Press kit · November 2026
WorthWaitCamera
A digital disposable camera for iPhone and Android. A roll of 24, a fixed 35mm lens, no preview, and the roll develops 24 hours later. No account, no cloud, no AI. Made in Querétaro, Mexico, by a documentary photographer.
At a glance
The numbers that define the camera, and the facts a story needs.
The story
Every camera app wants to show you more. WorthWait shows you nothing for a day. That is the feature.
You load a roll of 24 exposures, shoot through a single 35mm lens with no preview and no second chances, and rewind. The roll develops 24 hours later. There is nothing to check after each shot, so people look longer before they press the shutter, and they stay in the moment instead of in the screen.
Three films of its own, Negative, Positive and Flat, plus Original, are chosen for the whole roll the way you would load film. Each was built by measuring real film references, not with generic filters. The 35mm frame is the classic street lens. The rewind even clicks like a crank.
WorthWait has no account, no cloud, no server and no AI. Photographs never leave the phone unless the person shares them. It was made by one photographer, in Mexico, in English and Spanish from the first day. Shooting and developing are free; Plena, a one-time purchase, adds 36-exposure rolls, developing without the wait and Camera Only.
Photographs
Thirty-four photographs shot with WorthWait by Dennis Berti in Querétaro, Mexico: what comes out of the app, unedited. They are free to use for coverage of WorthWait, with credit.
Credit: Dennis Berti. Full-size files (up to 2000 px) are in the press kit.
The app
All twelve App Store screenshots, in English and Spanish. Full-size files (1320 × 2868) are in the press kit.
In English
En español
QR codes
Two download codes, one per store. They point to worthwaitcamera.com/iphone and worthwaitcamera.com/android, which redirect to the App Store and Google Play. Full-size files (2729 × 3217) are in the press kit.
Dennis Berti
Dennis Berti is a documentary photographer based in Querétaro, Mexico, with twenty-five years behind the camera. He has judged for the most important international wedding photography associations, Fearless Photographers, ISPWP, WPPI, including the WPPI print competition, and MyWed, and for the Fotografi-Cameramani.ro contest in Romania. Italian by birth, he has lived in Mexico since 2005. He teaches photography at coachdefotografia.com.
WorthWait is his first app. He built it for the way he shoots: one lens, a limited roll, and the habit of looking before pressing the shutter. The 24-hour wait is not a limitation. It is the point.
Interviews in English, Spanish and Italian: [email protected]
"I didn't build WorthWait to make better photographs. I built it so you would look longer before taking one."Dennis Berti
"Every camera app wants to show you more. This one shows you nothing for a day. That's the feature."Dennis Berti
"There is no AI in WorthWait because the photograph is already the point. Nothing is invented."Dennis Berti
Mark, icon and colors
The WorthWait mark is two chevrons and an aperture. Please do not alter, recolor or crop it. SVG and PNG versions are in the press kit.
Boilerplate
Ready to paste. 146 words.
Contact
For interviews, review codes for the full version, or anything the kit doesn't answer.