You see their photos before they do.
You watch it come to life on the scanner. Now they can ask you about any frame, and your answer stays there. That's the difference between a download and a regular.
Point & Shoot · Film Lab
Bangkok, TH
Roll 047 · ready
For Maya Hart
Portra 400 · High Contrast · 16 frames
Maya, on frame 4: Love this warmth, can you keep it next time?
Point & Shoot: Saved to your look. Every roll from here.
- Treat every customer like a regular. Filmara remembers for you.
- They want to get better. You can show them how.
- All under your name. You own the relationship, not a download link.
A full sample dashboard, no signup.A full sample dashboard, no signup. We're building it with a handful of first labs.
The questions only you can answer.
Five seconds with the negative and you know why a roll looks how it does. A thin frame, a push, a light leak, the stock being the stock. So when a customer wonders, they ask you right on the frame instead of guessing or asking strangers. You answer once, and it stays with the roll.
On the frame
You: A couple of the indoor frames came out dark, me or the light?
Pinhole Lab: About a stop under in the low light. Meter for the shadows next time and they'll sit right.
See who's gone quiet, before you lose them.
Filmara spots customers who haven't dropped a roll in a while. The draft is ready, built from their actual history. You review every word. You hit send. No more customers slipping away unnoticed.
- Activity at a glance. Sparklines show drop cadence.
- Drafts use their stock, body, and last message. Not generic.
- You read it, you send it. It goes out in your voice.
Customer health
4 customersHey Reza, haven't seen a roll from you in a while. Hope all's well. Your usual Portra 400 just landed back in stock if you want to swing by. Whenever you're shooting again, you know where to find us. — Pinhole Lab
Photographers forget about the lab after you send their scans.
It's not their fault. A few months after pickup, the download link has expired and your name has gone with it. Filmara keeps your name on every roll they open, and the answers you give stay on the roll, so you stay the lab they come back to.
Stop juggling apps.
Today: email for delivery, a DM for feedback, a file-share for the scans, another folder for the archive, a sticky note for what your customer prefers. One conversation, four apps. With Filmara, one app does the whole job.
Delivery links, nudges
The conversation dies in the inbox
Social DMs
Where they asked the question
Buried by likes and tagged posts
File-sharing links
The actual scan files
Link expires in 7 days
Sticky note
What this customer prefers
On the bench. If you can find it.
Four apps. Four places to check. One customer slipping through the gaps.
Maya Hart
Roll 047 · Portra 400 · 12 frames
Delivery
Sent · branded page · opened 3x
Thread
"Same look next time? — Maya"
Files
12 originals · scanner + look saved
Customer card
Portra · Mamiya 645 · prefers warmer pulls
Saved across every lab Maya uses.
LiveOne app. One place. No app-switching tax.
What you get.
Your name on every delivery. A chat on every roll. A list of who's gone quiet, so you reach them before they drift off.
Conversation
Talk on every roll
A thread on every delivery. They ask, you answer, right on the frame, not in your DMs.
1 tap
to answer, on the frame
Stays
with the roll, forever
Customers
Know each customer
Their look, their stocks, their gear, all on one app.
Negatives
No negatives binned by surprise
Reminders before you cycle. No more complaints.
Branding
Your name on the page
The customer sees your lab. No third-party links.
Lab Pro
$49a month
Everything in Lab Pro pays for itself in repeat orders. Five customers staying covers it. Less if you pay yearly.
Works with what you already do.
You drop scans in. We put your name on them, host them, and keep them safe. Your photographers get a permanent home for every roll, and they pay nothing for it.
- Keep your scanner. Frontier, Noritsu, anything that outputs files.
- Keep your shop, your pricing, your shipping. Filmara doesn't take a cut.
- Keep your channels. We just stop the back-and-forth dying in email.
$49 a month covers all your photographers. No per-person fees, no cut of your sales, and a 90-day money-back guarantee.
Request early access and help shape Filmara.
We're building Filmara with a handful of first labs. Free while we build it with you, and your input shapes what it becomes. Leave any time.
- 90 days, full refund.
- If your photographers aren't opening their galleries in three months, full refund. You keep everything you uploaded. No questions, no awkwardness.
- 1:1 setup support.
- We'll get you set up one-to-one, your branding, your looks, your first deliveries. Nothing crazy, just a hand so nothing gets stuck.
- Have your say on what's built.
- Tell me the features you want, and they shape what gets built next. Nothing formal, just your input counting.
Prices in USD, charged in your local currency at the day's rate. Native UK and EU pricing lands later.
Questions, answered
Other labs have asked.
First roll delivered in under 30 minutes. Add your lab profile, your default scanner, a saved scan look, then deliver. Send your first customer their delivery link, they land on your branded page, and you're live.
Every photographer you scan for, free.
Every photographer covered, no per-customer fees, no commission on prints. We're building Filmara with a handful of first labs, free while we build it with you. Request early access to be one of them. We're not taking payment yet.
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- Branded delivery pages with your name
- One-tap hellos to quiet customers
- Two-way messaging on every roll
- Saved profiles for every customer
- Scan looks customers pick at drop-off
- Automatic negative-hold reminders
- Searchable archive of every roll
No card needed. We're not charging yet.
made for the community by wulfsage
Hi, I'm Owen.
Designer and film photographer
I shoot film, have done for 7 years or so. As we know, the film process is fragmented. That's what gave me the idea for Filmara. In essence, an operating system between photographer and lab.
A way for everyone involved in shooting, developing, and scanning a roll to connect and communicate better. If you have thoughts on what Filmara should be, send me a message.
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