Hello everyone!
I haven't posted on this website for many years, and haven't been a terribly active member to start with, so please tell me if I am posting in the wrong forum.
I have switched to film photography a couple of years ago and found it very fulfilling and satisfying, however one things that the pedantic me missed was metadata. I like to document and catalogue my photos: time, location, exposure data, miscellaneous notes for memories, etc. I have tried several 'film exif' apps available but none of them really worked for me. What I wanted was:
Zero setup Single click shot recording
So, being a programmer albeit having 0 experience in app development, I decided to build my own. Here is the result
Lock screen widgets, Android and iOS, simply tap on a roll to record a shot. There is also a concept of 'Set of holders' for LF users, more on it later
You can also record from your a smart watch. Here is a demonstration for Apple Watch.
Android Wear works very similarly, the only difference is that you need to enable the 'wearable' mode from the menu
To make this work you start with a Roll or a "Set of holders" - everything is optional and up to you. Both apps come with a lot of preloaded data about cameras, emulsions, etc. It will also remember your favourite settings and help you setting up new rolls and sets. The metadata you prefill here then gets propagated to the shots as you record them, which is what makes 'single tap' work. You can edit metadata per frame too if you need
You can also take reference picture to help you recognise the developed negatives. This can be done for both roll/set or each frame
Once the roll is setup, all it takes is a click to record shots. You can do it from lock screen, watch or the main app.
Roll/Set content screen: here you will see the first difference between a Roll and a Set of holders - the latter will number shots as 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B etc and display emulsion/ISO per each shot
Tapping on a frame, open frame edit screen. If it's a Set, you can also edit Emulsion/ISO
Finally a feature a lot of people like is workflow tracking
You can track your rolls from your camera to lab and back to digitising/printing/archiving
No particular workflow is enforced, it's all up to you.
The 'Inactive' status is designed to hide the rolls/sets that are not in active use to declutter the lock screen and watch screen - they only display the 'Active' rolls
This app was born out of a topic on a different forum and there quite a few early adopters actively testing it. If you would like to join the beta test and help me make it better:
For iOS, install Apple TestFlight app, then click from your device Join the MyFilmLog - Analog Photography beta
For Android, simply search MyFilmLog in play store, or click https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.leaf500.filmlog
Your thoughts and feedback will be highly appreciated as I am getting ready to release it to even wide audience
Alex
