Filmic Firstlight - Photo App

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2,2
1,26K reviews
100K+
Downloads
Content rating
PEGI 3
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About this app

Filmic First­light is a rev­o­lu­tion­ary pho­to cam­era from the mak­ers of the class lead­ing Filmic Pro cine­ma video cam­era that makes live pho­tog­ra­phy fun and cre­ative.

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Re­dis­cov­er the joy of cap­tur­ing life’s mo­ments in pho­tographs you will im­me­di­ate­ly trea­sure and want to share.

First­light com­bines cus­tom film sim­u­la­tions, adap­tive film grain and Filmic Pro’s fa­mous live an­a­lyt­ics to of­fer an ad­vanced but ap­proach­able front end cam­era ex­pe­ri­ence like no oth­er.

Fast, easy and in­tu­itive, First­light lets you en­vi­sion and cap­ture your best mo­ments in cam­era, with­out hav­ing to spend hours edit­ing your pho­tos lat­er. Shoot and share, it’s that easy.

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AD­VANCED IM­AGE CON­TROLS

- Fast, in­tu­itive fo­cus and ex­po­sure con­trols: Tap the screen to set fo­cus/ex­po­sure, tap again to lock
- AE Mode: In­clud­ed is our pro­pri­etary Auto Ex­po­sure mode for set­ting shut­ter/iso com­bi­na­tion
- Cross-swipe man­u­al con­trols: The most in­tu­itive way to man­u­al­ly ad­just fo­cus and ex­po­sure. Swipe across the im­age to dial in your per­fect shot. Swipe up and down to ad­just ex­po­sure. Swipe left and right to ad­just fo­cus.
- Re­ac­tive an­a­lyt­ics: A foun­da­tion fea­ture of Filmic Pro and now in a pho­to app. Man­u­al­ly ad­just­ing your fo­cus and ex­po­sure will au­to­mat­i­cal­ly ap­ply fo­cus peak­ing or ze­bra stripes to make sure you get your shot just right.
- RGB His­togram: Dy­nam­i­cal­ly shows the ex­po­sure pro­file of the im­age across all col­or chan­nels.

GET THE LOOK YOU WANT

- Vin­tage film sim­u­la­tions: The magic of First­light is in our re­al­is­tic trib­utes to au­then­tic film stocks. A range of film sim­u­la­tions are in­clud­ed for free with the app.
- Film grain: Ap­ply nat­ur­al look­ing film grain ef­fects to give your pho­tos that ‘film look’. Medi­um grain is in­clud­ed as a free op­tion.
- Vi­gnette: Ap­ply a sub­tle dark vi­gnette to your im­age. Medi­um vi­gnette is in­clud­ed as a free op­tion.
- Lens se­lec­tor: Quick­ly switch be­tween all avail­able lens­es on your de­vice. (Note: camera/lens support is device specific).

PRO­FES­SION­AL CAM­ERA TOOLS

- Burst mode
- Timer
- Flash
- Grid over­lays
- As­pect ra­tios: 4:3, 16:9, 3:2, 1:1, 5:4
- JPG or HEIC Se­lec­tion
- HDR con­trol (on supported devices only)
- Vol­ume but­ton shut­ter and sup­port for most blue­tooth cam­era shut­ter re­motes
- Filmic Pro quick launch but­ton (for own­ers of Filmic Pro)

FIRST­LIGHT PRE­MI­UM (with in-app purchase)

Up­grade to un­lock the full po­ten­tial of First­light with the fol­low­ing ca­pa­bil­i­ties:
- Shut­ter and ISO pri­or­i­ty modes: In ad­di­tion to AE you can set spe­cif­ic Shut­ter Speed or ISO val­ues to ad­here to and let the app au­to­mat­i­cal­ly ad­just ex­po­sure for the un­locked val­ue.
- Ex­pand­ed film sim­u­la­tion op­tions: More re­al­is­tic film sim­u­la­tions and more to be added in the fu­ture for paid sub­scribers.
- Film grain: Fine, coarse and ISO adap­tive op­tions in ad­di­tion to medi­um
- Ad­justable vi­gnette: Low and heavy op­tions in ad­di­tion to medi­um.
- Con­fig­urable burst mode
- Anamor­phic adapter sup­port
- RAW: DNG and TIFF for­mats
- Cus­tom Func­tion but­ton
- Cus­tom live an­a­lyt­ics
- Con­fig­urable Fo­cus and Ex­po­sure con­trols
- Embedded copyright
Updated on
31 Jan 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
App info and performance and Device or other IDs
This app may collect these data types
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Data is encrypted in transit
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Ratings and reviews

2,2
1,24K reviews
Erik Halberstadt
17 August 2022
Based on two features I expected to see in Pro, I bought it. Then one of the features was an extra purchase. The implied feature: still capture. Not in Pro, it's video or no-go. The add-on I wanted was black and white "electrum" which isn't present nor approximated. I did get a refund for Pro but had to request the $2.99 via email. For video it looks like it might be a winner IF your device is supported. My Galaxy S21 ULTRA may not be - I won't be buying without AT LEAST single frame.
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Mobile Heroes
17 August 2022
Hello Erik! I see you contacted our Support team already and your refund has been processed successfully. Thank you and have a great day!
Alessandro Piredda
15 November 2021
I got this app and I was more than happy to pay for the pro version because it's the only app that lets me manually select the lens on my Pixel 6 pro. Unfortunately, the app randomly shows me an error when it tries to save a picture. I'm more than willing to change my review if the problem gets addressed. (Also, no manual independent control for ISO and exposure time?)
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Mobile Heroes
15 November 2021
Hello Alessandro! Can you please follow these steps: 1) Go to System Settings>Apps>Firstlight>Storage>Clear Data 2) Uninstall the app 3) Restart the device and 4) Reinstall Firstlight. If the issue persists please contact us via: http://www.filmicpro.com/support#contact Thank you for your review and have a nice day!
Brad Fredricks
11 May 2020
Responsive developer. Full of cool functions. Looking for audio controls that let me use external mic, Bluetooth mic, think it has it, not sure. So far so good. Also, I claimed it did not have RAW and was politely corrected by developed. My bad. Seriously appreciate how they handle their responses. Recommend this over Moment App. Maybe add V-Log please. :)
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Mobile Heroes
11 May 2020
Hi Brad, actually, RAW (DNG) format is included in the free version 😅. Take into account, that this depend on the camera, so maybe it's not available for all of them. Isn't DNG format available for any camera? Thank you for your review and have a nice day!

What's new

* Several bugs fixed.