I have a Brinno TLC-200 Pro Time Lapse Camera mounted to my dash. I bought it to document our trips but it also serves as a dash cam.
It is a dedicated time lapse camera with a wide angle lens. It records to an SD card in an easily accessible slot and is powered by batteries or USB cable.
Its resolution is only 720p but it has image stabilization and the images are good. It has a menu function to set it up for auto exposure, day only or night only. It also allows setting the time lapse interval from 1 second to 1 hour (1 sec, 2 sec, 3 sec, 5 sec, 10 sec, 20 sec, 30 sec, 1 min etc). In addition, it accepts CS-mount lenses to produce different fields of view and zoom. It has a standard 1/4 inch thread mount and it will work with Go-Pro type mounting accessories.
It is simple to use. Turn it on, then press start. When you close the file it creates an AVI file in the camera so it is instantly available with no post-processing required. Depending on the SD card (up to 32 Gb) and time interval it can run continuously for hours, days or even weeks.
The built in screen is very small so I simply remove the SD card and download the file(s) to my laptop then re-install the SD card after erasing the files from it (or one could have several SD cards to archive images on).
See the specifications here:
https://www.brinno.c...amera/TLC200Pro
You can purchase here:
https://www.amazon.c...a/dp/B00CBNZC2K
Note: for highway speeds to make a good time lapse video of a trip the best setting is 1 sec interval. It would be better if the interval were 0.5 sec but 1 second interval is as fast as it will go. I recommend also using 1 sec or 2 sec setting for dash cam use.
Regards,
Craig
Edited by ckent323, 17 November 2018 - 06:21 PM.