I’ve recently created Datafilm, a note app for film photographers, to help them keep track of their settings and improve their practice. It all started with my own needs, and then I thought it may be a good idea to make it available for everyone.

This is not a commercial project. It’s made by myself only, for passionate people. There is also no data collected, personal or not.

I was hoping that such an app could be interesting for film photographers. I also believe that great products are built over time, using user feedback and iterations. So yes, any feedback would be more than welcome :)

As a side note, I just wanted to answer an unasked but legit question: “I think apps like this are already available, free or not, why would I even try this one out?”

In one hand, I would answer that around 95% of them are factually quite old, outdated, not maintained, and lacking of what I’ve identified as key features.
And in the other hand there’s a product on the market that, on paper, does pretty much everything you could think of. It’s called Film shots – analog photo exif. Android, iOS, iPad, iWatch, Android Watch, handles filters, brings up concepts/features as film stages, like “shooting” > “in development” > “printed”, etc.

While this project definitely brings up some interesting concepts, I had a different vision for Datafilm, relying less on a big amount of low usage features or device compatibility and more on user experience and simplicity.

So long story short, and I believe this may speaks to you. I have designed Datafilm as a Leica M, let’s say in my mind it’s an MP3, however it may only be an M2, or even the first M prototype haha :) Joke apart, the design thinking and approach was to get something viable, you can use along time, handy, fast, with a great user experience, readable, browsable, and maintainable over time.
I would say it’s all focus on user experience. Took me around 4-5 months full time to picture it out in my mind and then make it happen. A simple but intuitive Note app as a companion to our film experience. Our phone is always with us, however I believe we don’t need and want this extra piece of pen and paper in our pockets :)

Vincent Tantardini

Thanks to Vincent for sharing his project. Please check it out and make sure you give him feedback. It is always cool to see projects like these.

You can download the app here https://apps.apple.com/th/app/datafilm/id1579488213

JCH