Cheap Wingscapes WSCA04 Timelapse PlantCam
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- Watch your garden grow in fast-forward with this revolutionary, 4.0 megapixel timelapse camera
- Fully weatherproof so you can use it indoors or out
- Program it to take photos or videos at a set time interval
- Create time-lapse movies of your plants growing
- Ideal for many creative applications (weather, parties, construction, etc)
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--This camera is advertised for its lapse-time (automatic spaced intervals between exposures) capability. Its name (PlantCam) could give the impression that its only use is for seeing a bud, flower, plant or garden grow "high speed," compressing hours, days, or weeks into a few minutes. But it can be used with delight in many other nature-situations with satisfaction, showing "sped-up replay" in the motions of clouds, shadows, animal intra-flock associations, indoor flower turning, snow melting, and even things like recording the development of a drawing, construction, what people mostly look at in a store window, and on and on. The camera works fine with variable time selections, a laser pointer for down to 11 inch close-up work, a view finder for distant projects, several levels of resolution, date-time imprint and more. I have viewed the picture results with Windows Picture Manager, finding the filmstrip view nice for speeding through the sequence. In Windows Movie Maker I can move what might be hundreds of pictures to its story board and play the changes as a sort of movie. I also have the company's BirdCam and get incredible bird closeups. The cameras are simple to operate with almost intuitive control layout, but I recommend you work through the carefully written and adequate manual with camera in hand several times. For a number of times I was overlooking the last step, that is, turn the dial to "auto" before setting the camera on the tripod or ground for its shooting. I am convinced this camera would be great for an adult to use in collaboration with a youngster in discovery activity. I know I have found its pictures excellent and intriging
By Satisfied buyer (NJ)
Very impressed with this - might seem that $80-odd is a bit expensive for a glorified webcam, but it's really a well thought out product. It's properly weatherproofed, really easy to use, and comes with various bungees and stand attachments so you can properly mount it for long periods of time (don't want it moving!) Lots of attention to detail; the menus are simple, the picture quality is fine, you have a decent range of time intervals, SD cards work without hassle. You don't want something unreliable or high-maintenance, and you do want something solidly mounted and weatherproof. This fits the bill. Definitely recommended if you want time-lapse footage of... anything.
By Richard Aplin
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