Lightmeter: Pocket Film Camera
Film Camera designed for everyday moments
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Lightmeter: Pocket Film Camera - Film Camera designed for everyday moments

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A real light meter when you carry film, and a film camera when you don't. Film looks built on true RAW capture - grain, halation and color that behave like film, not a filter on a flat photo. No AI, no account, nothing leaves your phone.

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Hi PH 👋

I shoot film. The annoying part was never the camera, it was the metering: either you carry a second device, or you use a phone app that gives you a number you don't quite trust.

So I built the meter I wanted. Then I realised the phone in my hand was already a camera, and the film-camera apps I'd tried were all doing the same thing — taking a flat, fully-processed phone photo and painting grain on top of it. That's why they look like a filter.

Lightmeter develops its film looks out of true RAW capture instead. Grain, halation and color behave the way the stock behaves, because there's actual sensor latitude underneath to work with.

Two modes, one app:
— Meter mode: reflected-light metering for the camera around your neck. Push/pull ISO, spot readings.
— Camera mode: pick a stock and shoot. Every frame saves to Photos with its film, aperture, shutter, ISO and focal length attached, and you can restyle it onto a different stock later without destroying the original.

No AI anywhere in the pipeline. No account, no cloud, nothing leaves the device - which also means I can't see your photos, which is how I wanted it.

The camera and meter are free. Plus unlocks the full film library, RAW capture, borders and icons.

It's a solo project and it's two weeks old, so it's rough in places.
I'm here all day, tell me what's wrong with it.

Hey ,
That looks like a super useful and easy-to-use application. Although I make videos only for personal use I quickly understood how your product can help with the quality of my videos.
Nice work!

Maker

thanks a lot   :)

please let me know what you think about the app, once you try it out, looking for feedback from all-sort of creative people

I like the concept and the film stock presets!

I downloaded the app but my first photo forced an in-app purchase and there's no apparent way to continue without paying. <edit: IAP triggers when you use a premium film stock. that was confusing but choosing a non-plus film works fine without paying>

Maker
im glad that you liked the app :) there are these “plus” signs over the plus films. and if you wanna try it out, one week trial is available in monthly and yearly plan :)

 thanks for the explanation.

interesting idea: but i'd like to know before installing it: how much does it cost?

Maker
on the appstore product page, i don’t think that there’s an option to do so, unless your app is paid only. lightmeter is a freemium app, so it’s only possible to show prices in the app

Congrats Aakash! it looks awesome

Maker
thanks a lot ;)

Interesting! just a curious, how did you test that it actually feels like film and not just a good filter?

Maker
took a hell lot of photos, gave the beta version of this app to a few friends who shoot on digital and film. from there, realised a lot of issues in colors, shadows, highlights, grains, etc and then improved iteratively:)
Maker
Student offer 🎓 In college, tools like GitHub and Figma were free for me only because of student programmes. Now I want to pass that on. If you're a student, you get 50% off Lightmeter Plus. DM me on X at with a photo of your student ID (cover everything except your name, college and validity date), and I'll send you a promo code personally.