Datafilm
Frames is a simple app for analog film photographers to log shot details like camera, lens, film stock, exposure settings, and notes while shooting. Later, it can embed this metadata into scanned JPEGs to keep the technical and creative context of each frame. The iPhone app lets you record notes in the field, and the companion Mac app helps attach metadata to your digital scans. There's no cloud storage — everything stays local. The iPhone app is free, and the Mac app has a 7-day trial. I built Frames because I wanted a lightweight, privacy-first tool to bridge the gap between analog…
Datafilm launched on October 5, 2021 with 84 votes, #583 of 2,933 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.
What it does
Datafilm enables film photographers to quickly record their film's metadata. Keep track of your aperture, shutter speed, focal, flash, date, time, location and more.
Track film camera settings with precision. Organize film rolls, log shots, and embed EXIF metadata into scans. Analog photography notebook app for iPhone & Mac.
Film photography isn’t fading away. It’s returning with intention. A slower, more tactile approach is drawing photographers back to film. Yet the workflow remains scattered across notebooks, film rolls, and digital images. Frames quietly brings together the analog and digital parts of the process. Frames is an iOS notebook app for film photographers. Log rolls, record settings, and capture the details of each shot as you go, without breaking your rhythm. Everything lives in one place, making it simple to stay consistent, follow your progress over time, and connect your notes to your scans once they come back from the lab. All your film rolls, cameras, and lenses sit together in a single…from withframes.com
In the maker’s words, at launch
Frames is a simple app for analog film photographers to log shot details like camera, lens, film stock, exposure settings, and notes while shooting. Later, it can embed this metadata into scanned JPEGs to keep the technical and creative context of each frame. The iPhone app lets you record notes in the field, and the…
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