# Collodion: Tintype Camera — Wet plate portraits since 1851

> Wet plate portraits since 1851 (iPhone/iPad app by 建慧 朱.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/collodion-tintype-camera/id6816583525 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [建慧 朱](https://appshunter.io/developer/1037626265)
- Category: Photo & Video, Graphics & Design
- Price: $2.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 2 MB
- Languages: Korean, German (Germany), European Spanish, American English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified, China), Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan), French (France)
- Released: 2026-10-03
- Data updated: 2026-10-06

## What is Collodion?

Collodion sees light the way a glass plate did in 1851.

The wet-plate process was blue-sensitive and blind to red. Lips go dark. Skin turns to porcelain. Freckles come forward. Blue skies burn to white. Collodion reproduces that spectral response, not a sepia filter on top of a modern photo, so your plates look like they were pulled from a darkroom tent, not a preset.

THREE PLATES
• Tintype — warm silver on black iron. The classic.
• Silver — a clean studio plate. Cool and sharp.
• Ambrotype — collodion on dark glass. Milky and soft.

A REAL CAMERA
• The plate look is live in the viewfinder, so you compose in 1851.
• Tap the shutter, hold still, and watch the plate develop.
• Petzval fall-off: the plate is sharp at the center and softens toward the edges, the way an 1850s portrait lens drew.
• Exposure, grain and edge softness dials. Nothing else to learn.
• Front and rear cameras. Import any photo from your library and develop it as a plate.

HONEST
• One price. No subscription, no account, no sign-in.
• No analytics, no tracking, no network. Your photos never leave your iPhone.
• Saves full-resolution plates to Photos. Shares anywhere.

Collodion is for portraits of people you love, made the way portraits were first made.

## Chart rankings

- #191 in Top Paid · Photo & Video (US App Store)

## Is Collodion safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Collodion.

## Is Collodion legit?

Collodion: Tintype Camera appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Collodion is 75 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.1 — 2026-10-05

Collodion now speaks Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. Every plate name, dial and message is translated.

Also in 1.1: the saved plate and the viewfinder share one processing chain, so what you see is exactly what you get.

### 1.0 — 2026-10-03

No release notes.

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All apps by 建慧 朱: https://appshunter.io/developer/1037626265

## Related topics

[tintype](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/tintype) · [tintype by hipstamatic](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/tintype-by-hipstamatic)

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