FiLMiC Firstlight, makers of Filmic Pro, will be available in the App Store this Friday, NOV 8!
Firstlight combines custom film simulations, adaptive film grain and FiLMiC Pros famous live analytics to offer an advanced but approachable front end camera experience like no other.
Fast, easy and intuitive, Firstlight lets you envision and capture your best moments in camera, without having to spend hours editing your photos later. Shoot and share, its that easy.
All Firstlight customers have access to the following features, even without a premium member subscription:
- Fast, intuitive focus and exposure controls: Tap the screen to set focus/exposure, tap again to lock
- AE Mode: Included is our proprietary Auto Exposure mode for setting shutter/iso combination
- Cross-swipe manual controls: The most intuitive way to manually adjust focus and exposure. Swipe across the image to dial in your perfect shot. Swipe up and down to adjust exposure. Swipe left and right to adjust focus.
- Reactive analytics: A foundation feature of FiLMiC Pro and now in a photo app. Manually adjusting your focus and exposure will automatically apply focus peaking or zebra stripes to make sure you get your shot just right.
- RGB Histogram: Dynamically shows the exposure profile of the image across all color channels.
- Vintage film simulations: The magic of Firstlight is in our realistic tributes to authentic film stocks. A range of film simulations are included for free with the app.
- Film grain: Apply natural looking film grain effects to give your photos that ‘film look’. Medium grain is included as a free option.
- Vignette: Apply a subtle dark vignette to your image. Medium vignette is included as a free option.
- Lens selector: Quickly switch between all available lenses on your device. Go from tele to ultrawide with the tap of a finger. (Note: camera/lens support is device specific).
Premium members have access to:
- Shutter and ISO priority modes for maximum creative expression and sport shooting capability: In addition to AE you can set specific Shutter Speed or ISO values to adhere to and let the app automatically adjust exposure for the unlocked value.
- Expanded film simulation options: Premium members will be the first to sample the majority of Firstlight’s non stop parade of innovation. More realistic film simulations and more to be added in the future for paid subscribers.
- Film grain: Fine, coarse and ISO adaptive options in addition to medium.
- Adjustable vignette: Low and heavy options in addition to medium.
- Configure burst mode with additional options for slow and fast burst rate.
- Anamorphic adapter support: Attach your Moondog anamorphic lens or any other 1.33x Anamorphic smartphone lens to capture gorgeous wide aspect photos.
- RAW: DNG and TIF formats for full control over your photo edit. (note: Film simulations are not supported in Raw formats)
- Custom Function button: Assign your favorite Firstlight setting to the custom function button to quickly access it from the main screen. Do you switch photo formats or aspect ratios frequently? Do you shoot in burst mode or with countdown timer often? All of these options and more can be configured for the custom button.
- Custom live analytics: Adjust the colors and sensitivity for focus peaking and zebra stripes to personalize your process for dialing in focus and exposure.
- Embedded copyright: Set your copyright
Additional professional camera features included for free with Firstlight:
- Burst mode
- Timer
- Flash
- Grid overlays
- Aspect ratios: 4:3, 16:9, 3:2, 1:1, 5:4
- Expanded shadow detailJPG or HEIC Selection
- HDR control (for iPhone Xs, Xs Max, Xr and newer devices only)
- Volume button shutter and support for most bluetooth camera shutter remotes
- FiLMiC Pro quick launch button (for owners of FiLMiC Pro)