However, if you’re as into time-lapse’s as much as I am, you might consider the Google Pixel line of phones. As well as a little clock that shows you how much time has lapsed since hitting the record button. What you can’t do on the iPhone is make any adjustment to the frame rate, or the speed of the final show, which is something I’d sure love to see Apple add in the future. Time-lapses on the iPhone tend to be slow, so I usually speed them up in video editing to go even faster. The upshot is that your time-lapse, even as long as 30 minutes or 60 minutes, will probably end up being 10–15 seconds at the most. Handheld you could do for a minute or so, not much longer. Because I’ve never come home with a time-lapse clip where I said, “That clip is just way too long!” An hour is even better and longer would be preferable. Because for a good time-lapse, the camera should run for at last 30 minutes, if not longer. Because the biggest mistake many people make on time-lapse shoots is that they can get away with hand-holding the camera. Santa Barbara County Courthouse Tools to useĪ basic tripod and a smartphone tripod adapter is all you need.

Time lapse tool zooming out