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Stop guessing your camera settings.
Your AI photography coach. Whether you just unboxed your first camera or you've shot for years, tell us your gear and what you want to capture — and get starting settings tuned to your exact body and lens, with the reasoning behind every number.
- Tuned to your exact body & lens
- Plain-language reasons, not jargon
- Free to start — no card required
Get a free printable cheat sheet — tuned to your camera
Enter your email, pick your camera, and we'll build a printable cheat sheet with your controls, crop and settings baked in — plus one useful tip a week. No spam.
How it works
Choose your camera body and lens — or save a kit once and reuse it everywhere.
Describe what you're shooting, or upload a photo to match or diagnose.
Exact starting settings for your gear, with the reasoning behind every number.
Everything you can do
Get the shot
Learn & gear up
Your library
Settings tuned to your exact gear
Tell the coach what you're shooting and the camera + lens you're holding. It reasons over the real specs of your body and lens — crop factor, flash sync, clean-ISO ceiling — and hands you a concrete starting point, in plain language.
- Every number comes with the “why” behind it.
- Honors your hardware's real limits — no made-up specs.
- Links to the encyclopedia when a term is new.
Love a photo? Recreate its look
Upload a shot whose look you admire — or the scene in front of you — and we read the lighting, depth and mood, then translate it into settings for your own camera and lens.
- Reads real EXIF when the photo has it; estimates the look when it doesn't.
- Adapts to what your gear can actually do.
A shot didn't come out? Find out why
Upload the frame straight from the camera. We read the EXIF — the settings you actually used — and diagnose what went wrong, with the specific change to make next time.
- Ties each fix to a real value from your shot.
- Turns a missed frame into the next better one.
Cheat sheets for the field Pro
Build a quick-reference card for the scenes you shoot — settings, a dial-in sequence, the common mistakes, and a pre-shoot checklist. Let AI draft it from your gear, edit anything, then pull it up (or print it) when you're out shooting.
- AI-drafted from your exact body and lens, fully editable.
- Keep them on the site and export to PDF for your bag.
Track a fast raptor against a bright sky and keep the wings tack-sharp.
A library that learns how you shoot
Log your shots with the settings read straight from each photo, keep field notes on gear and places, and watch the patterns add up. Over time it becomes a picture of how your photography is improving.
- Shot Log — your shots with their settings; rate them and the app learns what works for you.
- Field Guide Pro — a printable handbook tuned to your camera, kits and proven settings.
- What works for you Pro — keeper insights, and a coach that starts from your best settings.
- Journal — field notes on gear to buy, places to scout and ideas.
- Gear profiles — save a kit once, reuse it everywhere.
“Finally nailed the wings — back-button focus + AI Servo did it. A touch more exposure next time; the sky pulled the bird dark.”
Settings, time and place are read straight from the photo — you just add the note.
Get the shot you came for
Start free — daily coaching, photo matching and shot fixes, the full encyclopedia, and your own journal. Upgrade to Pro for much higher limits, cheat sheets, and shot history.