Precision
for film.
For the first time, analog photography gets its own memory.
F8t is a film photography light meter app for iPhone. It combines precision exposure metering with a complete analog photography workflow: five metering modes including zone system, film roll tracking, a shot log with 30+ fields, GPS, EXIF metadata, and a database of 500+ cameras, lenses, and film stocks.
Load your film.
Set your intent.
Tell F8t what you're shooting. The app knows Portra 160 pushed two stops becomes ISO 640. It flags expired film and adjusts exposure compensation. Your roll starts with context, not guesswork.
Meter the scene.
See the warnings.
Five metering modes. Real-time EV, color temperature, and depth of field. Smart warnings catch diffraction limits, handheld risk, and suggest ND filters before you press the shutter.
Seven ways to get
the exposure right.
Auto mode gives you five optimized recommendations at once: balanced, freeze motion, motion blur, max sharpness, max depth of field. Each calculated for your specific film, lens, and conditions.
Log every shot.
30+ fields, one tap.
Exposure, film, camera, lens, GPS, color temperature, filters, flash, zone placement, notes. All captured automatically. Add a reference photo. The moment is preserved.
Track every roll.
Every camera. One place.
See all your active rolls at a glance. Frame counts, shooting patterns, average EV. Switch between cameras mid-shoot. Film backs for Hasselblad and Mamiya track separately.
When scans come back,
the data is waiting.
Mark a roll developed. See your success rate, most-used lens, favorite aperture. Export metadata as CSV, PDF, or ExifTool scripts. Your scans finally get the data a digital camera records automatically.
Load your film. Set your intent.
Tell F8t what you're shooting. The app knows Portra 160 pushed two stops becomes ISO 640. It flags expired film and adjusts exposure compensation.
Read the light. See the warnings.
Five metering modes. Real-time EV, color temperature, and depth of field. Smart warnings catch diffraction limits and suggest ND filters.
Seven ways to get the exposure right.
Auto mode gives you five optimized recommendations at once. Each calculated for your specific film, lens, and conditions.
One tap. Every detail saved.
30+ fields captured automatically. Exposure, film, camera, lens, GPS, color temperature, filters, flash, zone placement, notes.
Multiple cameras. Multiple rolls. One place.
All your active rolls at a glance. Frame counts, shooting patterns, average EV. Film backs for medium format track separately.
When scans come back, the data is waiting.
Success rate, most-used lens, favorite aperture. Export as CSV, PDF, or ExifTool scripts.
The notebook was an attempt to create continuity by hand. F8t creates it automatically.
- Average + Center-weighted + Incident metering
- Av / Tv / Auto Balanced
- 1 camera, 3 lenses, 1 film
- Shot log (1 lifetime roll)
- Sun calculator + composition guides
- 24 film simulations
- EXIF reference cards to Photos
- Spot + Multi-spot Zone metering (I-X)
- 7 auto recommendation modes
- Exposure Strategy profiles
- Reciprocity correction
- Flash calculator + LiDAR distance
- Film backs (medium format)
- Push / pull + expired film
- Statistics + Shooting Signature
- Sun widget + golden hour alerts
- Export (CSV / PDF / ExifTool)
- Unlimited everything. Forever.
Light defines exposure.
You define the focal point.
Free with one roll. iOS 17+. Pro EUR 9.99 with code F8TLAUNCH (regular EUR 14.99, one-time).
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Meter with intention.
Shoot with confidence.
Archive with purpose.