Open data

What is available

Both files are generated from the same source data as the database pages, so they never go stale. A stable mirror lives on GitHub: Feirobot/film-photography-datasets.

Film stocks schema

• id — stable slug, also the dossier path: /en/films/<id>/
• brand, name, iso — identity and nominal speed
• type — Color negative / Color slide-reversal / Black & white
• grain, latitude — practical categories, not measurements
• formats — pipe separated, e.g. 35mm|120|sheet
• best_for — pipe separated use tags
• push — practical push/pull range in stops
• price_tier — 1 budget, 2 mid, 3 premium (relative, not a live price)
• character — one sentence of editorial description
• url — the dossier page

Cameras schema

Same shape: id, brand, name, type, mount, year, format, shutter, metering, exposure, battery, weight, best_for, price_tier, character, url.

Accuracy and provenance

Specifications are compiled from manufacturer data sheets and long-standing community references. Character and best-for notes are editorial judgement. Speed, grain and latitude groupings are practical categories, not laboratory guarantees. Prices are relative tiers, not quotations. Corrections are welcome — get in touch with a source and we will fix it.

License

CC BY 4.0. Reuse freely, including commercially, with attribution to openfilm.cc and a link to the license. Suggested citation:

Openfilm, “Film photography datasets”, https://openfilm.cc/en/open-data/, CC BY 4.0.

Using the data

If you want the same tables in a nicer form, the film stock database and camera database are the interactive versions. If you need a custom extraction, a merge with another dataset, or a dataset of your own compiled and documented, that is work we take on.