The monitor you already own.
ROLLING is a professional wireless camera monitor and remote for Canon. The live picture, Record, timecode and every setting your camera reports, on the iPhone or iPad you already carry, with LUTs, false color, waveform, peaking and zebras on top. Built for Cinema EOS and EOS R, developed on Canon’s latest, the EOS C50 and EOS R5 Mark II, by a DP who has worked off field monitors for two decades.
01Why ROLLING
For the Camera You Can’t ReachFor the camera you can’t reach, the best monitor is already in your pocket.
The camera’s on a jib, a car mount or a high stand. Seeing that shot used to mean a monitor on a magic arm, an HDMI run or a transmitter, and batteries for all of it. ROLLING puts the picture, the tools and every setting your camera reports on the iPhone or iPad you already carry.
- A field monitor on a monitor mount or magic arm
- An HDMI run, or a transmitter and receiver
- A second monitor for video village
- Batteries and chargers for all of it
- The iPhone or iPad you already carry
- The Wi-Fi your camera already joins
- One app for Cinema EOS and EOS R
- Video village on a second device
*List price of a 7-inch, 1920×1200 smart monitor (SmallHD Indie 7) at smallhd.com on November 7, 2026, before the mount, cables or a transmitter. One camera stays free in ROLLING after the 7-day trial.
A Monitor, Not a Viewer
A camera maker’s app gets you the picture and the controls. ROLLING adds the monitor: your LUT per camera, false color, waveform, peaking, zebras and punch-in.
One App for Both Lines
Cinema EOS over Canon’s XC protocol, EOS R and PowerShot over the Camera Control API. With Pro, both sit on one screen with one Record.
Hand the Client a Screen
Client Monitor puts the framed shot on a second iPhone or iPad with nothing to touch, so video village doesn’t need its own monitor.
02Built on Set
A Working Tool, Not a ToyTwenty years behind field monitors. One app that works the way a DP does.
ROLLING comes from Visage Temps, a production company, and from a DP who has spent two decades working off field monitors, transmitters and director’s monitors. It’s built on Canon’s own published control protocols, tested on a real EOS C50 and EOS R5 Mark II on our own sets, and shaped by the shooters who use it.
Speaks the Camera’s Language
Cinema EOS over Canon’s XC protocol, EOS R and PowerShot over the Camera Control API: the interfaces Canon publishes for developers. Every control is built from what your camera reports.
Proven on Set, Not in a Simulator
Every build runs on a real EOS C50 and EOS R5 Mark II, with a built-in self-test for the camera link, Record and settings, and a log of every command and how long the camera took.
Your Set Shapes the Next Build
Tap ••• then Send Log File and we see exactly what your camera and the app did. Requests and logs from working shooters set what we build next, and updates are free for good.
03A Day on Set
Rig It Once, Run It From Your HandThe camera goes where the shot is. You stay with the talent.
- TAKE 01
Rig
Put the camera on the jib, the car mount or the high stand. Turn on its network function once in the camera menu.
- TAKE 02
Connect
Put the camera and your iPhone or iPad on the same Wi-Fi; a small 5 GHz travel router works best. Tap Connect and the picture comes up with every setting the camera reports.
- TAKE 03
Expose
Your LUT, false color and a waveform on the picture. Set ISO, iris, shutter and white balance from the camera’s own list; each change shows as pending until the camera confirms it.
- TAKE 04
Frame
9:16, 4:5, 1:1 and 2.39 crops over the full sensor, on your screen only, and a reference still to match last month’s shot.
- TAKE 05
Roll
Press Record. The tally turns red when the camera reports it’s recording, and the take log writes itself for the edit.
One Pocket Router Runs the Whole Set
Every camera and every screen joins one 5 GHz travel router on the rig or the stand. No internet, no HDMI cable to the monitor.
04Make It Yours
Your Colors, Your CrosshairPick the app’s color and your AF frame and crosshair color. Every screen follows, from the timecode to the tools you switch on. Try it here.
Theme Color
DP Lab Orange
AF Frame and Crosshair
Match Theme
Rec red, connected green and warning amber never change, so they read the same on every set.
Tap to Track
On a Cinema EOS, tap the subject and the camera tracks it. In MF, a tap moves the AF point and runs one-shot AF.
No Guessing
A new setting shows faded until the camera confirms it, so the screen never shows a value the camera isn’t on.
Swipe to Review
From live, swipe left for your last shot and swipe down to go back to the picture.
Lock It Sideways
On iPhone, lock the screen in landscape on a cage, and move Record to the left if that’s where your thumb is.
Your Assignables, Remote
The C50’s assignable buttons 1 to 4 sit in the app, named for whatever you’ve set them to.
Small Glass Controls
Controls sit over the picture in glass that takes on the shot’s color, so the picture stays the biggest thing on screen.
05Three Ways to Rig It
How DPs Run ItThe same app works as a camera control unit, a main monitor and a video village monitor. Pick the one your shot needs, or run all three at once.
A Control Unit on the Cage
Mount the iPhone on the side of the cage. Iris, ISO, shutter, white balance, the camera’s own buttons and Record sit right by your hand, while the camera’s screen stays your monitor.
The Main Monitor
Put the iPhone, or an iPad mini, on a monitor mount or magic arm. Your LUT, false color, waveform and frame guides on the picture, with settings and Record on the same screen and no HDMI cable to run.
Director on a Stand
An iPad on a Matthews monitor stand runs Director: both cameras live, one Record, and a warning for the first card or battery to run out. Clip the travel router to the stand and the whole village runs off it.
06Monitor
8 toolsThe monitoring tools a working DP reaches for, on the wireless picture: per-camera 3D LUTs, false color tuned for Canon Log, waveform, histogram and RGB parade, focus peaking and punch-in. They draw in the app only, so your recording stays clean.
See All Monitoring Tools
Your LUTs, per Camera
Import any 33-point .cube from Files. C-Log 3 to 709 on the C50, nothing on the R5, flip it off to see the log.
Waveform, Histogram, RGB
A scope card you can park in any corner, drawn from the same picture you're looking at.
False Color and Zebras
False color bands tuned for C-Log, zebras from 70 to 100 percent.
Peaking and Punch-In
Peaking in your color and level. Punch in 2× or 4×, or pinch and drag; tap focus still lands where you touch.
Anamorphic De-Squeeze
1.33, 1.5, 1.8 and 2×, so the picture looks like the edit.
Capture-Card Monitor
Plug an HDMI capture card into the iPad for a full-rate picture with the same tools on top.
07Control
From the camera's own listFull remote camera control over Wi-Fi: ISO, iris, shutter, white balance, focus, power zoom and Record, built from the values your camera reports. A change shows as pending until the camera confirms it, so the screen never shows a setting the camera isn’t on.
See Every Control
ISO, Iris, Shutter, White Balance
Turn a dial; nothing is sent until your finger moves it. Kelvin and CC stay inside the camera's range.
Record, Confirmed by the Camera
The red light comes from the camera's own record status, not from the button you pressed. If it didn't roll, you'll know.
Tap to Track, Pull by Feel
Tap a face and your Cinema EOS tracks it. In MF, drag to pull and the phone taps your hand when the focus guide says you're on.
Power Zoom Go To
Tap a focal length and the lens drives there and stops, read from the camera itself.
Assignable Buttons and the Menu
The camera's assignable buttons with the names the camera uses, plus a pad for its own menu.
Time Left, One Number
Timecode, audio, card and battery, with the lower of card and battery as the time you have left.
08Two CamerasPRO
Cinema EOS + EOS RA multicam monitor for the solo shooter: your Cinema EOS on A, an EOS R body on B, both live on one screen. Tap a camera to make it big; its controls follow your finger.
See How Director Works
Big and Small
The camera you're working gets two thirds of the screen. Upright or sideways, iPhone or iPad.
Rec Both
One press rolls both, with shared timecode on the session strip.
Trouble First
The first card to run out, the lowest battery, and white balance that doesn't match between A and B.
Measured on our 5 GHz travel router: 14 fps from the C50 and 10.5 fps from the R5 Mark II at the same time, on an iPad mini.
09Framing
On your screen onlyFraming tools for the deliverable, drawn on your screen only: vertical and cinema crops over the full sensor, a reference still to match a look, and a take log your editor can open as a CSV.
See the Framing Tools
Frame for Where It's Going
9:16, 4:5, 1:1 and 2.39 over the full sensor, with a main crop and faint guides. Nothing changes on the camera.
Match Last Month's Shot
Lay a still over the live picture to match a look, an angle or a client's mood board.
A Take Log That Writes Itself
Number, start timecode, length and settings for every take, from the camera's own record status. Export a CSV for the edit.
Client Monitor
Hand a second device to the client: the framed shot, a big Rolling light, no controls to touch.
10Works With
Cinema EOS · EOS R · PowerShotSee Every Supported Camera
- Cinema EOSEOS C50, C80, C400, C70, C300 Mark III, C500 Mark II and XF605. Picture, control and Record over Wi-Fi or Ethernet, no HDMI needed.Canon XC protocol
- EOS R and PowerShotEOS R5 Mark II, R1, R3, R5, R6 Mark III, R6 Mark II, R6, R7, R8 Mark II, R8, R10, R50, R50 V, R100, RP and PowerShot V10, G7 X Mark III and G5 X Mark II. Live view and control over Wi-Fi, or one USB-C cable for the faster picture.Canon Camera Control API
- iPhone and iPadiOS 26 or later, on the same network as the camera.iOS 26+
- Fits the Body in Your HandsROLLING speaks Canon's own control protocols and builds every control from what your camera reports: its ISO range, its ND, its card slots, its lens.Canon protocols
11Honest Specs
Measured, Not PromisedThe questions shooters ask about phone monitoring, answered with numbers from our own logs.
See the Numbers
- Picture Over Wi-FiA monitoring picture, not a full-rate feed. The C50 sends 1088×576; we measured 12.6 to 24.5 fps on an iPhone 17 Pro over a 5 GHz travel router.Measured Nov 3–4
- Two Cameras at Once14 fps from the C50 and 10.5 fps from the R5 Mark II at the same time, on an iPad mini.Director, Pro
- Full Frame RateOn iPad, plug in an HDMI capture card for a full-rate picture with the same tools on top.iPad + Capture Card
- SettingsEvery change waits for the camera to confirm it. Median response across 284 logged changes: 182 ms.Confirmed by the Camera
- Critical FocusPulling focus at full frame rate? Use the camera’s screen or a wired monitor. ROLLING is built for framing, exposure, settings and Record.Know the Limits
- Your DataThe camera link needs no internet and no account, and ROLLING collects no data. The camera and your device talk on your own network.Local Only
12Go ProPRO
For the Day You Add a B-CamOne operator. Two cameras. One screen.
Free keeps one camera for good. Pro is for the day you add a B-cam: your cinema camera on A, an EOS body on B, both live on one screen, with one Record for both.
| What You Get | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Everything, for the first 7 days | ✓ | ✓ |
| Live picture, LUTs, scopes and framing tools | ✓ | ✓ |
| Settings and Record from your iPhone or iPad | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cameras after the trial | The first one you use | Every Supported Canon |
| Director: two cameras on one screen | – | ✓ |
| Rec Both, with the session strip | – | ✓ |
| Warnings across cameras: first card out, lowest battery, white balance that doesn’t match | – | ✓ |
| Price | $0 | $29.99 Once |
13Pricing
No subscription, no accountEverything for 7 days. After that, one camera stays free for good.
- One camera, any supported Canon
- Monitor, control and framing tools
- Demo Camera to try it with no camera
Pay once and keep it. Sold through the App Store.
- Every camera
- Director: two cameras on one screen
- Rec Both and the session strip
Roll your first take free.
Every feature and every camera, free for 7 days. Then keep one camera for good, or unlock Pro for $29.99 once.
14Support
Get ConnectedHow to Connect in 3 Steps
- Turn on the camera's network. On a Cinema EOS: Network Settings, then join your Wi-Fi. On an EOS R: turn on the Camera Control API (CCAPI).
- Put your iPhone or iPad on the same Wi-Fi.
- Open ROLLING, pick your camera and tap Connect. Enter the camera's network password if it asks.
How do I set up a travel router?+
Use a dedicated 5 GHz travel router, like the TP-Link Roam 6 we test on, powered from a USB-C power bank. It needs no internet. Join each camera to its 5 GHz network from the camera's network settings, then put your iPhone or iPad on the same network and stay on it when iOS says No Internet Connection. Keep the router close to the cameras, on the rig or the monitor stand. On home Wi-Fi our EOS picture crawled along at under 1 fps; on the travel router it ran at 14 to 20. See the Roam 6 on Amazon ↗
It can't reach the camera.+
The phone and camera have to be on the same Wi-Fi. iPhones sometimes jump to another known network that has internet; check Settings, Wi-Fi. On a dual-band router, put everything on 5 GHz.
My travel router has no internet.+
That's fine for shooting. iOS may show No Internet Connection on that network, and ROLLING still works.
The battery shows a bolt.+
The camera is on USB-C or DC power, so Time Left goes by the card instead of the battery.
A setting won't change.+
Some settings lock with others, like a lens set to MF or a C-Log Custom Picture. ROLLING shows why next to the setting.
How do I add a LUT?+
Save the .cube to Files (AirDrop works), then in ROLLING open Monitor, LUT, Import. Pick several at once. Canon's own LUTs are a free download from Canon.
The camera's menu doesn't show in the picture.+
Cinema EOS cameras draw their menu only on their own screen and HDMI. Use ROLLING's Camera Menu instead.
Will it work with my camera?+
If it's a Cinema EOS on Canon's XC protocol, or an EOS R or PowerShot with Canon's Camera Control API, yes. ROLLING builds its controls from what your camera reports, so it fits your exact body. Some older EOS models need Canon's one-time Camera Control API activation first.
Is this a Canon app?+
No. ROLLING is an independent app made by Visage Temps. It isn't made, endorsed or supported by Canon.
In ROLLING, tap ••• then Send Log File. Email it to us with your camera, your iPhone or iPad model, and what happened. It shows us exactly what the camera and the app did.
Support email
derek@visagetemps.com
Canon, EOS and Cinema EOS are trademarks of Canon Inc., used only to say which cameras ROLLING works with. ROLLING is an independent app and isn't made, endorsed or supported by Canon. Frame rates were measured on our own cameras and will vary with the network and the scene. Privacy policy.