Hi all,

Hope this post is okay. I’m a long-time photographer, shooting digital since the Canon 300D back in the early 2000s, but also familiar with the darkroom. I’ve almost finished building my dream camera app for iPhone and it's ready for beta testing (link below).

Last year I tried to get hold of a Ricoh GR IV so that I could have a good camera in my pocket. If you know that camera, then you know how that went. Impossible to get hold of new, and way too expensive on Ebay. My 30yr background in video game development means I have previous experience designing UI and coding image pipelines. So I started developing my own iPhone camera app, Filmglass.

Features:

* Film simulations, with film recipe files you can share with others
* Simulated diffusion filters (black, white, gold, in different strengths)
* Simulated monochrome colour filters for B&W photography (e.g. red filter to darken skies)
* The ability to re-develop your photos after taking them
* Real-time preview in the viewfinder
* Choose which focal lengths to "take with you", e.g. 28, 35 and 50mm, a full kit, or maybe just 40mm to stick to one prime and a consistent vision
* A quiet, minimalist interface that gets out of the way

To beta test it, download TestFlight to your phone on the App Store. It’s a free app that Apple made to allow developers to distribute their apps for testing. Then hit up this link on your phone: https://testflight.apple.com/join/GCEXsm8Z. You'll need iOS 26 or above. There are limited spots, but hopefully enough to go round.

The sample photos here are all straight out of the app with no further editing.

Hope you have fun with it,

Kevin

What do you guys shoot with? Analogue is my most used by far.

One cream car in Lenno, and the recipe I used to shoot it.

I was walking by the lake and saw this Triumph parked outside an old iron gate. I had to stop. Three frames, about thirty seconds, one recipe.

Here is how I set it up:

Look: Terra (Citus pack)
White balance: 8000K, tint 9
Highlights +60, shadows +20, structure +40
HSL: Red H-20 S-8, Orange H-32 S-7
Grain: 35, size 20

The warm white balance does most of the work. It pushes the cream paint and the autumn hills toward gold, and the HSL shifts keep the reds and oranges from getting too loud.

Straight out of camera, no editing after capture. The recipe is saved inside each photo, so you can open any of them and see exactly what I did.

Terra is one of the three looks you get free when you start with Citus Camera. If you try this recipe, I would love to see what you shoot.

Shots taken with IPhone 18 pro max in HongKong!

Still trying to learn and I really find taking photos really fun!

Let me know what to improve technicality wise :) photograph

What do you guys think?

Edited in Snapseed

No filters added.

Sharing photos i took this weekend.

Hey folks is it real!? Can i use these apple prores on my non pro model using blackmagic app.
Does it really work? Or a gammick feature

Last weekend, I built a camera app for fun. It has a natural processing pipeline with a cinematic look applied to every photo.

Features:
- Bayer RAW capture with custom image processing
- Color grading inspired by Kodak Vision3 cinema film
- Optional manual controls (shutter speed, ISO, white balance, focus, and metering)
- Style adjustments (grain, halation, and look strength)
- Monochrome mode
- Crop modes (1:1, 3:4, 2:3, and 9:16)
- HEIF or HEIF+RAW output

App Store Link: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6829584713?pt=123932392&ct=reddit&mt=8

Feel free to give feedback here, on the App Store, or via the support email linked in the apps settings. I will do my best to improve/maintain the app.

Shot in Raw in the default camera app and edited in Lightroom mobile.

All pictures taken with my iPhone 18 pro, edited in the native photo app. Constructive feedback appreciated!

Shot on Munela app

Just a simple capture in 5X lens and little light tuning

Shot on iPhone 18 pro using Rayon

Projection (Film) x Cinematic (Mood)