Footage and Runtime Estimation
How many minutes of footage your loaded magazine has at the current fps.
Where to find it
Cine mode Footage row
Summary
Footage tracker for cine work. Pick the gauge (Super 8, 16mm, 35mm), enter the magazine length in feet, and the app shows how many minutes of run time that translates to at the current fps.
How it works
What it does
Tracks how much film is on your camera at the current frame rate. Pick your gauge (Super 8, 16mm, 35mm Academy, etc.) and enter how much film the magazine holds in feet, and the app converts to minutes of run time.
Why feet, not minutes
Cine magazines are sold by length, not duration: a 400 ft 35mm magazine runs 4 minutes 27 seconds at 24 fps and 2 minutes 13 seconds at 48 fps. The same physical film is a different duration depending on the rate, so feet is the persistent measurement and minutes is the derived display.
Per-gauge math
16mm runs at 36 ft/min at 24 fps. Super 8 runs slower; 35mm Academy runs at 90 ft/min at 24 fps. Each gauge in the picker carries its own feet-per-foot constant so the conversion is honest for whatever you have loaded.
How it pairs with FPS
Change the fps and the runtime updates immediately, since the geometric film length on the magazine has not changed. Useful when planning a high-frame-rate slow-motion shot: 400 ft of 35mm at 96 fps is just over a minute of usable footage.