Learn everything you need to know about the time lapse calculator. You’ll learn what a time lapse calculator is used for, which one is my favorite (and FREE), and how to use it to figure out how big your SD card needs to be and how long you’ll be shooting for.

Time Lapse Calculator

In short, a time lapse calculator is the secret sauce to figure out any one of the following common situations when shooting a time-lapse or hyperlapse. If you’ve ever been in a situation and asked yourself one of the following questions, than this is for you.

How many photos you need to take for your time lapse sequence.

How long your camera will be shooting?

How long the finished video will be? This is also referred to as “clip length.”

Lastly how much storage it’s going to take.

Let’s take a look at my favorite time lapse calculator, Photo Pills which is embedded below.