My First Look at the new Atli EON Time-Lapse Camera

[@ATLITIMELAPSE]

Thanks for your review! Turn on the power saving mode, extremely prolong the duration of the battery under the non-charging situation. No fear from a long time traveling. And also try the remote access feature, we look forward to your plant time lapses

[@garystapp1656]

I think the image quality on the Brinno is the lens.

[@elizabethgoodson9802]

Thanks. I'm wondering if they will come out with a 4k version.

[@GrowingAnswers]

Forgive me if you already understand this, but in case you don't know...1080p is simply just another way of saying 2 megapixels. This camera has a 4 megapixel sensor which is essentially "2K." So it's totally capable of creating 2k video. There is nothing wrong with 1080p video quality. Most people don't understand that real 1080p video is actually very crisp and detailed. Remember blu-ray?? That was just 1080p. The reason why people think 1080p these days is not good enough is because of the invention of tiny image sensors with smart phones and action cameras. Small pixels are loaded with image noise and are highly processed by whatever small camera is being used and then compressed. This creates a "1080p" video, but poor quality video by comparison to cinema quality cameras with larger less noisy image sensors. If you take a 4k recorded video and downscale it to 1080p without high compression, The image clarity and detail would be almost indiscernible between the original 4k video and the downscaled 1080p video. The only difference is the actual true size of the video pixels meaning one would look slightly better on a big theater screen. But on a small screen (computer monitor or smaller) or even a tv screen when viewed from a normal distance (roughly 8ft), good 1080p and 4k are almost impossible to tell the difference unless you really look for it. When the time lapse camera is making a "time-lapse" all it is doing is taking a photo, not video. When a small image sensor takes a photo instead of video, it can expose for longer with a lower gain setting vs what it would need to do for taking video. This means each image will have less noise and be more crisp. The only thing that would then stand in the way of good clarity is how much the firmware compresses the final video after all the individual photos are made into video frames. Just for reference, if you take 30 photos in one day then that would be 1 second worth of video later (30 frames per second). Now getting back to why they do 1080p and not 2k even though it could...It's because of the reasons I mentioned, but also because of 2 others reasons. One reason is that the more resolution the image sensor uses, the more power it needs. So it reduces battery life greatly. The last reason is because most videos are not even streamed online above 1080p anyway. And really there is not much point. Again, for the reasons I mentioned here. Now if you were taking just photos, The camera can do 4 Megapixels (2K). Which is plenty of resolution. You could take those photos at that resolution and use a program to make them into a time-lapse, but I really see no point in that. Resolution, whether it be 720p, 1080p, 2k or 4k has little to do with quality or more to do with size. Resolution is not an indicator of image quality. It's just that the tech market has spoiled how people understand it. so unless you want to view your desired 4k time-lapse on a 120" screen, 1080p is plenty of res. This camera has a good quality sensor and good lens. So as long as you get the focus and lighting right, then it creates some very decent results.

[@garystapp1656]

I have the Brinno TLC 200pro and the Atli eon and I never use the Brinno anymore. The only thing about the Atli is the HDR on it is worthless but for the most part I like the Atli better.

[@GrowingAnswers]

@@garystapp1656 the Brinno has the benefit of leaving it for 30 plus days on 4AA without touching it. And being able to use different lenses such as telephoto or zoom which comes in very handy for shots. Especially close-ups. The aTLi has it beat in everything else.

[@garystapp1656]

I also have an Afidus ATL 200S time lapse camera. Have you ever checked that camera out?

[@garystapp1656]

@GrowingAnswers Another thing about the Atli eon I like is all the manual controls, like ISO and shutter speed. I don't do long time lapse videos out doors but I've done indoor time lapse of plants and fruit wilting and plugged the camera to external power. I recommend checking out the Afidus cameras.