Rolls — Our Film Camera

What digital cameras took away was not image quality. It was the waiting. Rolls is a camera where two people share one roll of film. A roll holds 24 frames. Hand someone the invite code and you fill it together. ■ Sealed until it is full You cannot see your own shots either. With nothing to check, you stop retaking — and you start caring about the moment you press the shutter. There is no editing afterwards. The film you loaded is the result. ■ The last frame opens the roll Developing happens on each phone, on its own. Mine surfacing does not light up yours — the film waits in the canister until your own hand turns the lid. That is when you first see each other's day: what they were looking at, and how differently you both saw the same place. ■ Film, not presets This is not a retro or vintage filter laid over a photo. Every stock has its own tone curves, silver grain and halation. Light that passes through the emulsion and reflects off the base, grain that coarsens with ISO, highlights that lose colour as the dyes saturate — the analogue simulation follows the order real 35mm film takes in light. Once a roll starts, its film cannot change. Sixteen stocks are on the shelf today. ■ A roll for the day A trip, an anniversary, a wedding, a party, any event, friends you rarely see. Couples split one roll across a long distance; families and friends pass one around the same table. You open it together when you get home — the way two people used to share a single disposable camera. ■ A line on the print Developed frames open as prints hanging on a line — a shared album you both reach at the same time. Leave one line in the margin under each one. ■ Not a subscription One film voucher to begin with, free — trade it for the film you want. After that you buy one at a time, like real film. Nothing recurring, ever. No ads, and no advertising ID. ■ Permissions and privacy We ask for the camera, and for storage only when you save a photo to your own device. Location is never requested, and no location or EXIF metadata is written into a photo. Before developing, a photo is closed even to the person who shot it; afterwards it is visible only to the people in that roll. There is no public feed and no way to meet strangers. Account deletion is at the bottom of the Profile screen inside the app. Privacy Policy https://rolls-nerdens.web.app/en/privacy Terms https://rolls-nerdens.web.app/en/terms Contact [email protected]