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Omar Avila Frike
The camera is easy to set up and works very well for long-term time-lapse recordings. The 4K image quality is clear, and the WiFi feature makes it convenient to use and check recordings.
It feels sturdy enough for outdoor use and is a great option for construction projects, plants, outdoor projects, or anything you want to document over time. Good quality and useful features for the price.
Lars Farf
Our kids are having so much fun setting this up in different areas of our yard and through the front windows. The video files are clean and it comes with a 32GB micro SIM. Battery life has gotten through a few overnight videos (12-ish hours). I can imagine a lot of uses for this, and so far it's a great project for the kids.
Bo
I’m very happy with this camera! The 4K video quality is clear, and it’s really easy to set up and use. The wide-angle view captures a large area, and the battery life is impressive. I also like that it comes with a memory card, so it’s ready to use right away. Perfect for construction projects, plant growth, outdoor weather, or any long-term time-lapse. Great value for the price — definitely recommend!
Blogger101
Did an online class with kids learning about seeds and plants. Used this to do a time lapse and the kids absolutely loved it.
Software Poet
This is a really cool and easy to use time lapse camera.
I love how it has a simple switch for off/configure/on. When it's in configuration mode you can choose the settings. The key setting is the time between shots. It varies from one snap every 5 seconds, to one snap every 1 day. You can connect to the camera and download the time-lapse via the phone app while it's running, or when the video finishes.
It's difficult for me to measure the battery life, but it seems to have really good battery life. I don't think I would be able to change the battery or charge it easily without moving it and wrecking the time-lapse shot.
The camera also comes with a ton of great accessories that you can use for any camera, but obviously intended for this one. There's a screw for attaching the camera to a tree, a kit to attach the camera to a narrow pole, there's a suction cup mount, and an adapter to get another 90deg for the camera.
This is a fun and highly functional time lapse camera!
Neodymium Bean
Summary - Get this to secure a construction site, documentation, or something like that. Not for creative stuff. App actually works really well on the phone.
As a person who does creative timelapse with things like mirrorless cameras, action cameras, and everything in between I was pretty excited about testing this out. The idea that you can manually focus the camera means you not only could do things like sky timelapse, but also creative time lapse like maybe putting a piece of fruit out and watching ants dwindle it down. The cool news is yes, this camera is capable of doing that. The bad news is that the camera final quality seems to be meant more for documentation of a worksite as I could not find a way for the camera to not display the current temperature and date and time stamped into the video. Even using the bluetooth app, you can change resolution/framerate but you can't remove that data.
Saying that, the image quality isn't stellar but it's really not that bad. Think Action camera circa early 2010's. And being able to nail focus manually does allow some creative possibilities as long as you don't mind cropping in a little to get rid of the date/time/temp/battery life info that the video this records displays. Exposure is dealt fully automatically, and the only thing you can adjust is exposure compensation bias. Can't adjust white balance, or any other settings photo/video related such as Shutter speed, aperture, or ISO. You can select resolution of both photos and video though, and frame rate of said video up to 30fps.
Hardware wise, the camera comes with a lot of nice extras like mounts and a rain cover. The screen is laggy and looks old, but also looks like it's meant to take abuse. Focusing on it isn't wonderful, but it isn't awful either. I've seen better screens on cheaper point and shoot cameras, but it's okay enough to do the job.
The cell phone app is surprisingly very easy and robust, and thankfully doesn't require any registration. There's a QR code you can scan to get info to download, and it works just fine (at least for Android). Setup is super easy and it found the device immediately. Changing settings not only was easy, but it actually pulled the info from the camera that I had already manually set, so it shows me the app was doing 2 way communication with the device.
As mentioned this seems to be designed with construction or worksites in mind. There's scheduling controls so the camera only records at set times. There's also the ability to lock it with passwords and also run power to it so it's running on more than just the battery.
Something I really like about this camera is the power button on top. Sounds silly, but basically it's either OFF/Test/Start with test allowing you to put the settings you want in the camera, test it out if you want, and then when you are ready and sure it's all you need then put the switch on On and it goes into a mode that gives 10 seconds to start so you can be sure to get out of the frame, and then starts recording (at least for video). Makes the whole setup a lot easier.
Overall, the camera would be great for someone who just needs to document their worksite to make sure things are done over time. Good for construction sites, or builds and want a cheap camera that will do a good enough job. While it still has some creative potential for those who are willing to work with it's limitations, it would REALLY benefit and be amazing if the manufacturer allowed you to edit settings and also remove the time/date/temp stamps.
