Observed arrival · 2026-10-26
A camera app with a decade dial
The Time Travel Camera is an iPhone app for shooting photos and video with camera, sound, and print styles drawn from different decades.
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- iPhone users making period-styled photos and videos
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- For the 1990s, the site lists twelve camera styles, ranging from compact VHS family footage to a surveillance camera with a time code.
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The interface is described in camera terms: a knurled 15-stop decade wheel, separate technology and DEGREE dials, a REC control, and a DONE button to develop a take. The site says a ten-stage pipeline models image changes from optics through medium and ageing, with corresponding treatment for sound. Its 1990s examples include both compact VHS family footage and a surveillance-camera look with time code.
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