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.