Record Open-Gate RAW Video on iPhone 📱

Learn how to record true CinemaDNG RAW video on any model of iPhone using the RAW Cam: Open Gate DNG Video app. In this tutorial, I show how to use the RAW Cam app to record CinemaDNG RAW video internally on iPhone, completely bypassing Apple’s aggressive image signal processing. The result is real RAW sensor data, full access to Camera RAW controls in DaVinci Resolve, and image quality that can rival — and in some cases beat — ProRes RAW on the latest iPhone Pro models.

This video covers:
• What RAW video actually is (and why it matters)
• How RAW Cam works on iPhone (Open Gate CinemaDNG)
• Supported iPhones (any iPhone that runs iOS 17 or later, including iPhone 11, 12, 13, 14, and newer)
• Internal vs external recording (and why SSDs aren’t required)
• Exposure, ISO, focus, and clipping indicators explained
• Converting MCRAW → CinemaDNG on Mac & Windows
• A complete DaVinci Resolve RAW grading workflow
• Side-by-side comparisons vs the native iPhone camera
• Limitations you must understand before shooting RAW on iPhone

Unlike Apple Log or ProRes RAW, RAW Cam removes Apple’s ISP entirely, giving you minimally processed Bayer sensor data. That means better highlight recovery, no baked-in sharpening, cleaner color, and the ability to convert your footage to ARRI LogC, Blackmagic Film Gen 5, or any professional color space for grading — even on older iPhones like the iPhone 11. RAW Cam app has revived my iPhone 14 Pro as a legitimate pocket cinema camera after it sat wasting away in a draw collecting dust!

⚠️ RAW video on iPhone is extremely demanding. I also cover dropped frames, record-time limits, lack of stabilization, focus limitations, massive file sizes, and why RAW is not always the right choice.

If you want the maximum possible image quality from an iPhone, especially models that don’t support Apple Log, this app can turn your phone into a legitimate pocket cinema camera.

📂 Downloads
📍RAW Cam DNG Video app for iPhone: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/raw-cam-open-gate-dng-video/id6755047834
📌MotionCam Tools (Mac/Windows): https://www.motioncamapp.com/
📍MotionCam Fuse (Mac): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k6SvzqVc8uC6zQau12YrxbecicPFcrGH/view
💻 MotionCam Fuse (Windows): https://github.com/LeonardSander/motioncam-fs/releases
📌 MotionCam Player (Mac) https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kV_9hymi497lDUU_EmsPZ4FmPQAwSljW?usp=sharing
🎓 And there is no better place to learn about shooting RAW video in .MCRAW format than the @MotionCam Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/Vy4gQNEdNS
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Chapters:
00:00 Shoot Open-Gate RAW on Any iPhone
00:44 iPhone 14 RAW vs iPhone 17 ProRes RAW
01:04 RAW Cam App Overview (iPhone)
02:03 Why Shoot RAW Video on iPhone
02:28 Native Camera App vs RAW Cam Quality
03:12 RAW Cam Tutorial – Shooting RAW on iPhone
06:55 MCRAW File Format Explained
07:11 How to Play MCRAW Files
07:36 Convert MCRAW to CinemaDNG
08:21 Import RAW Footage into DaVinci Resolve
08:38 Using Camera RAW Controls in Resolve
09:38 RAW Video Limitations on iPhone

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