Free Online Photography & Video Tools

Plan exposure changes, lens relationships, timelapses, video recording and image capture with online photography tools.

Choose the right tool

Exposure equivalence, depth-of-field equivalence and file storage describe different questions. Review whether a value is a focal length, a crop factor, a shutter time, a frame rate or a bitrate before calculating.

Available tools

  • Exposure Stop Difference Calculator

    Online exposure stop difference calculator. Geometric or data-budget estimate. Sensor behavior, processing, focus breathing and recording overhead are excluded unless explicitly modeled.

  • Aperture Exposure Compensation

    Online aperture exposure compensation. Geometric or data-budget estimate. Sensor behavior, processing, focus breathing and recording overhead are excluded unless explicitly modeled.

  • ISO Shutter Compensation Calculator

    Online iso shutter compensation calculator. Geometric or data-budget estimate. Sensor behavior, processing, focus breathing and recording overhead are excluded unless explicitly modeled.

  • ND Filter Exposure Time Calculator

    Online nd filter exposure time calculator. Geometric or data-budget estimate. Sensor behavior, processing, focus breathing and recording overhead are excluded unless explicitly modeled.

  • Neutral Density Optical Density Converter

    Online neutral density optical density converter. Geometric or data-budget estimate. Sensor behavior, processing, focus breathing and recording overhead are excluded unless explicitly modeled.

  • Sensor Crop Factor from Diagonal

    Online sensor crop factor from diagonal. Geometric or data-budget estimate. Sensor behavior, processing, focus breathing and recording overhead are excluded unless explicitly modeled.

  • Equivalent Focal Length and Aperture

    Online equivalent focal length and aperture. Aperture equivalence describes framing and depth of field, not exposure brightness.

  • Sensor Pixel Pitch Calculator

    Online sensor pixel pitch calculator. Geometric or data-budget estimate. Sensor behavior, processing, focus breathing and recording overhead are excluded unless explicitly modeled.

  • Hyperfocal Distance Calculator

    Online hyperfocal distance calculator. Geometric or data-budget estimate. Sensor behavior, processing, focus breathing and recording overhead are excluded unless explicitly modeled.

  • Macro Extension Magnification Estimate

    Online macro extension magnification estimate. Thin lens initially focused at infinity; internal focusing excluded.

  • Macro Effective Aperture Calculator

    Online macro effective aperture calculator. Unit pupil magnification assumption.

  • Bellows Exposure Compensation

    Online bellows exposure compensation. Geometric or data-budget estimate. Sensor behavior, processing, focus breathing and recording overhead are excluded unless explicitly modeled.

  • Diffraction Diameter on Image Sensor

    Online diffraction diameter on image sensor. Geometric or data-budget estimate. Sensor behavior, processing, focus breathing and recording overhead are excluded unless explicitly modeled.

  • Flash Guide Number Aperture Estimate

    Online flash guide number aperture estimate. Guide number must be quoted at ISO 100 for the chosen zoom and modifier.

  • Flash Reach with Power Fraction

    Online flash reach with power fraction. Geometric or data-budget estimate. Sensor behavior, processing, focus breathing and recording overhead are excluded unless explicitly modeled.

  • Light Distance Exposure Change

    Online light distance exposure change. Geometric or data-budget estimate. Sensor behavior, processing, focus breathing and recording overhead are excluded unless explicitly modeled.

  • Exposure Bracketing Sequence

    Online exposure bracketing sequence. Geometric or data-budget estimate. Sensor behavior, processing, focus breathing and recording overhead are excluded unless explicitly modeled.

  • Panorama Frame Count from Overlap

    Online panorama frame count from overlap. Geometric or data-budget estimate. Sensor behavior, processing, focus breathing and recording overhead are excluded unless explicitly modeled.

  • Timelapse Capture Frame Count

    Online timelapse capture frame count. Includes a frame at time zero.

  • Timelapse Playback Duration

    Online timelapse playback duration. Geometric or data-budget estimate. Sensor behavior, processing, focus breathing and recording overhead are excluded unless explicitly modeled.

  • Timelapse Interval from Playback Target

    Online timelapse interval from playback target. Capture includes both endpoints.

  • Camera Pan Motion Blur Estimate

    Online camera pan motion blur estimate. Small angular motion near the frame center.

  • Rule 500 Star Exposure Estimate

    Online rule 500 star exposure estimate. Historical heuristic; pixel scale, declination and output size can require much shorter exposures.

  • Independent Frame Stacking SNR Gain

    Online independent frame stacking snr gain. Independent equal noise and registered equal exposures.

  • Dark Frame Averaging Noise Factor

    Online dark frame averaging noise factor. Geometric or data-budget estimate. Sensor behavior, processing, focus breathing and recording overhead are excluded unless explicitly modeled.

  • Shutter Angle to Exposure Time

    Online shutter angle to exposure time. Geometric or data-budget estimate. Sensor behavior, processing, focus breathing and recording overhead are excluded unless explicitly modeled.

  • Exposure Time to Cinema Shutter Angle

    Online exposure time to cinema shutter angle. Geometric or data-budget estimate. Sensor behavior, processing, focus breathing and recording overhead are excluded unless explicitly modeled.

  • Slow Motion Duration Calculator

    Online slow motion duration calculator. Geometric or data-budget estimate. Sensor behavior, processing, focus breathing and recording overhead are excluded unless explicitly modeled.

  • Raw Video Data Rate Calculator

    Online raw video data rate calculator. Geometric or data-budget estimate. Sensor behavior, processing, focus breathing and recording overhead are excluded unless explicitly modeled.

  • YUV Chroma Sampling Data Estimate

    Online yuv chroma sampling data estimate. Use chroma count 4 for 4:4:4, 2 for 4:2:2, 1 for 4:2:0; excludes padding.

  • Video Bitrate from File Size Limit

    Online video bitrate from file size limit. Decimal file size; container overhead excluded.

  • Multicamera Storage Budget

    Online multicamera storage budget. Geometric or data-budget estimate. Sensor behavior, processing, focus breathing and recording overhead are excluded unless explicitly modeled.

  • Proxy Storage Reduction Estimate

    Online proxy storage reduction estimate. Geometric or data-budget estimate. Sensor behavior, processing, focus breathing and recording overhead are excluded unless explicitly modeled.

  • Camera Battery Shot Budget

    Online camera battery shot budget. User-measured energy per shot; no manufacturer rating implied.

  • Macro Focus Rail Stack Frame Count

    Online macro focus rail stack frame count. Geometric or data-budget estimate. Sensor behavior, processing, focus breathing and recording overhead are excluded unless explicitly modeled.

  • Focus Breathing Field Change Estimate

    Online focus breathing field change estimate. Geometric or data-budget estimate. Sensor behavior, processing, focus breathing and recording overhead are excluded unless explicitly modeled.

  • Filter Transmission Exposure Multiplier

    Online filter transmission exposure multiplier. Geometric or data-budget estimate. Sensor behavior, processing, focus breathing and recording overhead are excluded unless explicitly modeled.

  • Anamorphic Desqueeze Dimensions

    Online anamorphic desqueeze dimensions. Geometric or data-budget estimate. Sensor behavior, processing, focus breathing and recording overhead are excluded unless explicitly modeled.

  • Centered Video Crop Area Retained

    Online centered video crop area retained. Geometric or data-budget estimate. Sensor behavior, processing, focus breathing and recording overhead are excluded unless explicitly modeled.

  • Image Circle Sensor Coverage Calculator

    Online image circle sensor coverage calculator. Geometric or data-budget estimate. Sensor behavior, processing, focus breathing and recording overhead are excluded unless explicitly modeled.