36 Frames Camera vs Photosynthesis

One roll. Thirty-six frames. No preview, no retakes, and no way to see a single photo until the roll comes back from the lab. 36 Frames is a film camera for your iPhone. You load a roll, and from the first frame to the thirty-sixth there is nothing to look at but the counter. You can't check the shot. You can't delete the bad ones. You shoot, you trust it, and you move on. It's how photography felt before there was a screen on the back of the camera. When the roll is full, or whenever you decide you're done with it, you send it to the lab. Standard developing takes two to five days. Express comes back in about an hour. The look is identical either way; the only thing you ever trade is time. Then one day the roll is ready, the contact sheet arrives, and you finally see what you spent your week shooting. Keep the good ones. That's the whole app. WHAT YOU GET One roll, thirty-six frames. The counter is the only feedback there is. No preview, no retakes, no recovery. Nothing you shoot can be viewed until the roll is developed. Not previewed, not reviewed, not undeleted. Two ways to wait. Standard developing in two to five working days, never coming back on a weekend. Express in about an hour. Both are free, and neither one looks better than the other. Two films. Colour 400 and Mono 400, each with its own grain, colour rendering and tone. The look is applied when the roll is developed, not when you shoot, so you never get to preview it either. A camera worth holding. Every lens on your iPhone, a viewfinder that shows exactly what gets captured, optional manual focus with focus peaking, a rule-of-thirds grid and a horizon level. One tap is the shutter. Short rolls are fine. Send any time after the first frame. The lab develops only the frames you actually shot. Widgets, Lock Screen and Siri. See how far into the roll you are and when the next one is ready, jump straight to the shutter from Control Center or the Action Button, and ask Siri about a roll. Keepers go to Photos. Developed frames save at full resolution with the real capture details: date, place, lens, exposure. They sort into your library where they belong. In a hurry? There's a Rush option that develops a roll on the spot, free and unlimited. The app will gently point out that rushing every roll rather defeats the point. WHERE YOUR PHOTOS GO Nowhere. "Sending the roll to the lab" is this app's language for a wait that runs entirely on your own phone. Undeveloped frames live in the app's private storage, developing happens on the device, and nothing is ever uploaded. There's no account to make, no sign-up, no analytics, no ads and no tracking. It works in airplane mode. The wait is real, though. It isn't a progress bar you can skip by relaunching. WHAT IT COSTS Free to download, and your first two rolls are free, one on each film, so you get a proper feel for it. After that, a single one-time purchase unlocks unlimited rolls, forever. No subscription, nothing metered, and nothing that expires. Buy it once and the app keeps working.

Nearly every iPhone has more than one lens on the back, so why not use them? With Photosynthesis, you can use 100% of your camera to bring your memories into sharper focus. When you take a photo, Photosynthesis fires two lenses at once, then combines the results into one extraordinary photo, delivering real optical detail with no generative AI. The app matches the alignment and color of each lens to create a single cohesive image. TAKE BETTER PHOTOS ON NEARLY EVERY IPHONE Photosynthesis delivers the clearest view of your subject without losing the atmosphere, dramatically improving image quality whether you're taking a long-distance shot, or your subject is only an arm's length away. For 'Pro' iPhones with a zoom lens (3 lenses on the back), Photosynthesis pairs the standard 1x lens with the telephoto zoom to give an amazing upgrade in subject detail, whether that's a singer on stage, a landmark, or the face of a loved one. Every iPhone with 2+ rear lenses can pair the standard 1x lens with the ultra wide 0.5x lens to add wider context without compromising on detail, perfect for capturing the atmosphere of a live event or a group shot. iPhones with 3 lenses can also take photos that combine all 3 lenses at once (feature currently in beta). POWERFUL CAPTURE SETTINGS As well as flash and timer controls, you can switch lens pairing and control capture mode from the minimalist capture screen. • SPEED mode captures multiple images at the same instant. • QUALITY mode captures multiple images at once, then takes another photo from each lens separately. The final photo is then built to give the most detail possible. • Both modes also work in low light with Photosynthesis's Night mode. There is also an optional grid and level overlaid on the viewfinder. A CUSTOM EDITOR BUILT FOR TWO-LENS PHOTOS The in-app editor provides everything you would expect, including: • Filters pre-tuned for a variety of different looks • Manual adjustments, which you can save to make your own filters • Crop, rotate, flip and straighten your images • Non-destructive editing - your original is never overwritten The editor also contains powerful features designed for the unique two-lens photos: • Align: tweak the relative alignment of the lenses by hand • Edit: add a filter or manual adjustments to each lens separately • Reveal: 'paint' over any visual artifacts to reveal the wider lens EXPORT IN A WIDE RANGE OF IMAGE FORMATS Photosynthesis can export photos automatically to the Photos app, as well as backup to a custom folder of your choice, and supports a wide range of export formats: • Finished image: HEIC, PNG and JPEG • Layered: Photoshop (PSD) document with one layer per lens • 3D: Apple Spatial photo, and side-by-side 3D (full or half screen) • The 'Photosynthesis' file — export and re-import without losing any layers or editing capabilities Photosynthesis is entirely free and unlimited for two weeks after you first open the app. After this two week period, you can either unlock Photosynthesis Unlimited to keep the same full experience, offered as both a one-time purchase and a subscription, or keep using the app for free with reduced export and customization options. Photosynthesis works on every iPhone with two or more rear lenses from the iPhone 11 onwards. iPhones with 2 lenses on the back can only use the 1 + 0.5x lens pairing, while iPhones with 3 lenses on the back can choose between 1 + Zoom, 1 + 0.5x and All 3 (beta). Photosynthesis subscriptions are subject to Apple's 'LICENSED APPLICATION END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT' which can be read here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/