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Comparison · 10 cameras

One photo, ten film cameras

The hardest part of a vintage camera app is choosing. So we took one golden-hour street photo and developed it through ten of Vinta's cameras. Use the picker to compare the five colour looks with a slider, then scroll for the five that come with a frame.

20 Oct 20263 min readCameras: FXN, OFM, CT2F, GR F, HOGA, KV80, D CLASSIC, S CLASSIC, D SLIDE, 135 SR

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Woman walking across a cobbled street at golden hour, phone original The street photo with GR F: hard contrast and deep shadows BeforeAfter · GR F

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How this comparison works

Comparing filters on different photos is useless — a sunset makes everything look good. So every image on this page starts from the same phone photo: a woman crossing a cobbled street at golden hour, with bright sky, deep shade and warm stone, which is a hard test for any look. Each version is that photo developed once in Vinta with one camera and saved straight to the library. Nothing was adjusted afterwards.

A quick vocabulary note: “vintage filter” covers three different things. Colour looks change tone and colour (FXN, OFM, CT2F, GR F, HOGA). Format looks also put the photo onto a physical medium — a negative, a slide, a print (KV80, D CLASSIC, S CLASSIC, D SLIDE, 135 SR). And camera looks recreate a type of camera, flash and all, like the disposables and the CCD digicam.

Five colour looks, one slider

Pick a camera, then drag the slider. The left side is always the untouched phone photo.

Woman walking across a cobbled street at golden hour, phone original Golden-hour street developed with FXN BeforeAfter · FXN

FXN — Crisp green-shadow classic

Deeper shadows with a cool green lean and a slightly cooler sky. The Fuji-style option.

CameraVinta calls itWhat it does to this photo
FXNCrisp green-shadow classicDeeper shadows with a cool green lean and a slightly cooler sky. The Fuji-style option.
OFMManual SLR, muted chromeWarm and creamy with muted colour — the look of a 70s or 80s SLR shot on everyday film.
CT2FTrusty 35mm compactBright, airy and cool, with a lavender sky. Like a well-loved 35mm compact in daylight.
GR FHigh-contrast street shooterHard contrast and deep shadows — a street photographer's compact.
HOGAPlastic toy cam chaosSoft, faded and low-contrast with dark corners — a plastic toy camera.

Five looks with a frame, plus a print

These cameras don't just change the colour — they develop the photo onto a format: a medium-format square with sprocket holes, a negative with a black border, a slide in its mount, a strip of 35mm film, an instant print.

The street as a square medium-format frame with sprocket holes
KV80 · Pale creamy 120 press. A square frame, soft cool colour and film edge markings.
The street as a faded colour negative with a black frame
D CLASSIC · Faded 80s colour negative, printed with a black border.
The street in deep amber with a square frame
S CLASSIC · Golden-hour twin lens. Everything goes amber — the most dramatic look here.
The street as a 35mm slide in a white plastic mount
D SLIDE · Mounted 35mm slide, cool and clean, in a projector mount.
The street on a strip of 35mm negative film with edge markings
135 SR · Straight off the negative: a 35mm frame with rebate markings.
The street as an instant print with a white border
INST C · Classic instant print. More in the instant film guide.

How to choose a camera

By light

  • Bright sun: GR F for drama, CT2F for airy and bright, FXN to tame flat HDR shadows.
  • Golden hour: OFM to keep it warm and soft, S CLASSIC to go all-in on amber.
  • Night and indoors: a flash disposable — see the disposable guide — or the CCD digicam.

By mood

  • Clean and modern-vintage: FXN, CT2F, CCD.
  • Warm and nostalgic: OFM, D CLASSIC, DISPOSABLE-3.
  • Lo-fi and imperfect: HOGA, XPIRED, DISPOSABLE-4.
  • “This is a physical photo”: KV80, 135 SR, D SLIDE, INST C.

Can't decide? Import the photo and swipe through the cameras on the Develop Photo screen. Every look previews on your own photo before you save anything.

How to do it in Vinta

  1. Pick a camera

    Open Vinta and tap the camera button at the bottom right. The drawer lists every camera with a one-line description of its look.

  2. Shoot or import

    Press the shutter to shoot with the look applied live, or tap the import button to bring in a photo you've already taken.

  3. Develop & save

    On the Develop Photo screen, swipe through the cameras to preview each look on your photo, then tap Develop & Save. It lands in your Photos library, with no watermark.

FAQ

What is the best vintage filter app for iPhone?

It depends on what you want. Vinta's strength is choice and honesty: dozens of film, disposable, digicam and instant cameras, previewed live or on your own photos, with no watermark on exports. Try a few looks on one photo, as above, and keep the one that fits.

Are these real film scans?

No. They're Vinta's digital camera looks, applied to a phone photo. Each camera has its own colour, contrast, grain and in some cases a frame, so the result reads like that kind of film or camera.

Can I use more than one camera on the same photo?

Yes. Develop the photo once per camera; each version is saved separately to your library, so you can compare them.

Are all of these cameras free?

Vinta is free on the App Store and the cameras in this comparison are in the app. Vinta Pro, when it launches, adds extras such as RAW-quality photo export, batch developing and new film stocks first.

About these photos: the “before” images are AI-generated stand-ins for everyday phone snapshots, made so we could show the same scenes across many cameras without using anyone's personal photos. Every “after” is the unedited output of Vinta developing that image on the date of this post — no extra editing, no cherry-picked presets.

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