Our story

Made for the moments my father kept.

He never had an expensive camera. He just never stopped taking pictures of us. This is why Nost Camera exists.

My father on a mountain road above a river gorge, arms up, mid-step
Dad

My father is the person who inspired me to make this app.

Wherever he brought us, he captured the moment — me and my family, on his old point-and-shoot and his old handheld video camera. I didn't truly see it until he passed away. Going through all of the photos and videos he took, I realised he had always been watching us, and that every one of those pictures was his way of giving my family his support and his love.

My father in a white cap walking across a bridge through a mountain gorge, in black and white
My father on our travels, re-developed in Nost Camera — Sunny 200 above, Pan 400 B&W here — with film grain.

He wasn't using a high-end professional camera. It didn't matter — the moments he took still touch my heart.

Every moment he created for us is precious. To this day, I still look back at those photos and think about him.

He gave me my first camera. I broke a few cameras that he bought with his hard-earned money, and still he supported my dream and every idea I had in photography and videography.

Today I made Nost Camera to recreate the look of those photos and videos — and to inspire more people to capture their moments, everywhere they go.

This is my story.

Donald Tong
Founder, Nost Camera
Your turn

Take the picture. Someone will treasure it.

Nost Camera gives your everyday moments the warmth of the photos we grew up with.

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