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Licht · Film Camera for iPhone · 2026
About Licht
Licht is a film camera for iPhone with live film emulation in the viewfinder. Its layered GPU pipeline composes paired lens character with stock-specific film response, halation, grain, acutance, push/pull development, physical format behavior, and one of three optional print-response looks across 10 film stocks. The same optical model renders the saved photo at higher quality. No ads, no subscriptions, no app analytics or tracking.
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The Story
Film physics, not filters
Licht started as a late-night experiment.
Héctor García is a frontend engineer focused on fast, accessible interfaces. On the side, he experiments with shaders, particle systems, and audio visualizers, usually to see what a small visual system can become.
One of those experiments was a WebGL film emulation: real-time film presets applied to a live camera feed in the browser, using shaders that combined stock-specific color grading with grain, halation, bloom, chromatic aberration, and vignette. It showed the value of making the look visible while composing instead of waiting until after capture.
A post-capture color grade can match a palette, but it cannot make lens behavior, format geometry, grain, and highlight scatter part of the live viewfinder. Licht’s goal was to make those choices visible while composing the photo.
The browser experiment needed to be a real camera.
Licht is that experiment rebuilt as an iPhone camera with a native Swift, Core Image, and Metal pipeline. It composes lens character before the emulsion, models stock-specific film response and physical format geometry, then finishes with an optional cinema print response. The pipeline runs on the live feed and renders the saved photo through the same model at higher quality.
10 film stocks. 3 cinema print-response looks. 5 simulated film formats based on real frame geometry. The camera and processing work offline. New users can activate a 7-day trial, then choose a one-time unlock. No ads, no subscriptions, no tracking.
The name is German for light. The app exists because a WebGL shader experiment became a camera worth carrying.
Fact Sheet
- App name
- Licht
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Platform
- iPhone, iOS 18 or later
- Price
- 7-day free trial; optional one-time in-app purchase to unlock
- Developer
- Héctor García (hectahertz)
- Status
- Available on the App Store
- GPU pipeline
- Layered Metal pipeline for the live viewfinder and saved photo
- Film stocks
- 10 (8 color, 2 black & white) + Sensor mode
- Cinema print stocks
- 3 (Kodak VISION 2383, Kodak VISION Premier 2393, Fujicolor F-CP 3510)
- Film formats
- 35mm, Half-frame, 6×6, 6×7, 4×5
- Languages
- 12 (English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Catalan, Basque, Galician)
- App privacy
- No app data collected by the developer; no analytics or tracking.
- Website
- lichtcamera.com
- Contact
- hello@lichtcamera.com
Copy Assets
Film physics, not filters.
Licht is a film camera for iPhone whose layered GPU pipeline makes 10 film stocks visible in the viewfinder before you press the shutter.
Licht makes its layered GPU optical model visible on the live camera feed: paired lens character, stock-specific film response and halation, grain, push/pull development, physical format behavior, and optional cinema print response. The same model renders the saved photo at higher quality. No ads, no subscriptions, no app analytics or tracking.
Licht is a film camera for iPhone, built on live film emulation in the viewfinder.
Rather than centering the experience on a post-capture color grade, Licht makes its optical model visible while you compose. Lens falloff, aberration, softness, and glare feed into the film response; push/pull development shapes the negative before stock-specific halation, acutance, and grain; physical format geometry scales grain, halation, and acutance, and an optional print response finishes the image. The saved photo uses the same model at higher quality.
10 film stocks (Kodak Portra 400, Kodak Gold 200, Kodak Ektar 100, Kodachrome 64, Fujifilm Velvia 50, Fujifilm Superia X-TRA 400, Fujifilm Pro 400H, CineStill 800T, Kodak Tri-X 400, Ilford HP5 Plus 400), 3 cinema print stocks, and 5 film formats. The core camera, processing, and local gallery work offline. A connection is used for the App Store unlock, online map and place-name details, external web links, and sharing to online destinations. New users can try Licht for 7 days, then buy a one-time unlock. No ads, no subscriptions, no tracking.
Film stock names are trademarks of their respective owners. Licht is an independent app, not affiliated with or endorsed by these companies.
Contact
Press inquiries: hello@lichtcamera.com
App Store: apps.apple.com/app/id6759532359
Website: lichtcamera.com