Benshi vs Flashlight Video Camera

A retro film camera for the iPhone era. Benshi turns every photo into a piece of film. Portrait mode is the heart of the app — your darkroom in your pocket. Landscape mode turns into a small cinema for video, when you want it. Benshi (弁士) is named after the silent-film narrators of 1920s Japan, who gave voice to silent movies. The app gives that same voice to your photos. THE PHOTO ENGINE A real darkroom recreated at the pixel level. Five Metal shaders simulate silver-halide grain, the H&D characteristic curve, wavelength-separated halation, reciprocity failure, and 16-bit half-float color. Not a filter chain — actual physical simulation. Choose from 70 looks across 7 categories (Mood · People · Nature · City · Digital · Japan · Masters), then dial in 32 film stocks, 5 developers, and 8 lens profiles. About 90,000 combinations — every photo can become something different. LENS SIMULATION (rare beyond film-only apps) Most film apps stop at the film. Benshi also simulates the lens. Body × Lens × Film × Developer — swirly Helios bokeh, dreamy Summilux glow, thoriated amber cast, flat cine glass. 8 profiles from 28mm to 85mm, each with its own optical character, plus two cinema lenses for video. MANUAL CONTROLS & PRESETS Shoot like a rangefinder: continuous AF, spot metering, MF punch-in focus, AEB exposure bracketing, an intervalometer, and 7 white-balance presets. Save any setup as a camera preset and recall it in one tap, or build and name your own film × developer × look as a custom recipe (Pro). DEEP JAPANESE CULTURE (no other app does this) • Half-frame mode — two shutter presses become one diptych, like the 1963 Olympus Pen • Postcard (絵葉書) export — horizontal 1.48:1 with 罫線 lines and a vermilion 印鑑 date stamp • Ghost photo (心霊写真) — 1970s Japanese summer ghost-story-book mood • Slow-develop mode — recreates the "wait for develop" feeling of disposable cameras • 7 era presets (Showa 1965-74 / 1975-84 / 1985-88 / Heisei early / mid / late / Reiwa) • 3 Japanese era date stamps (和暦 / 印鑑 / typewriter / LED90s) • 12 camera skins (5 base + 7 Japanese era cameras: Half-Frame 63 · Bubble 88 · Showa Disposable 27 · Expo 70 · Heisei Digicam 01 · etc) RAW + RE-DEVELOP Automatic DNG capture on supported devices. Re-develop the same negative with different film, developer, lens, and effects — without losing the original. EXIF data preserved. LANDSCAPE FOR VIDEO Turn your iPhone sideways and Benshi becomes a small cinema. 16 video looks at 1080p (8 base + 4 Showa retro + 4 Japanese cinema), manual dial and grip, stop trick, ghost mode, iris transitions, film leader countdown, intertitle cards, procedural piano BGM. Cinema-style lens profiles (cineVintage50 / cineDreamy50) for that anamorphic feeling. STORY MODE Record 3 short clips and Benshi assembles a vertical 9:16 silent film with AI benshi captions in 4 title styles — ready to share. Free to use; only the watermark differs. PRICING • Lifetime $14.99 — pay once, no subscription drama • Monthly $4.99 with 7-day free trial • Family Sharing supported The free tier includes 22 of 70 looks, 4 video looks, RAW capture, and Story Mode (with watermark). Try Pro free for 7 days. AUTO-RENEWING SUBSCRIPTION INFO • Benshi Pro Monthly — $4.99/month with a 7-day free trial. Payment charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. • Subscription auto-renews at the same price unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. • Manage or cancel: Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. • Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when purchasing a subscription. TERMS Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://windgksh.github.io/ibouCamera-policy/ CONTACT admin@ibou.ai

Need to record video with the flashlight on? Flashlight Video Camera puts flashlight control directly on the main camera screen. Start recording, then turn the light on or off at any time with one tap—even while the video is being recorded. No menus. No complicated setup. No editing or rendering step. Open the app, tap Record, control the flashlight, and save the finished video directly to Photos. Useful for recording in dark rooms, garages, workshops, inspections, under furniture, behind equipment, outdoors at night, and anywhere you need extra light while filming. KEY FEATURES • One-tap flashlight control from the main screen • Turn the flashlight on or off while recording • No rendering or processing workflow • Videos save directly to your Photos library • Automatic flashlight shutoff when recording ends • Unlimited regular video recording without the flashlight • Rear-camera lens selection on supported iPhones • Tap-to-focus • Microphone audio recording No account is required. There are no ads or analytics, and your recorded videos stay on your device. The free version includes five successfully saved videos in which the flashlight was used. A one-time Lifetime Unlock provides unlimited flashlight-assisted video recording.