CamPlot Viewfinder vs Artemis

Artemis by Chemical Wedding is the long-standing industry viewfinder, with a camera and lens database updated weekly and an add-on for external cameras. The CamPlot Director’s Viewfinder is built around what happens after framing: five modes — photo, video with the look baked in, an exposure meter, a LiDAR room scanner and a monitor calibrator — 230+ LUTs you can export for your camera’s log, and frames that land on your CamPlot camera plot.

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iPhone & iPad · Works with no signal · Included with CamPlot Plus and Max

Pick the CamPlot Viewfinder if…

You want to record test video through the look, not only frame stills
You want a LUT for the camera that matches what you saw on the phone
You scout rooms with LiDAR and want the plan in your camera plot
You meter exposure and check monitors with the same phone
You use CamPlot Creator — CamPlot Max includes the viewfinder

Pick Artemis if…

You need the broadest camera and lens database, updated weekly
You want virtual stand-ins, A/B camera comparison or External Camera Mode
You prefer a one-time licence ($29.99 Core)
You also want Artemis Studio on the Mac (sold separately)

	CamPlot Viewfinder	Artemis
Made by	CamPlot Studio (Romany Films Inc.)	Chemical Wedding
Runs on	iPhone and iPad	iPhone and iPad (iOS 18 or later)
Price	CamPlot Plus $29.99/yr or $3.99/mo · included in CamPlot Max ($49.99/yr)	Free download · $3.99/mo, $16.99/yr or a $29.99 Core licence · add-ons $9.99 each
Camera bodies	40+ bodies with 185 real sensor windows (their scan modes)	A database Chemical Wedding updates weekly
Lenses	Your own kit on a roll, zooms with detents; your show’s lens inventory syncs	Lens database, Virtual Wide Mode and add-on wide-lens support
Looks	230+ true 3D LUTs on a dial, your own .cube files; export for 18 log formats from 10 makers	Looks and LUTs
Video	HEVC or H.264 up to 4K with the look baked into the file; Apple Log capture; shutter as an angle	Photo and video recording with trimming and title cards
Exposure meter	ISO, T-stop, shutter angle and ND dials that balance each other	Not stated
LiDAR	Room scan to a 2D plan and a 3D model, saved into a CamPlot project	Not stated
Monitor calibrator	Two-point greyscale and RGB gain/lift readouts against bars	Not stated
Sun	Sun and moon paths over the frame	Helios sun tracking (Helios View is a $9.99 add-on)
Blocking	Not included	Virtual stand-ins; A/B camera comparison
Shot lists	PDF with every camera setting, the sun’s position and a QR code to the spot	Shot-list and storyboard export
Vertical	True 9:16 files when held upright	9:16 vertical mode
With an overhead plot	Frames go onto the right camera in CamPlot Creator	Artemis Studio on the Mac is a separate planner

“Not stated” means we could not find it in Artemis’s own published material — not that it is missing.

Questions

CamPlot or Artemis?

Is the CamPlot Viewfinder an alternative to Artemis?

Yes. Both show the frame of a real cinema camera and lens on an iPhone. Artemis has the larger, weekly-updated database and tools like virtual stand-ins and External Camera Mode. CamPlot adds video recording with the look baked in, an exposure meter, a LiDAR room scanner, a monitor calibrator, LUT export for camera log formats, and a direct link to CamPlot Creator’s camera plots.

How much do Artemis and the CamPlot Viewfinder cost?

As of October 4, 2026, Artemis is a free download with $3.99 a month, $16.99 a year or a $29.99 Core licence, plus add-ons. The CamPlot Director’s Viewfinder is unlocked by CamPlot Plus ($29.99 a year or $3.99 a month) or CamPlot Max ($49.99 a year, which also includes CamPlot Creator), with a free trial.

Can I load a CamPlot look into my cinema camera?

Yes. Pick the look, then your camera’s log — S-Log3, LogC4, C-Log3, V-Log, Apple Log and 13 more — and CamPlot composes the manufacturer’s own log-to-709 conversion under the look and hands you a single .cube file for the camera or the DIT cart.

CamPlot Studio makes CamPlot, so weigh this page accordingly. We describe every other app from its own App Store listing, website and launch coverage, checked on October 4, 2026 (sources below). If something here is out of date, tell us at support@camplot.studio and we will fix it.

Sources, checked October 4, 2026:

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CamPlot Viewfinder vs Artemis

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