I purchased the e-book about time lapses written by the developer on LRTimelapse.  Below are my notes from it plus another article I found related to one of the other time lapse software I reviewed.

Panolapse Field Guide (http://www.panolapse360.com/guide.php)

• Aperture priority auto mode is unpredictable
• Shoot in manual mode and adjust exposure every 10 minutes
• Shutter speed
  • Half your interval time
  • So, for 5 second intervals, use 2.5 second exposure time
• Interval time
  • 5 second interval for clouds and general scenes
  • 2 second for fast moving fog
  • 10 seconds for stars
• Set manual focus
• Disable auto-ISO

e-book (https://lrtimelapse.com/shop/ebook/)

• Apps to calculate time lapsed
  • Android – Time Lapse Buddy
  • iOS – Time Lapse Helper
• Print checklist from appendix
• Aperture as wide as possible
• Shutter 180-degree rule
  • 1/(frame rate * 2)
• ISO as low as possible
• Research neutral density filter ND 3.0 1000x
• Turn off auto white balance
  • Manual to cloudy
• RAW
• Intervals
  • 3 to 5 seconds – common
  • 6 to 10 – sunsets
  • 15 to 30 – stars
• Take a image of hand to split test and real images
• Don’t use automatic modes
• Holy Grail method
  • Alter settings when under or over exposed slightly
  • M mode
  • No neutral density filter
  • Check exposure using histogram
  • If too dark, increase ISO or shutter
  • If too light, decrease ISO or shutter
• qDslrDashboard
  • Read on page 60
• Editing and rendering
  • Read on page 79
• Review checklist on page 161
• Review cheat sheet on page 163