Changelog — Lensly

Light & Sky

Golden & Blue Hour — real-time countdown with precise start/end times for all twilight phases. Interactive sun arc showing the full solar day at a glance.

Solar Events Timeline — astronomical dawn, nautical dawn, civil dawn, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and all corresponding dusk events. Accurate to your exact GPS coordinates.

Moon Phase & Astro — current phase name, illumination percentage, moonrise and moonset times. Visibility grid for Milky Way, Andromeda, globular clusters, and more.

Light Pollution Map — Bortle scale for current location. Interactive map with World Atlas satellite tiles. Full Bortle 1–9 reference guide. Pro feature.

Weather

7-Day Photographer's Forecast — daily weather scored for landscape, portrait, golden hour, architecture, and astrophotography. Powered by Open-Meteo (no API key needed).

Hourly Conditions — temperature, cloud cover, precipitation, and wind speed on the home screen.

AI Tools

Scene Analyzer — upload any photo and receive AI-recommended camera settings: aperture, shutter speed, ISO, white balance, and ND filter. Includes a "match what your eyes see" guide with shadow, highlight, and WB recovery tips. Powered by Claude Sonnet. Pro feature.

Photo Tutor — AI photography mentor with full context: your gear list, current solar events, 7-day weather forecast, and saved spots. 30 messages per day on Pro. Powered by Claude Haiku. Pro feature.

Nearby Spots — AI-curated photography locations near you. 10 spots per refresh covering viewpoints, parks, landmarks, and local events with specific dates. Per-spot AI guide with best shot, composition tips, and practical access info. Pro feature.

Preset Generator — upload an original and edited photo pair. AI reverse-engineers 30+ Lightroom parameters with a live WebGL preview. Export a standard .xmp preset file. Pro feature.

Calculators

ND Filter — corrected shutter speed for any ND filter from ND2 to ND1000.

Exposure Triangle — lock two values, solve for the third. Equivalent exposure finder.

Depth of Field — near/far focus limits, hyperfocal distance, circle of confusion for any camera and lens.

Hyperfocal Distance — maximum depth of field from half-distance to infinity.

Focal Length / Crop Factor — full-frame equivalent conversion across all sensor formats.

Long Exposure — NPF rule for star trail avoidance, motion blur, and ND-stacked night exposures. Pro feature.

Timelapse — interval, total shooting time, clip duration, and storage estimates.

Other Features

Photography Guides — in-depth technique library covering exposure, composition, astrophotography, long exposure, golden hour, landscape, portrait, and more. Pro feature.

Daily Challenges — new creative challenge every day with history timeline. Pro feature.

Gear Management — add camera bodies, lenses, and accessories to your profile. Used by AI features for personalised recommendations.

Saved Spots — bookmark photography locations from the Nearby screen. Synced to your account.

Golden Hour Notifications — optional daily notification 30 minutes before evening golden hour.

Account Sync — gear, saved spots, and challenge history sync across devices via your Lensly account.

Offline Calculators — all 7 calculators and solar events work without an internet connection.

Dark / Light / System Theme — theme preference synced locally.

Metric & Imperial — units preference applied across all screens and calculators.