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Film cameras for a brighter ordinary.

A camera app for everyday light. Load a film, pair a lens, and see the finished look in the viewfinder before you press the shutter.

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Rows of paper lanterns under a red eave against a clear blue skySunlit Gold 200K-G200Paper lanterns, early afternoon
日常を、少し明るく。A man in a grey jacket walking along a quiet city pavementStudio Skin 400The walk to the stationthe ordinary, but brighter ↙
01The cameraA film, a lens, the light, an accident

The look lives in the viewfinder, not in an edit later.

Four small decisions, made before the shutter. The viewfinder shows the result live — and what you see is what the file keeps.

01Film

Amber Street film box art
Amber StreetAMBRAmber light, golden foliage, clean whites.

02Lens

A brass Petzval lens
PetzvalPTZA swirly field, the centre held sharp.

03Light

ISO 400MANUALShutter, ISO and white balance on supported phones.

04FX

A strip of film burned orange at one edge
Light LeakLEAKA corner burn, the accident you keep.
A city avenue lined with yellow ginkgo treesYour frameSample photograph made with the Amber Street filmkeep this one
  • Frames, date and location stamps are rendered into the exported photograph. Location is opt-in.
  • Shots live in Film Rolls in a private local gallery. No account, no upload to a ROLENS server.
02Film34 films in the collection

One street.
Many weathers.

Every film is a decision about light: how warm the highlights run, how far the shadows open, how loud the reds get. Choose one before you go out, or change your mind at the corner.

  1. 01.jpgSunlit Gold 200K-G200Warm · High Contrast
  2. 01.jpgStudio Skin 400K-P400Soft Skin · Low Grain
  3. 01.jpgSoft Skin 160K-P160Soft · Neutral
  4. 01.jpgNight Skin 800K-P800Low Light · Warm
  5. 01.jpgVivid Coast 100K-E100Vivid · Saturated
  6. 01.jpgSunny Day 400F-S400Bright · Punchy Greens
  7. 01.jpgPunch Color 100PC100Ultra Saturated · Bold
  8. 01.jpgTungsten 800TT800Red Halation · Tungsten
  9. 01.jpgDeep Field 50F-V50Punchy · Landscape
  10. 01.jpgClear Slide 100F-P100Clean · Balanced Slide
  11. 01.jpgMuted Slide 100F-A100Soft Slide · Muted
  12. 01.jpgHeritage 64K-KC64Retro · Rich Reds

01A/ 12Sunlit Gold 200

See every film, lens and finish
03Bodies, lenses & captureBuild the camera

Build the camera you would actually carry.

Color is the first choice, not the only one. A body, a lens, an accident of light and a quiet mark in the corner — each one is a small part of how the day gets remembered.

  1. A

    Camera bodies

    Each body re-skins the whole camera — the chrome, the dock, the shutter. Pick one that makes you want to keep looking.

    • R° Core
    • Pocket 98
    • CCD 2003
    • Darkroom
    • Black Chrome
    • Clear Optic
  2. B

    Lenses

    Petzval swirl, a fisheye dome, a tilted plane of focus. The lens decides how light enters the same street.

    07
    • PetzvalPetzval
    • Fisheye 16mmFisheye 16mm
    • Tilt-ShiftTilt-Shift
    • Soft FocusSoft Focus
  3. C

    Optical FX

    Bloom, a leak, a small chromatic split — for the photograph that should feel a little less behaved.

    07
    • Light LeakLight Leak
    • BloomBloom
    • ChromaticChromatic
    • KaleidoscopeKaleidoscope
  4. D

    Frames

    A film rebate, a slide mount, a chemical edge. Rendered into the exported file, not pasted on top.

    08
    • Full rebateFull rebate
    • Slide mountSlide mount
    • Chemical edgeChemical edge
  5. E

    Stamps

    The date, in the type of the camera you remember. Location stamps stay opt-in.

    20
    • QuartzQuartz
    • PixelPixel
    • PostcardPostcard
04Photo essayAn ordinary week
Looking down on a pedestrian crossing, the edges softly blurredTilt-ShiftFrom the footbridge

The point is to come home with something.

Notes from the contact sheet
A potted plant on a pink window sill washed in warm lightLight LeakCorner burn, keptA street corner with a small shop under clear daylightStandardThe corner shop

Contact sheetFr. 15–20

  1. A white curtain and objects on a sunlit sill, softly focusedSoft Focus
  2. A stained-glass dome seen through a fisheye lensFisheye 16mm
  3. A narrow alley at dusk with a warm streetlightAnamorphic
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  4. A city avenue lined with yellow ginkgo treesAmber Street
  5. An orange checked beach umbrella on golden sandKiosk 400
  6. A white umbrella crossing a snowy streetFrosted Air
05R+ membershipOptional

Build without limits.

Every Film, Lens, Frame, Stamp, FX, and Camera Body. No ads between you and the shutter.

About R+
  • Every Film
  • Every Lens
  • All Frames
  • All Stamps
  • All creative FX
  • Every Camera Body and advanced tool
  • No native, interstitial, or rewarded ads
  • Future R+ additions included
06Get the appiPhone · Android

Take it outside.

Free to download. Load a roll, walk somewhere ordinary, and see what it looks like in better light.

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