Film recipe camera for iPhone

What you see is the photo.

Shoot with the look already alive in the viewfinder. Develop it in a focused darkroom. Save the result as film you can carry.

See how it works App Store release in preparation
Halation camera showing a Dusk 400 recipe over a rainy street scene
A recipe is the whole photograph.

Color. Grain. Glow. Frame.

Not a filter added after the moment.

Compose with the final feeling already in view.

Film recipes, rendered live.

Every recipe brings its color science, grain, highlight glow, vignette, frame, and capture preferences into the viewfinder.

  • Six curated built-in film recipes
  • Manual ISO, shutter, focus, and white balance
  • HEIC, ProRAW, and 48 MP on supported devices
Cyclist passing a warmly lit shop on a rain-soaked street at blue hour

Develop, don't edit.

Refine exposure, contrast, warmth, saturation, grain, and glow without losing the original intention. Hold to compare at any time.

  • Six primary controls for quick development
  • Tone curves, HSL, split tone, vignette, and frames
  • Undo history that protects experimentation
Halation darkroom with a photograph and six development controls

Save the look. Share the recipe.

Your process becomes portable film.

Save any development as a personal recipe, trace where it came from, then exchange it by file, link, or QR code.

  • Built-in, personal, and imported recipes
  • Recipe lineage and editable copies
  • Apply one recipe to a photo or a selected batch
Halation recipe library with Dusk 400, Fog 200, and a personal recipe
Dusk 400Free
Fog 200Free
Sunset 64Pro
Aqua 200Pro
Paper FadePro
Gravure 400Pro

Your library stays yours.

No account. No advertising. No analytics SDK. Photos and recipes stay on your device unless you choose to export or share them.

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Halation for iPhone.

Free to download with an optional one-time Pro purchase. No subscription.

App Store release in preparation