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The look is live in the viewfinder—what you see is what you get.
Shoot in film colour.
A growing collection of film looks, developed in our own colour lab. Live in your viewfinder, ready to share.
Made in Berlin. Co-founded by an award-winning photographer.
02 / FILM LOOKS
Warm portrait colour, vivid landscapes, tungsten nights, classic black-and-white.
03 / EFFECTS
Halation, grain and vignette—remembered for each film.
04 / CUSTOM FILMS
Import up to 12 .cube files and name them. They sit on the shelf beside ours.
05 / YOUR ORIGINAL
Import a photo or RAW file and try every film on it.
06 / THE DARKROOM
Switch films, then fine-tune light, colour and tone.
07 / READY TO SHARE
Pick a format, add a paper border, share.
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TRY IT HEREOne photograph.
One photograph.
Find your film.
Swipe the shelf and tap a film. Same photo, a different mood each time.
Aura 400
Shoot with Aura 400 →EMULSION LAB
A real colour lab. A serious process.
Every look is developed in Emulsion Lab, our own colour laboratory, through a defined multi-stage process—then judged by eye on real photographs before it ships.
01 / THE FILM
It starts with the film.
Each look is developed in six stages, then checked against a colour chart beside the original.
02 / JUDGED BY EYE
Then we look. And look again.
We compare every look side by side on real photographs, refining it until it feels right.
03 / REFINEMENT
Small shifts. Real difference.
We tune the balance until the photograph feels right—not just the chart.
04 / THE LIBRARY
A growing library.
Every look we develop is kept, compared and refined alongside the rest of the collection.
MEET THE CO-FOUNDERSee Dovlet’s photography ↗
Dovlet Annayev.
Photographer’s eye.
Engineer’s curiosity.
An award-winning street photographer with 20 years in software engineering. His university thesis was on image processing. Emulsion Cam is the camera he wanted in his own pocket.
Awards & recognition
- 1st place, public voting — SPC Photo Awards Berlin 2022
- Merit Award — All About Photo Awards 2022
- Finalist — The Independent Photographer Street Photography Award 2022
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- 3rd place — Innoventa Awards 2022
- Honorable Mention — Urban Photo Awards 2022
- Honorable Mention — reFocus Awards One Shot Photo Contest 2022
- Finalist — Eyeshot Open Call 2022
QUESTIONS
Good to know.
Which phones does it work on?
Android 9 or newer, on any phone with a camera. Everything runs on the phone itself.
Is there an iPhone version?
Not yet—it’s in the works. Follow @emulsion_cam on Instagram to hear first when it launches.
Does it need internet? Where do my photos go?
No internet, no account. The app has no internet permission at all, so your photographs stay on your phone until you choose to share them.
Can I use my own LUTs?
Yes. Add up to 12 custom film looks from .cube files. Give each a name and colour, and they appear on the film shelf beside the built-in collection.
Can I tweak a film?
Adjust halation, vignette, grain, white balance, contrast, highlights, shadows and more. Your adjustments are remembered per film—including custom films—or shared across the whole collection.
Can I edit photos I’ve already taken, or RAW files?
Import a photograph, choose a film, then refine light, colour, tone and effects. Crop, compare, save and share from the same editor.
RAW support depends on the file and your phone. Some files open through their embedded JPEG preview when full RAW decoding isn’t available.
Change your mind later—keep the original.
Turn on Original in camera settings to keep an unfiltered copy alongside your film-look capture. It stays inside the app for later edits, uses extra storage and is removed if you uninstall.
Set up the camera your way.
Composition grid, aspect ratio, shutter sound, flash and camera skins. Lens labels can show full-frame-equivalent focal lengths instead of zoom ratios; the lens itself stays the same.
READY WHEN YOU ARE
Your next photo, on film.
On iPhone? It’s coming soon—follow @emulsion_cam for news.