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Golden Hour Calculator

Calculate the start time of golden hour — the period of warm directional sunlight just before sunset — by subtracting 60 minutes from your local sunset time. Use it for landscape and portrait planning around the day's best natural light.

Sunset Hour (hour)

Sunset Minute (minute)

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Photography

Exposure Value Calculator

Computes the Exposure Value (EV) at ISO 100 from aperture and shutter speed, giving a single number that represents the total light reaching the sensor. Use it to compare exposure settings or match lighting conditions across scenes.

Aperture (f-stop) (f/)

Shutter Speed (1/s)

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Key differences

	Golden Hour Calculator	Exposure Value Calculator
Category	Photography	Photography
Inputs required	2	2
Result	Golden Hour Start (minutes from midnight)	Exposure Value (EV)
What it does	Calculate the start time of golden hour — the period of warm directional sunlight just before sunset — by subtracting 60 minutes from your local sunset time. Use it for landscape and portrait planning around the day's best natural light.	Computes the Exposure Value (EV) at ISO 100 from aperture and shutter speed, giving a single number that represents the total light reaching the sensor. Use it to compare exposure settings or match lighting conditions across scenes.