ARRI Camera Companion User Reviews

ARRI Camera Companion
ARRI Camera Companion
Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG

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Sucks more than the beta

App forgets that I paid for it on the iPad ever time it crashes or when ever it want to forget and decided it's need to call home.

Update: latest version of the app still need to call home when ever the iPad restarts. What are we supposed to do when we are out of reception?

Response from developer

Hello, I'm sorry that you had an issue using the app. We have integrated another fix in CCA 1.0.3 that should solve this subscription issue. Please update to this version.

All good

Thank you for the application, I'm really looking forward to when you add control with apple watch, and mirror amage h+v to the list of assigned keys

Frustrated after beta testing for years

Was a huge fan of the beta. Now frustrated with the subscription model. Not even a discounted offer for the beta testers who helped improved the app?

스텐다드 구독 서비스에대한 지원 기술이 부족함

프리미엄 라인에서만 지원하는 룩업 세부조정이라던가 멀티캠 지원이 스텐다드와 프리미엄의 말도안되는 급나누기같음 특히 가격적인 면에서

Why

Now we have to pay a subscription???? What happened to the beta? That was great! Sony Venice you don’t need any app or subscription. This is honestly total garbage, there’s no way that camera owners will pony up to pay, it’ll be the assistants and DITs. Just another cash grab! Thanks tor nothing!! Will be steering DPs towards Sony.
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구독은 좀 너무하네요

한국 카메라 기술스텝입니다.
구독은 너무 한거 같네요..
사용하면서 이상있던것들에 관해서 피드백도 많이 했는데
일회성 결제도 아니고 구독이라니 참..
기술스텝에게는 좀 그렇습니다…

Overpriced

Everything seems fine, but the price for the subscription... You don't want to make money on that!

Can’t Open Properly without Internet

Edit: 25.05.10
1.0.3 does resolve much of the problems with the subscription necessitating an internet connection. However, I still run into an issue where intermittent connectivity or a change in connectivity seems to have the app loose it’s “memory” of the subscription status. Any way to save this one time when it’s verified what the expiration date is and hold onto it so as to never necessitate an internet connection? Really makes this app unreliable.

Edit: 25.05.07
Updated to 1.0.3 and the subscription status holds regardless of internet connectivity. Thanks!

Still pretty expensive for a premium subscription.

Edit: 25.04.28
Updated to 1.0.2. Still have an issue with the subscription not holding and everything going to the basic/demo mode.

When it does switch from basic/demo to licensed mode (premium in this case), all the cameras are defaulted to A camera despite the project having 4 different cameras. So have to reset the slots with each camera.

AppUB doesn’t behave as expected with MiniLF. Increase/decrease ND sometimes works or doesn’t. If I select 1.8 from the ND pop-up and then do an ND increase/decrease via and the AppUB, it would go to 0.6


Original post: 25.04.22
I’ve used Arri CC since beta and it’s great. However, with this official release, which I think is overpriced, you can not open it properly without an internet connection.

On a show with 4 cameras and without an internet connection, it opens to the default 1 camera project. Once internet is present, then it will pen the project, albeit without my cameras properly laid out as I had them.

This makes the app unusable as there’s no guarantee on set that you’ll have internet, contrary to common assumptions.
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Response from developer

Hello, I'm sorry that you had an issue using the app. We have integrated another fix in CCA 1.0.3 that should solve this subscription issue. Please update to this version. Regarding the other issue, please use the 'Contact ARRI Service' function in the app to describe your problem. We will then try to solve the problem immediately.

Can’t Open Properly without Internet

Edit: 25.05.07
Updated to 1.0.3 and the subscription status holds regardless of internet connectivity. Thanks!

Still pretty expensive for a premium subscription.

Edit: 25.04.28
Updated to 1.0.2. Still have an issue with the subscription not holding and everything going to the basic/demo mode.

When it does switch from basic/demo to licensed mode (premium in this case), all the cameras are defaulted to A camera despite the project having 4 different cameras. So have to reset the slots with each camera.

AppUB doesn’t behave as expected with MiniLF. Increase/decrease ND sometimes works or doesn’t. If I select 1.8 from the ND pop-up and then do an ND increase/decrease via and the AppUB, it would go to 0.6


Original post: 25.04.22
I’ve used Arri CC since beta and it’s great. However, with this official release, which I think is overpriced, you can not open it properly without an internet connection.

On a show with 4 cameras and without an internet connection, it opens to the default 1 camera project. Once internet is present, then it will pen the project, albeit without my cameras properly laid out as I had them.

This makes the app unusable as there’s no guarantee on set that you’ll have internet, contrary to common assumptions.
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Response from developer

Hello, I'm sorry that you had an issue using the app. We have integrated another fix in CCA 1.0.3 that should solve this subscription issue. Please update to this version. Regarding the other issue, please use the 'Contact ARRI Service' function in the app to describe your problem. We will then try to solve the problem immediately.

Can’t Open Properly without Internet

Edit: 25.04.28
Updated to 1.0.2. Still have an issue with the subscription not holding and everything going to the basic/demo mode.

When it does switch from basic/demo to licensed mode (premium in this case), all the cameras are defaulted to A camera despite the project having 4 different cameras. So have to reset the slots with each camera.

AppUB doesn’t behave as expected with MiniLF. Increase/decrease ND sometimes works or doesn’t. If I select 1.8 from the ND pop-up and then do an ND increase/decrease via and the AppUB, it would go to 0.6


Original post: 25.04.22
I’ve used Arri CC since beta and it’s great. However, with this official release, which I think is overpriced, you can not open it properly without an internet connection.

On a show with 4 cameras and without an internet connection, it opens to the default 1 camera project. Once internet is present, then it will pen the project, albeit without my cameras properly laid out as I had them.

This makes the app unusable as there’s no guarantee on set that you’ll have internet, contrary to common assumptions.
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Sucks more than the beta

App forgets that I paid for it on the iPad ever time it crashes or when ever it want to forget and decided it's need to call home.

Response from developer

Hello, I'm sorry that you had an issue using the app. We have integrated another fix in CCA 1.0.3 that should solve this subscription issue. Please update to this version.

Can’t Open Properly without Internet

I’ve used Arri CC since beta and it’s great. However, with this official release, which I think is overpriced, you can not open it properly without an internet connection.

On a show with 4 cameras and without an internet connection, it opens to the default 1 camera project. Once internet is present, then it will pen the project, albeit without my cameras properly laid out as I had them.

This makes the app unusable as there’s no guarantee on set that you’ll have internet, contrary to common assumptions.
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Plain greed, ARRI

We spent 2.5 years helping you test this app for free. And now — a subscription? Seriously?
Considering the price of your cameras, this isn’t about sustainability — it’s just plain greed. Really disappointing.