Brinno TLC200 TIME LAPSE VIDEO CAMERA, Perfect for Work From Home, Self-Isolation, Home School, Quarantine, Stunning Time Lapse Video, Compact Portable Design - Green

Item was received as advertised and in a timely manner

I spent two days trying to dump videos from camera to my computer using a usb cable. Then I learned from another review that the usb cable is only for external power. I had to buy a card reader and remove the SD card from the camera each time to transfer videos to my computer for viewing. The poorly written manual and description of this camera on amazon needs to be more clear on this fact. I was very frustrated during those two days and almost returned it. Another problem is the small LED that blinks as it takes pics. It's impossible to see outside in bright light and you really don't know if it's actually taking the shots that you want. A brighter, bigger LED would help. Once I struggled through the learning curve, I am very pleased with the videos I have taken with it. I highly recommend that you get a IKEA egg timer to take sweeping videos ( up to 360*) with the camera riding on top of it. It's less than a smooth sweep, but it works. Check on youtube for samples of videos taken using this technique. I'm very pleased that batteries last a long time with the Brinno TLC 200. I'd recommend this fun gadget to anyone who enjoys playing with time lapse videos. I was also pleased that vids from this camera can be processed in my Pinnacle Studio HD Ultimate Collection program to add music and other effects. Also upgrade to the 32 Gig SD card so you have lots of space for your creations. I wish this neat little camera was waterproof. Maybe the next model will upgrade some features. In the meantime, I'll enjoy what I have.

I bought this camera about a month ago -- and I use it for recording videos of clouds moving and plants growing. It's a cinch to use (after playing with settings), the batteries last a long time, and my friends enjoy seeing my videos.I have two complaints (which doesn't affect my review or recommendation, but more of a wishlist for the next version of the camera):First, the manual should have more explanation on ideal time interval and frame rate settings for different scenes. To be fair, there is a table in the back of the manual that provides overall data on these numbers, but I'm usually googling for which settings to use.Second, the processed file is in AVI format which my Mac computer can't read. I downloaded a program called Adapter which lets me convert AVI files into MP4 files, but this usually means a loss in original quality and some pixelation.

I like these cameras so much that I ordered another one. Based on the TLC 200, I also ordered the TCL200 F1.2 (2) and the TLC Pro. I am using four Brinno's at work for profit and two at home for personal fun.I sincerely love them all. As a professional videographer, I was prepared to be quite critical, as I have used "trail cams" in the past which really didn't provide the video quality I was looking for. But, I haven't found any real problems. The video quality is perfect for the task. I've also tested the GoPro, which is a fine video camera, but better for real-time video than time-lapse, as the battery life is very short.The Brinno has an exceptional battery life. I leave them up for weeks and weeks without changing batteries. They are easy to use and do exactly what they are advertised to do. Sure, you can buy a time-lapse rig for $4,500.00 that offers more features, but it's also very, very expensive.The Brinno cameras are perfectly suited for their task and offer various types of lenses in different models, with removeable lenses in the pro model. I have read other's comments and I have not experienced any of the issues they cite.Overall, I love these cameras. And, I'm making money with most of mine : -) The others are for me to play with!FYI - I do not work for, nor am I compensated by Brinno. I'm just a happy customer.

I bought this camera for a very specific mission.We were building a house in another city and I wanted to set this up to remotely take pictures of the house as it was being built. I built a weather proof enclosure for it with a Lexan front lens and set it up at the right distance, configured the camera with no problems. It took pictures for about 10 days and then as evidenced by its own capture the lens just slowly starts to move and over the course of about 2 hours just falls off the camera.The wide angle lens snaps to the camera with a cheap trinket style magnetic ring and the magnetic ring is only attached to the camera lens by some even cheaper glue and apparently the glue after 10 days just decided to slip loose form the camera lens. I read a similar comment in a review before I bought this camera but I ignored it. Big mistake. If you decide to ignore my reviews please only use it for close images where the wide angle lens is not needed or only if you can check on it frequently.I was not able to due to the distance so I lost the first 4 weeks of the construction which was the most dramatic in terms of the building coming up out of the ground. I can never go back and get that so I am extremely unhappy with this product. If I could still return it and get my money back I would definitely do so.Unfortunately if you are looking there are not really many other cameras that will run user controlled time lapse unattended for long periods of time. Camera quality in High Res mode is only 1240 x 780 and should be a lot higher. I also bought the 32 GB SD card which really wasn't necessary because four weeks of capture every 10 minutes only occupied about 137 MB.I would of appreciated a much better user guide too to give me some guidelines on settings. The guide leave a lot to be desired for example you can choose AVI frame rate but they give no hints as to the impact it has to storage needs or final movie quality.

Die Brinno TLC200 green macht für den Preis (113 €) echt Spaß und die Qualität der Filme ist okay. Dank der mitgelieferten Batterien und Speicherkarte ist sie sofort einsatzbereit. Frust, weil einem Batterien oder Speicherkarte fehlen, kommt somit also nicht auf. Dafür ein Lob an den Hersteller! ;o)Die Kamera selber ist sehr handlich und passt sogar in kleinere Frauenhände. Zusammen mit dem optionalen Wetterschutzgehäuse (ATH100), welches ich ebenfalls gekauft habe, kann man sie sogar im Außenbereich nutzen, wenn das Wetter mal nicht so toll ist.Mit der Kamera wird leider nur eine ausführliche englische Bedienungsanleitung (16 DIN A6 Seiten) und eine wirklich spärliche deutsche Anleitung (1 DIN A4 Seite) geliefert. Grundsätzlich nicht schlimm, weil man sich die ausführliche deutsche Anleitung (16 DIN A4 Seiten) aus dem Internet herunterladen und ausdrucken kann. Trotzdem hätte ich die Mitlieferung einer ausführlichen deutschen Bedienungsanleitung besser gefunden und ziehe hier 1 Punkt ab.Technische Details:Objektiv: entspricht 30mm BrennweiteFokusabstand: min. 75 cmSD-Karte: bis 32 GB (4GB-Karte wird mitgeliefert)Einstellmöglichkeiten:Datum/UhrzeitVideooutput: 640*480 bzw. 1280*720Bildqualität: good / better / best (jeweilige Bildauflösung geht aus Anleitung nicht hervor)Bilder pro Sekunde: 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30 FPS (nicht benutzerdefiniert einstellbar, 10FPS für geeignete Zeitrafferaufnahmen)Intervall: 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 20, 30 Sek., 1, 5, 10 Min., 1 Std, benutzerdefiniert = bis 24 Std., ASAP (ASAP erschließt sich nicht, auch nicht aus der engl. Anleitung)Zeitstempel: ein / ausLow Light Recording: ein / aus (bei "aus" schaltet sich die Kamera ab einer Lichtstärke < 5 lux aus!)Band Filter none / 50 Hz (USA) / 60 Hz (Euro) ("none" für Außenaufnahmen!)LED Display: ein / ausWie man sieht, kann man ein paar, aber nicht übermäßig viele Einstellungen vornehmen. Das muss aber auch nicht sein, denn mit den vorhandenen Einstellmöglichkeiten lassen sich sehr schöne Ergebnisse erzielen. Bei der Bildqualität kann man schon Unterschiede zwischen good, better und best erkennen. Natürlich wirkt sich die jeweilige Einstellung auch auf die Speicherplatzkapazität aus.Schön wäre noch, aber vom Preis her wohl nicht machbar, wenn man einen Zeitraum einstellen könnte, in dem die Kamera aufnimmt (z. B. von 10:00 - 13:00 Uhr o. ä.). Ein kleines Manko ist für meinen Geschmack noch, dass die Kamera gleich einen fertigen Film macht und man hier nicht wählen kann zwischen "Ausgabe als Einzelbilder" und "Ausgabe als Film". Aber man kann sich auch hier sicherlich Software besorgen, mit der man den im AVI-Format ausgegebenen Film noch nachbearbeiten kann.Insgesamt bin ich mit der Kamera und dem Preis-/Leistungsverhältnis sehr zufrieden und werde sicher viel Spaß mit ihr haben. Trotz des 1 Punktes Abzug von mir eine klare Kaufempfehlung.

The media could not be loaded.  I bough this for indoor filming of some chemical experiment. Brinno manufactures 2 versions of the camera, ths TLC200 and TLC 200 Pro. Well based on the technical description for my simple straightforward requirements the TLC 200 seemed to be OK, but this was not the case, I ended up with the PRO version which works beautifully.Here are some hands-on points in choosing the right camera (this or the PRO version) for your application:1. FOCUSING: Amzon's web site does not tell that this camera has no adjustable focus, it needs 70 cm to focus. So if you need close shots of anything (small distance or macro shots) this camera is out of question, at 70 cm all objects are very small. The Pro version can focus from a few centimetres, it has manually adjustable lens focus. The non-pro version focus is non-adjustable.2. HDR mode: this again is a very important parameter. I thought I don't need that because I am filming indoors using an internal light. The fact is that even indoors light levels vary dramatically however our eyes do the adjustment accordingly. Long story short: without HDR (High Dynamic Range) mode the video has very light and very dark (black) portions and looks bad. HDR smoothens all these variations out. For indoor filming this is a must. The only area where you might not need HRS is outside photography with plenty of light wi hout high contrast variations (e.g. in a shade).For these 2 major limitations the non-pro version camera is pretty useless overall. The pro version costs more but delivers more options and better quality.BUNDLED CARDS: Some additional points: the non-pro version comes bundled with a 4 GB card, the pro version with a 8 GB card.RECORDING TIME: How to calculate the time lapse timing / speed: the camera has 2 settings:1. FPS (frames per second) indicating the speed of the PLAYBACK when the movie is assembled2. TIME: indicating the RECORDING time between shots which can be every 1s, 5s, 10 sec, 1 min, 1 hr etc and more.Example: if you record with 15 FPS every 10 seconds, the camera will take a shot every 10 sec, so it will take 15 shots in 150 seconds (2.5 minutes). These 15 shots will be assembled and compressed into 1 second of movie (at 15 FPS). So you just compressed 2.5 minutes action into 1 second.ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE: if you are recording close objects / experiments and you have a light around the camera, chances are you are going to see horizontal banding on the video. This is electromagnetic (EM) interference which IS present despite of the 50-60 Hz anti-flicker option. Your mileage may vary by positioning the camera/light at a certain way, however the banding IS annoying. The interference is more pronounced with LED lights than old-fashion light bulbs. Solution: using a USB powered (DC) nightlight which has less AC (alternative current) interference. The manufacturer should address this by proper interior shielding of the sensitive components. The attached video demonstrates this banding effect.

Ich war auf der Suche nach einer Kamera mit Time-Laps-Funktion. Die einzige, die mir dabei ernsthaft gefällt ist die FT4 bzw. FT5 von Panasonic. Diese dann aber nur wegen dieser Funktion zu kaufen hielt ich dann doch für etwas übertrieben und so kam ich an die TLC200.Die Einrichtung funktioniert sehr schnell, wobei ich noch immer herumexperimentiere, welche Einstellung - also der Mix aus Bildern pro Sekunde und Frequenz - am besten gefällt.Die ersten Videos haben Ergebnisse zutage gebracht, die mich wirklich laut haben lachen lassen. Die Bildqualität ist dabei in der Tat auf 2005er-Handyniveau. Nicht so schön. Der Vorteil daran: Die Videos werden nicht unendlich groß und verbrauchen weder auf der Speicherkarte noch auf dem Rechner viele Ressourcen. Zudem geht es mir um einen Spaß und den habe ich mit der Kamera auf jeden Fall. Prima, dass die Kamera gut aufgestellt werden kann und nicht bei jedem Windhauch umkippt. Auf meinem Balkon habe ich sie z.B. auch schon mit doppelseitigem Klebeband befestigt, dann steht sie natürlich bombenfest. Eine Aufstellung auf einem Stativ ist auch möglich.Gut gefällt mir auch, dass das Objektiv drehbar ist. So hat man die Möglichkeit, die vorbeiziehende Sonne zu filmen oder auf der anderen Seite einen Blick in den Garten werfen. Herrlich.Zum Lieferumfang gehört übrigens noch eine 4GB SD-Karte. Sehr löblich.Wenn es die Kamera mit besserer Bildqualität gäbe wäre ich gern bereit deutlich mehr auszugeben. Für die aktuelle Qualität und den Preis bin ich aber zufrieden.

Pro: Semplicità d'uso; possibilità di reggersi anche senza cavalletto modificando l'orientamento dell'obbiettivo (solo in altezza, ma è già tanto); filmati di buona qualità, anche se non superlativa; durata delle batterie (anche scattando ogni 3 secondi durano veramente tanto). Il filmato è visibile subito e non va processato. Possibilità di togliere le info (data ecc) sul filmato stesso. La cadenza di scatto è facilmente regolabile a monitor, cosa che non si può fare con la TLC 100 e che penalizza fortemente quest'ultima; interruttore a rotazione, molto utile per sapere se è spenta o accesa.Contro: il visore è piccolo e della stessa qualità delle primissime macchine digitali. Se non c'è penombra si vede poco o nulla, ma serve comunque a fare l'inquadratura, cosa utilissima rispetto alla TLC 100 che ne è sprovvista.In conclusione, ci sono apparecchi time lapse di qualità superiore, come la Crocolis Extreme cam, per esempio, che ha una qualità video strepitosa e che costa poco di più tenendo conto delle tante caratteristiche e accessori, ma che necessita, per il time lapse, di un software per assemblare i singoli scatti. Con questa Brinno invece potete togliere la SD e infilarla in un pc e guardarvi il filmato (con VLC va benissimo). Insomma, è fatta per il time lapse e basta, e lo fa dignitosamente. Se non avete intenzione di complicarvi la vita, è l'apparecchio che fa per voi. E' anche bellino.

Excellent camera - but only 4 stars because of a couple of astounding design 'features'.The viewing screen on the rear makes placing the camera in very difficult as you can't see what the camera sees when you are placing it. This coupled with a timeout on the "ready' phase when you're about to set the camera off means that you (or a least i DID!) think i'd started filming when instead it had timed out and didn't start taking shots at all.Both could be solved by moving the screen round the front of the camera where we can all see it!Aside from this - really easy to use and nice quality shots - great for parties, ambitious Lego builds or just watching the day unfold and the shadows lengthen across your house or balcony.