Fadelens press kit

Fadelens is an iPhone camera that shoots like the cameras of the early 2000s. The real flash fires, each camera's sensor is modelled rather than filtered, and there's a four-shot photo booth. Free to start, pay once for Pro.

At a glance

Platform	iPhone, iOS 18 or later
Price	Free download. Pro is a one-time purchase; no subscription; Family Sharing on.
Free tier	CCD '04, Flip and Webcam '06, and the photo booth in black and white, free forever: unlimited shots, full resolution, no watermark
Try before buying	Every Pro camera shows live in the viewfinder before you buy
Privacy	No account, no ads, no tracking. Photos are developed on the iPhone and never uploaded. Anonymous usage statistics can be turned off in Settings.
Developer	Muxtor, an independent developer

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Before and after

The original photo — Party: bright faces up front, the room falls to black.

The same photo developed by Fadelens's Party camera — Party: bright faces up front, the room falls to black.

The same photo developed by Fadelens's CCD '04 camera — CCD '04: the 5 MP pocket digicam of 2004, with its orange date.

The same photo developed by Fadelens's Flip camera — Flip: a 2003 flip phone at 640×480, JPEG blocks you can count.

Photos are generated scenes developed by Fadelens's engine.

How it works

Real Flash. In the dark, the iPhone's own flash fires. Fadelens finds the subject with on-device Vision and shapes the light like a 2000s xenon flash: bright faces, hard shadows, the room falling to black.

Modelled, not filtered. Each camera's noise, colour, lens softness, vignette, bloom, CCD smear, JPEG blocks and date stamp are worked out in that camera's own pixels.

The preview is the photo. The live viewfinder runs the same pipeline as the saved photo.

Contact

Muxtor · muxtordevcom@gmail.com. Press codes on request.