ZR Ctl: Nikon Z Remote Monitor

ZR Ctl turns your Android phone or tablet into a wireless monitor, remote control and playback workstation. Connect over Wi-Fi or USB-C, see a clean Live View with pro monitoring tools, control the camera, roll and cut, and review your clips — without leaving the app. Built for filmmakers, camera operators and photographers using the Nikon Z-series and Modern RED Cameras. NEW IN 2.1 • Time-lapse & intervalometer with in-app video creation • HDMI capture card input as a Live View source • Multicam with USB cameras, battery readouts and audio matching • Manual (non-CPU) lens profiles, written straight to the camera • GPU focus peaking with a new Ridge mode • Guided setup, automatic Wi-Fi recovery and faster USB • 21 languages LIVE VIEW MONITORING • LUT preview with custom .cube import, LUT Wipe and LUT Match • Waveform, RGB parade, vectorscope and histogram • False color, zebras (adjustable size and opacity) and Traffic Lights exposure assist • N-Log calibrated exposure tools • Focus peaking: Multi-Scale, Focus Plane, Adaptive and Ridge, with mono background • Monitor Punch and Focus Punch magnification • Frame guides, safe areas, grids and anamorphic desqueeze • Audio meters, level, record border and timecode • Hot Corners, a reorderable top bar and presets that save your whole layout • Classic and Modern layouts tuned for phones, foldables and tablets CAMERA CONTROL • ISO, aperture, shutter speed and shutter angle, exposure compensation • White balance, Kelvin and tint • Resolution, frame rate, codec and card slot • Focus mode, AF area, tracking, AF speed and tap-to-focus • Auto ISO readout, U1–U4 user modes and slow-motion presets • Remote record start/stop, stills capture and self-timer • Audio input sensitivity and timecode TIME-LAPSE & INTERVALOMETER • Interval, count, duration and delay, including Bulb/Time exposures • Pause, resume or stop from the notification; keeps running in the background • Turn a sequence into a video in the app, up to 4K, H.264 or HEVC • Export originals and RAW files MULTICAM • Monitor several cameras on one screen over Wi-Fi and USB • Record all cameras with one button • Match ISO, shutter, aperture, white balance and audio across bodies • Group timecode tools and per-camera battery readouts • Tap any camera to take full control, then return to the wall HDMI INPUT • Plug in a USB HDMI capture card and monitor the camera's HDMI feed with every scope, LUT and assist, while ZR Ctl controls the camera over Wi-Fi SHARE LIVE VIEW • Send Live View to other phones and tablets on the same network, Android or iOS, as H.264, HEVC or JPEG PLAYBACK • Browse the camera card with thumbnails, filters, ratings and color labels • Stream video from the card with a LUT applied, with A/B LUT comparison • Burst stacks, RAW+JPEG pairing and a Show RAW video filter • Save photos and clips to your device CONNECTIONS • Wi-Fi router, phone hotspot, camera access point and USB-C • Automatic camera discovery, Quick Reconnect and a step-by-step setup guide • Clear fixes when a connection fails • Built-in support logs and a USB self-test RED CAMERAS (EARLY ACCESS) • Connect a RED camera for Live View, controls, playback and Multicam COMPATIBILITY ZR Ctl is built around the Nikon ZR and tested on the Z8. It also works with many other Nikon Z-series bodies. Available controls vary by camera, firmware, connection and Android device. H.265/HEVC playback depends on your device's hardware decoder. Requires Android 9 or newer. ZR Ctl is an independent app. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Nikon Corporation or RED Digital Cinema.