: your lenses, filters, ISO, colour temp, shutter and aspect ratios, one tap away.
  • Dark and light themes, adjustable text size, and your choice of font.
  • Everything stored on your own device. No sign-up, no cloud, no tracking.
SmartLog on iPad in a commercial studio SmartLog on a night exterior shoot

ON SET · COMMERCIAL STUDIO · NIGHT EXTERIOR

from the makers of the digital slate

SmartLog is built by 3D Film Parts, the team behind the 3D-printed Digital Slate. The app is free for everyone, and a future update will let it pair with the slate so the hard half of every take (scene, take, real clap timecode and a slate-frame photo) writes itself.

what's new

Build 2026-07-23

  • New slating convention setting in Setup: US (scene / take) or UK (slate / take). UK mode leads with the slate number on the take form, in the log and across reports and PDF; scene steps back but is always logged.
  • SmartLog picks a sensible default from your device region on first run, and you can switch any time. Handy for teaching both conventions side by side.
  • Same data captured either way: CSV, JSON, imports and merges are identical in both modes.
  • Thanks to Aram Atkinson for the request.

Build 2026-07-22g

  • Multi-camera setups: with two or more cameras on the job, the camera + glass card in Setup gets A / B / C tabs, and each camera keeps its own model, format and codec (a Komodo as A camera, a Venice as B, and so on).
  • The A / B / C buttons on the take form now show each camera's name, like A · KOMODO 6K, so tagging the right camera is one obvious tap.
  • Camera reports, PDF and CSV now carry each camera's own body, format and codec on its report.
  • New production company field in Setup, printed on reports and exports.
  • Thanks to Yadiel Barreto for the requests.

Build 2026-07-22f

  • Bug fix: tapping a camera letter (or any kit button) now shows a clear selected highlight, and typing a matching value lights its button too.
  • Bug fix: the camera letter row sits on its own line, fixing a layout misalignment on phones.
  • Found during a developer bug-hunting pass.

Build 2026-07-22e

  • Bug fix: each tab now remembers its own scroll position instead of sharing one.
  • Notes moved up the take form, straight after the slate fields.
  • Multi-cam: set how many cameras are on the job in Setup and get one-tap A / B / C buttons on every take.
  • Thanks to Alex, sound recordist (Melbourne), for the bug report and the requests.

Build 2026-07-22d

  • Lens sets expanded to 30, now covering primes, cine zooms and anamorphics: ARRI Signature, Cooke miniS4/i and Anamorphic/i, Angenieux Optimo, Fujinon MK and Premista, Sigma Cine, Canon CN-E and CN-R primes, Canon Cine Zooms and RF L series, Sony G Master, DJI DL, NiSi, Sirui and more.
  • DJI Ronin 4D 6K and 8K added to the camera picker.

Build 2026-07-22c

  • Camera list expanded to 77 bodies across ARRI, RED, Sony, Canon, Panasonic, Blackmagic, Panavision and DJI, covering the full Netflix-approved list plus the Sony FX3 and FX30 and Canon C50 and C400. Requested by Michael, DOP, Melbourne.

Build 2026-07-22b

  • Shot / slate number field on every take, with its own report column.
  • Rig / movement per take: one-tap chips for dolly, steadicam, gimbal, crane, slider, drone and more.
  • The stop slider now reads in tenths like the ARRI viewfinder: T2.8 (3/10). Typed values and chips still work.
  • Thanks to camera assistant Angel Sukma (Indonesia) for the requests.

Build 2026-07-22

  • New take-form fields: tint, interior/exterior, day/night, and per-take frame rate.
  • Recording-format presets (DCI 17:9, 16:9 and more) in Setup.
  • Type your own lens names in the lens field.
  • Fixed fields getting cut off on wider screens; the kit options now wrap to fit.
  • Bolder, clearer bottom navigation.
  • Opens in light mode by default.
  • Added a direct Download button, a download counter, and this changelog.

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