The Photographer's Screwdriver

The Photographer’s Screwdriver is a tool to calculate the depth of field (dof), hyperfocal distance, angle of view (aov) and the number of frames required for creating panoramic images. The Photographer’s Screwdriver is a Java program designed to run on mobile phones. It is available to be downloaded for free.

News

Update 19 Nov 2006

The Photographer's Screwdriver now support Olympus cameras with a crop factor of 2.0. This includes the E-520, E-420 and all other cameras based on the Four Thirds (4/3) standard.

Update 16 Feb 2006

The software has now been updated with a new version. New features:

  1. Improved accuracy, especially at wide apertures
  2. Your settings are now remembered between uses
  3. Support for older phones, now only requires CLDC 1.0

Links

Supported Cameras

The Photographer's Screwdriver supports both digital and film SLR cameras. The type of camera is set in the options screen. Users of 35 mm film SLR cameras and full frame digital SLR cameras (e.g. Canon EOS 1D, Canon EOS 5D mk II, Nikon D3) should select '35 mm SLR'. Most digital SLR camera have a sensor smaller than 35 mm, referred to as the crop factor. The Nikon D300, D80 and D50, Pentax *ist, Sony a700, a350 have a crop factor of 1.5. The Canon EOS 50D, 450D and 400D have a crop factor of 1.6. The Canon 1D Mark II has a crop factor of 1.3. The Olympus E-520, E-420, E-330 and all other cameras based on the Four Thirds (4/3) standard have a crop factor of 2.0 . All of these crop factors are available in the options screen.