Manfrotto Digital Director for iPad Air 2014

Digital Director is the only Apple Certified interface that helps users to intuitively manage their photo and video workflow, from the setting of the Canon and Nikon DSLRs to the sharing of the pictures via a tethered iPad application.

Digital Director is the ideal companion for pro and hobbyist photographers who are serious about videography and are Apple addicted. This innovative MFi (Made for iPad Certification) product is designed to make shooting photos and videos much smarter: by simply plugging the USB cable into the camera and turning on the App, photographers and videographers are ensured a reliable, high-performance connection between their Canon or Nikon DSLRs and their iPad Air. A dedicated CPU (micro-processor ARM® Cortex®-A8) embedded in Digital Director, together with dedicated Software (APP) and firmware, provides an interface between the two devices, which enables the camera protocols to be fully understood and controlled by the iPad via a cable. The electronic embedded into Digital Director (Apple certified) is the heart of the system. The built-in Apple microchip together with the micro-processor ARM Cortex A8 600MHz 256MB DRAM micro processor work simultaneously in order to make the iPad and the camera communicating in a proper way.

As a final result:
- all the key shooting parameters can be controlled starting from different camera protocols
- the video streaming between devices is smooth, consistent and presenting extremely low latency at the same time
- the download of the high quality images into the iPad is very fast

The dedicated Digital Director App enables:
 real time remote control of camera parameters
All the DSLR’s key parameters can be monitored and dynamically modified (Exposure, ISO, Shutter Speed, Aperture, Manual Focus, WB, Image Quality, Focus/Camera/Drive Modes).
• remote shooting via ipad retina display
Effective real time “Live View” monitoring through a certified cable connection. This ensures a stable connection between devices. Dynamic histogram and audio level display allows greater control when shooting.
• interactive focus & focus peaking
Interactive Focus can be used to select the focus point anyway on the screen together with the digital zoom that magnifies the selected focus point. The on screen focus peaking indicator ensure crisp accurate focus.
• download the images onto the ipad
Check all the details of the image shot by viewing the downloaded high resolution file. All the details of the image, such as focus and exposure can be checked using standard iPad «gestures».
• intuitive image adjustment
Make final adjustment to the image within the same app such as exposure, contrast, light, crop, rotate, check histogram and EXIF information and save the image.
• simple management of the shoot
Everything under control: from image ratings to “Job” organizing (albums, shoot profiles and connection profiles).
• content distribution
Multiple ways to share the images: - Direct to FTP
- By E-mail
- On social networks (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) by simply moving the selected images in the iPad camera roll.

The Digital Director is a groundbreaking development signed by Manfrotto that allows for accurate assistance for real time monitoring, a more efficiently post-production managing, and a great level of integration into the workflow: for these reasons, it has just been awarded the Most Innovative Product of NAB 2015.

Digital Director is supplied with AC adapter and plugs and 1mt USB cable.

The Digital Director App is included in the price and it’s downloadable from the Apple App Store.

Specifications:
Mounting Method 3/8'' universal mount
Battery life - 15 hours
battery type - 4 x AA
cable length - 1 m
Color - black color
maximum working temperature - 40 °C
voltage - 5V DC
Weight - 0.290 kg