Thanks for using Optaxis! In this update: - Toolbox expanded to 24 professional tools - new standalone Shooting-Window Calendar, Burn Sky, Tide, Specialty Weather, Compass, and Exposure Session - XiaoGuang AI upgraded: real-time Weather / Tide / Burn Sky / Specialty Weather queries, faster and more accurate - Planner celestial visualization: Milky Way band, sun & moon paths, galactic-center visibility window - Improved astronomy accuracy: sunrise/sunset, moon phase, and Milky Way windows for other locations are now computed in the target location's time zone, with more accurate azimuths - Chat: quote replies now show thumbnails, smoother forwarding - Various stability and security fixes for a smoother experience Questions or feedback? Reach us in the app.

Pro now comes with a 14-day free trial — explore every premium tool risk-free. Lumi AI can now check real-time conditions like weather, tides, and burning clouds, plus various fixes and improvements.

A new Specialty Weather Forecast predicts conditions for sea of clouds, rime ice, and golden sunrise on snow peaks, with 28 world-famous shooting spots preloaded. This release also revamps the print-and-frame tool, promotes burning-cloud and tide forecasts to standalone multi-day tools, and adds image annotation and burn-after-read photo albums to chat.

Weather alerts are now sent on a schedule from our server, so you receive shooting-weather notifications reliably and on time even when the app isn't open. This release also includes under-the-hood stability improvements.

Major polish for live tilt-shift and large-format composition: composition frame sized to the true sensor format, adaptive image-circle scaling, a fixed pt/mm tilt ruler, and portrait panorama stitched along the Y axis. Plus profile, language-switching, and weak-network refinements and fixes throughout.

AR Viewfinder upgrade — constellation lines and deep-sky overlays, tappable info cards for sun/moon/Milky Way, a timeline scrubber to preview celestial positions at any moment, and gyro filtering for steadier handheld framing. Live tilt-shift adds ±2 EV exposure compensation and LiDAR auto-ranging; Profile, Favorites, Gear Archive and the gallery switch to a framed-print look, and notifications restore the three-layer banner with sender avatars.

All-new live tilt-shift panorama — selectable aspect ratios, tele zoom, and adaptive frame rate, with automatic physical-camera switching at the long end for better quality and single-shot wide crops. The Planner adds planets, deep-sky and celestial events with a shootability score; sign-in now supports email two-factor authentication (opt-in), plus gallery and interaction refinements throughout.

All-new Shooting Planner — a full-map timeline showing sun, moon, planet and deep-sky shooting windows at a glance, savable straight to a plan with reminders. Adds a true-north compass and intervalometer, plus a redesigned Favorites that keeps your saved images for good.

Comments upgraded: pin, attach photo, multi-emoji reactions, hot/new sort, pagination + reply fold. Hashtag follow: aggregated feed, new-post push, per-tag mute. Fuji film simulation auto-detected from EXIF + suggested hashtags.

Refreshed screenshots and design. Equipment catalog expanded; group chat and @ notifications improved.

Refreshed screenshots and design. Equipment catalog expanded; group chat and @ notifications improved.

Astro AR upgraded with 88 constellation overlays and 120 deep-sky objects (110 Messier + 10 NGC) in live view, plus observability rating and improved moon texture. Scheimpflug tilt is now free for all users, with new 135-format support and Canon TS-E / Laowa Shift lenses added to the catalog.

Brand rename: A-Connect → Optaxis. The Chinese name 光轴 stays. · Features, subscriptions, user data, and Bundle ID are unchanged · The original a-connect.com domain turned out to be held by a 2002 Swiss entity (not available for purchase) · New primary domain: optaxis.app · New English tagline: "Where the optical axis meets community." Your gear archive, photos, subscriptions, and chat history are all preserved. Thanks for the journey.

Urgent fix: Sporadic blank-screen on cold-start home (fully resolved). Additional small polish.

[This Batch] · Widget suite major upgrade: multi-size + Lock Screen widgets + 4 languages + richer visuals + deep links · Astro daily timeline redesigned: twilight layers + event anchors + time scrubber · Daily trajectory chart redesigned as an "desk-sundial ruler" with real-time scrub sync · New "Look-up another location" shared component — wired into Weather + Astro planner home · Find-When now supports AR aim — read live azimuth/altitude into the form · PushKit VoIP token saving stability fixed (waitsForConnectivity + transport retry + structured error tags) · Share button no longer overlaps card content — 6 places fixed · AI feedback SUPABASE_URL ReferenceError fix · Composition tool + Astro/Widget/Plan reminder feature strings fully 4-language [This Batch — Astro Major Expansion] · AR overlay 4-pack: Moon arc + Polaris + Celestial equator + Star trail preview · Find-When: input azimuth+altitude, reverse-lookup when sun/moon/Milky Way center reaches that position · Map Planner (Astro mode 6): path arc + key moment lines + golden sector + camera FOV cone overlay · Private spots: save / list / rename / delete · Moon calendar month grid replaces 7-day strip (dark-night / full-moon window hints) · Solar/lunar eclipse catalog 2026-2035 (NASA data) · Meteor shower page-level: full-year 8 events (radiants / moonlight score / shooting tips) · "Tonight Brief" widget: Milky Way score + golden hour countdown + moon phase [Tools Enhancements] · Tool page smart recommendations + statsBar showing log/plan dual counts · DOF / Focal / Astro tools added History + Favorites (matching Tilt pattern) [Shooting Plan Local Notifications] · Pre-shoot reminders at 15min / 30min / 1h / 2h before [Urgent Fixes] · iPhone 15 / iOS 17 language switch button: first-tap unresponsive (only fired on navigate) · AI assistant button: same race-condition prevention · Shooting log editor + detail page + share card + month grouping fully 4-language · EXIF auto-read extended to camera body + lens model [Tools Page Major Redesign] · 16 tools now grouped by shooting workflow into 4 sections (Pre·Planning / Shoot·Metering / Post·Darkroom / Log·Extend) · Top stats bar: gear count / log count / kit count — tap to jump · 6 tools default to your active Kit (no Kit yet → top CTA jumps to Equipment library) · Warm-gold soft shadow giving an old-camera metallic lift · "Today's Pick" tool at the bottom [Astro Full Upgrade] · AR overlay: sun arc + Milky Way arc + compass marker + 53 stars + 5 planets + meteor shower radiants · Time scrubber visualizes sun / Milky Way / moon-phase positions across the day · Multi-scale timeline + photo watermark + Shooting Plan integration · "Star Trails" tab renamed to "Astro" with [Star Points / Star Trails] sub-toggle merging two tools · New Sun/Moon trajectory mode: Charts altitude curve + moon-phase strip + meteor shower calendar · 7-section bilingual AR help docs [Other Additions] · Shooting Log upgraded to "Shooting Diary" with 3 tabs + weather-interpretation CTA prefill · Weather adds 4-score photographic interpretation + Build Plan CTA · Twice-daily local push reminders + Settings → Photo Reminder section · DOF circle-of-confusion precision selectable (large format can pick 1/2000 strict) · Tilt "Optimal Focus Distance" aperture extended to f/64 · All-in-one bodies (X2D / GFX etc.) now hide the back-selector row [Fixes] · Gallery sporadic blank-screen safety net — skeleton .refreshable + pull-down hint + shimmer · Chat: group-chat compile-time split + Mention rename + image/card bubble adds reply/emoji/save

[This Batch] · Spot search now uses Google Places + Apple Maps 3-tier fallback — significant POI coverage improvement · Spot creation 24h rate limit: Free 3, Pro 10, Admin unlimited (anti-abuse + anti-bot) · Triple write-op protection: content fingerprint dedup + server-side rate limit + client-side cooldown · Spot/Bio AI description unified to 500 chars; prompt disallows trailing hashtags · photo_spots tags + spot reviews + check-in comments fully 4-language · News admin: batch-retranslate button (replaces backfill script) [Previous Batch] · News articles auto-translated to 4 languages on publish + one-time backfill for historical articles · Map first-load now centers on user location (fallback to cluster bbox) · Gallery: tapping the active category tab again scrolls to top + refreshes (WeChat-Lifestyle pattern) · Fixed UserGallerySheet cold-start blank-screen when no cache exists [Call Stability Major Fixes] · Lock-screen incoming call answer race condition truly fixed (executePendingAnswer waits for TIM signal arrival) · CXAnswer must set audio session category before fulfill (root cause of didActivate not firing on lock screen) · PushKit framework import Sentry fix + 6 structural Push bugs fixed in one audit pass [Kit System — 5 Fixes] · "Apply" no-op when only one kit exists — Menu single-item changed to direct Button · Kit chip switched to confirmationDialog — ends single-kit application failures · Duplicate digital back display fix for all-in-one bodies · Auto-clean stale Kit on app launch — self-heal across schema migrations · applyKit added haptic feedback + dlog diagnostics [Chat — WeChat-Style] · Long-press message menu adds "Delete" / "Multi-select" / "Favorite" · Forward writes to Supabase + real-time refresh (1-on-1 and group symmetric) · Forward prefix + Favorite entry + copy feedback polish [Post Creation Experience] · Edit Post adds AI one-tap generation section · TIFF/RAW upload failure now shows specific format alert (no more misleading "network unstable") · Image-replace save "invalid" symptom fixed — OSS failure alert + fetchPostImages refactored to fire-and-forget [Cold Start + Language] · First app launch shows language picker (zh-Hans / zh-Hant / en / ja, 4 choices) · Push registration / splash ad deferred until user picks language · TIMManager.login also gated on localePicked [Equipment + Map] · Equipment catalog: Shen Hao, Chamonix completed, Rollei bodies added · Map dev_labs + photo_studios extended to 4 languages (auto-translated server-side) · Default Kit auto-fills into calculators + manual apply in shooting log / post creation [Fixes] · Gallery cold-start blank screen (follow-up patch to #988) · Tilt share card Chinese label corrected: "超焦距上限" → "俯仰上限"

[NEW] Personal EI Calibration · Slide film Zone VIII algorithm + push stops · suggested starting EI for newcomers · top community-distribution widget showing what EI others use · one-tap share calibration to gallery · cross-device cloud sync [NEW] Tools Result Sharing · Tilt / Field-of-view / Exposure triangle / Astro / DOF / EI calculator results: one-tap shareable cards to the community [Darkroom / FilmDev Polish] · 11 recipes verified against official manufacturer sources + source attribution · Ilford MG 4/4.5 compensation corrected · automatic chemistry-batch decay compensation · test-strip timer · one-tap post-to-community [Login Page Redesign] · Removed intermediate Welcome screen · LoginView is now the first screen · 4-language toggle at top [Localization Polish] · User comments translated via TMT cache per UI language · Color filter / 486 UV / ALPA 12 PLUS articles manually translated to zh-Hant + ja · HTML article collapsible cards fixed · Fixed Taiwan paywall currency symbol (TWD rendering as "$") — now uses ISO codes · Image viewer supports landscape rotation · Japanese language support added — 4-language toggle · Reciprocity calculator uses official manufacturer datasheets · Shooting log: batch field + one-tap sync from Reciprocity + cloud-sync development params · Three APNs push fixes · Removed White Balance tool · Fixed shooting-log "post to community" image-replace crash

· Traditional Chinese (繁體中文) localization for Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau users · Fixed gallery blank state on cold start (token race self-heal) · Chat tab: new "Mark All Read" button + system-side badge sync to prevent APNs leftovers

1.5.0 hotfix: · Tools tab unresponsive on cold-start first tap — collapsed fullScreenCover chain · Posting quota copy corrected: Pro monthly 30/day, yearly 60/day (previously labeled “unlimited” in error)

This update brings three major features, plus many fixes and polish. DARKROOM & FILM DEVELOPMENT · 5-step film dev wizard with ±0.5°C live temperature control · drying timer · replayable history · Burn / dodge note sharing · 4-tier safelight (red / amber / sodium / yellow-green) · F-stop test strip calculator · MG filter compensation tables · Output in original / Display P3 / sRGB ZONE SYSTEM + VISION ANALYSIS · Adams 11-zone exposure preview with multi-point metering and N±k development hints in the composition viewfinder · 100% on-device Vision: ROI subject detection · reflection detection · color harmony scoring · Auto composition tips for harsh light, extreme DR, and Milky Way visibility windows LARGE FORMAT — SHEN HAO LINEUP · 8 new Shen Hao bodies covering the full current lineup · Sheet film picker expanded to 16 sizes (4×5 to 20×24) with grouped inch menu · 9 new large-format brands · 73 Fujinon LF lenses ALSO IN THIS UPDATE · 6 new tools (Macro / EI Calibration / White Balance / Macro Accessories / Film Cost / Darkroom toolkit) · Hashtag v2: subscriptions, filters, pinned posts · trending vs latest feeds · Markdown rendering in posts and comments · Multi-select forward / delete · cross-conversation search · Reliable lock-screen 3-line incoming-call text · auto-reconnect after long idle · Fixes for gallery scroll loops, viewfinder black screen, upload stack overflow, chat remnants after account switch Thanks for the feedback — more to come.