Which simple, time-lapse camera?

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Hello.

I'm looking for a cheap, simple, start-then-forget, weather resistant, time lapse camera.

We're about to have a timber garage built and I thought it would be fun to film the build as it progressed. I'd like to set up a camera, press the 'go' button and forget about it until the build is complete.

As I know nothing about anything photography, I thought it best to ask you people if such a thing exists?

What do you suggest?

Thank you.

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Yes, that is possible.

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I like the "easy to set up" part. Thank you.

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Thanks for that.

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Dontcha just love it when an OP tidies up a thread? Even one as low key and nondescript as this one.

In the end, I went with this,



A Brinna TLC200 f1.2.

I set it up at the end of November, with the timer set to take a frame every 60 seconds between 8am and 5pm. I then mounted it on its bracket, overlooking the garden and left it running until the end of June with two SD card swaps in that time. ( I also swapped the batteries in early April as a precaution).

And the little camera did its job perfectly. We now have a 90 minute video chronicling our garden/garage build. Fascinating it is too!

Not that we'll ever watch again, now that we've seen it.

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joshleb said:

So how many frames/images total did it take then?!

Not a clue!
90 minute film at 60 frames and hour for 9 hours a day over 7 months.......

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It was actually about 76 minutes.