XFoto — Photo Planner Live

A photography planner built by a photographer, for landscape, seascape and night-sky shooters. Every tool keeps working deep in the mountains or abroad with no signal. ◆ MILKY WAY PLANNER • Tonight's shootable window, computed from astronomical darkness, galactic-core altitude and the moon • The band's tilt angle and the moment it stands vertical • Maximum exposure for pinpoint stars — NPF and 500 rules side by side • Capture the declination of wherever your camera points, via compass • Real positions of the sun, moon, Milky Way and bright stars overlaid on your camera view • Scrub time to pre-visualise sunrise alignments and moonrise compositions • Southern-sky stars such as Canopus and the Southern Cross included ◆ LIGHT-POLLUTION MAP • Worldwide VIIRS data bundled inside the app — no downloads, works offline • Live sky-brightness readout (nW) and darkness grade anywhere on the map • Save dark-sky spots as your shooting location across the app ◆ ND FILTER · LONG EXPOSURE • Pick a target exposure time and the filters you own — get the optimal stack and aperture instantly • Built-in camera light meter for the base exposure ◆ HYPERFOCAL & DEPTH OF FIELD • DoF diagram per sensor, lens and aperture, with the hyperfocal distance • Measure focus and subject distances right on the map ◆ ALMANAC & TIDES • Sunrise/sunset, moonrise/moonset, twilights, blue & golden hour, moon-phase calendar • Daily tide curve with high/low water times and heights (global tide model + official Korean forecasts) ◆ FIELD TOOLS ◆ FIELD TOOLS • Precision level — guides you by sound and haptics, even lying face-down on your camera • Measure heights and slope angles through the camera MADE FOR ✓ Landscape photographers chasing the Milky Way, star trails and sunrise spots ✓ ND1000 long-exposure and misty-dawn seascape shooters ✓ Anyone who needs tools that simply work, far from any signal PRIVACY & PRICING • No ads · no in-app purchases · no subscriptions — one purchase, every feature, forever • No account required • Your location is used on-device for astronomy only — never collected or transmitted • Only the optional weather forecast uses the internet DATA SOURCES • Light pollution: EOG VIIRS VNL (CC BY 4.0) · Tides: KHOA, EOT20 (DGFI-TUM, CC BY 4.0) • Tide data is for photo planning only — never use it for navigation or safety Available in 10 languages: English, 한국어, 日本語, 中文, Español, Français, Deutsch, Português, Русский, Italiano