This Photo Storage Calculator helps you estimate image file sizes based on your camera settings, photo format, and shooting habits. It is helpful for photographers, creative professionals, travellers, and anybody else who clicks a lot of photographs and is planning for the best storage options for the long term. Here is a link to a simple photo storage calculator.
📸 Photo Storage Calculator
⚙️ Image Settings
📷 Shooting Scenario
🕒 Storage Timeline
Choose Your Image Settings
Select from common photo formats like JPEG, RAW, HEIC, TIFF, or WebP. Adjust resolution (up to 100MP or custom sizes), bit depth (8-bit to 16-bit), and compression levels to match your camera output. You can check the properties of your photographs to get these details.
Simulate Real-World Shooting
Estimate your storage usage by inputting:
- Photos per session
- Sessions per month
- Burst mode (frames per second)
- Keep rate (how many photos you actually retain)
This gives you a realistic view of how much space your image library will grow over time. Even if
See Immediate & Long-Term Projections
Instantly view how much storage you need now and in the future. The calculator gives:
- Size per photo
- Total for a single shoot
- Projected storage over 1–60 months
- Comparisons by file format
Bonus: Storage Optimization Tips
Get built-in tips to reduce your storage footprint, such as:
- Switching to HEIC or WebP for better compression
- Avoiding unnecessary RAW+JPEG duplicates
- Using external SSDs vs cloud storage
Who Is This Tool For?
- Photographers planning storage purchases
- Videographers and content creators
- Archivists and photo managers
- Anyone organizing large image collections
- Anyone interested in archival storage for photographs.