Cheap time lapse camera?

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So in the next few weeks I am doing a little trip round Europe and would like to record the drive in the form of a time lapse.

Because of where we are going and also being in an open top car I would rather not use my dslr.
My thinking is a cheep little thing that I can be less worried about.
Being able to power from the car would be a bonus.

What are my options, the cheaper the better :thumbs:
 
If you dont find a cheap something to do this with, try this remote for your dslr HERE
Just bought myself one and its a fantastic little bit of equipment.
That ones for a Canon but they do them for all makes and models of camera's.
 
Ideally less than a gopro, think more ebay 50quid special here :lol:

Can it be done?
 
hmm, an old canon point and shoot, loaded with CHDK then?
 
I know some Sony Handycams (ones made around four years ago) had a built in "interval recording" mode where you can set it to take a 0.5 sec snapshot every 5, 10, 30 seconds or 1 minute. It's a great little hidden feature not many people knew about.

This is a recent test shot done with my Sony Handycam HC46E:

http://www.youtube.com/user/idj20?feature=mhee#p/u/0/ZubZpjYDZE4

This camcorder can record stuff like this while connected to the mains, and the battery is good for 90 minutes but not sure if there is a car cigarette plug adaptor for it.

EDIT: Seems that such an adaptor does exist: http://www.psaparts.co.uk/camcorder/sony/dcr-hc46e-battery-adapter-charger.html
 
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I would of thought that an early Canon Powershot (say G3) and a remote trigger would do the job, in budget.
 
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yes, I had used Brinno time lapse camera, it's easy to use, just one button to power on it and waiting, then you get the time lapse video!

below link is made by brinno, i use video edit software to combine separate clips and increase the playing speed.
http://youtu.be/s949A22wCWg


I also find a good sample from Brinno's video channel:
http://youtu.be/IbgdrSLiquc
 
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