TinType - Wet Plate Camera3.0 - App Store

In 1851, a photographer poured collodion onto a plate of metal, exposed it in the camera, and developed it before it dried. One plate. One shot. No second chance.

TinType is that camera, built for the iPhone.

SHOOT FIRST. EDIT NEVER.
You decide your tools before you shoot, the way it was for seventy years of photography. Choose the plate, frame the picture, and take it. What comes out is a finished wet plate image. Some plates are better than others. That's the process.

THE PLATES
Collodion black and white, color, sepia, and dark - each with handmade edges, water marks, and grain drawn from real plates. Create hauntingly beautiful, soul-capturing portraits; faithfully reproduced with stunning accuracy.

THE PORTRAIT
TinType was built for photographing people. It finds the eyes and sets the focal plane directly on them, the same as a collodion plate photographer set their camera to do. It reads real depth from the camera - front and back - for the most authentic images possible.

THE CAMERA
Beautifully designed to mimic the tintype cameras of yore, the interface even reacts to your motion with glimmer and luster as you frame your subject.

IN YOUR LIBRARY
TinTypes save straight to Photos at full quality, with no watermark, ever. You can tweak the plates with a built-in editing suite and change the focal point with a tap.

Built by Hipstamatic, which has been making cameras for the iPhone since 2009.

** HIPSTAMATIC
** CAMERA CLUB
Unlimited TinType use is included for all Hipstamatic Camera Club Members. A standalone 'Unlimited' upgrade is also available for one-time purchase.

Version History • TinType is now part of the Hipstamatic Camera Club
• Unlimited use is available for members, or those who purchased TinType 2 or earlier
• Improved Portrait Mode capture and processing on modern iPhones
• Updated and streamlined TinType editing interface, with additional controls
• Updated for iOS 27
• New: Find a Studio - a directory of real tintype photographers near you

(Are you a tintype photographer? Contact us to be included in the directory!) 3.0 Oct 3 • Support for latest iPhones and lenses, including depth mode with rear-facing camera on older iPhones using dual wide-angle lenses
• Fix a bug causing images to process in landscape aspect ratio instead of portrait during editing
• Fix a bug where previous edits were not restored during editing a TinType
• Other user interface bug fixes 2.2 05/25/2022 • Optimized for iPhone X/XR/XS/XS Max
• TinType effect remastered! New Portrait Mode support for the most authentic TinTypes ever (supports front and rear cameras on iPhone X devices, rear camera on iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 8 Plus)
• New 'Dark' effect
• Support for 'tap to focus' to change what is in focus when editing a TinType with depth data
• Easy access to 'portraits' album for editing Portrait Mode shots from the Apple Camera
• New app icon and other user interface refinements
• Bug fixes and performance improvements 2.1 11/29/2018 • Fixed a bug where the capture interface could appear slightly shrunken on iPhone 7 Plus (when using 'zoomed' display mode)
• Bug fixes and performance improvements 2.0.2 03/21/2017 • Fixed a bug causing a crash on launch if Photos access is turned off
• Fixed a bug causing a crash when attempting to edit a photo stored in iCloud
• Other bug fixes and improvements 2.0.1 02/17/2017 • Brand new analog interface, for more authentic TinType shooting
• Quick pull down "back to camera" gesture from photo library
• New 'TinType' photo album to group all your TinTypes together for quick access
• Bug fixes and performance improvements 2.0 01/17/2017 • Ability to save as a copy or version when editing photos
• New 'warm tones' color effect
• More variety in Tintype borders
• New 'shake to randomize' feature when editing 1.1 11/12/2014 Localized in French, German, Portuguese (Brazil), Korean, Japanese, and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) 1.0.1 10/23/2014 1.0 10/21/2014