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Hi,

I was wondering if there are any recommended devices, and their price ranges.

Obviously shoots battery life is important, a degree of ruggedness, and not being too expensive since they`ll be left outside.
Any suggestions?

Thanks

timelapsestarter wrote:
since they`ll be left outside.

Can you specify this?

Klaus

I figure when doing timelapses, it's like the device will be left largely alone outside and even over night. Obviously it's best to have as rugged a device as possible, and cheaper is a bonus,

well, I think there are few problems with this idea
first, I would be afraid to leave it alone, no matter where I am
second, where will you get power for such long period of shooting ?

there is one cheep tablet ( that I know of ), but its with windows, and it has extra power jack, that is not charged over usb port, so you can connect camera that way, but its not android

Depending on the cable, it is usually possible to charge while connecting the device.

When doing professional timelapse, it is sometimes necessary to leave the device alone for some amount of time.

Even if not leaving it alone, having a cheap secondary device that is relatively rugged would be useful, as it means you don't need to tie up your primary device with the duration of the timelapse.

can you tell us, how long do you plan to "leave" your camera outside ? what conditions ?

You appear to be reading into this too much.

The question is simply, what are some cheaper and/or more rugged phones capable of reliably running it?

When doing photography work I regularly operate several cameras over night, sometimes in below freezing conditions. Without some padding, I know of no phone that'll do that.

Since phones can be charged while running the timelapse (using a split USB cable), I would imagine there is not such a hard limit based on battery life.

You are mistaken.
Nearly all devices cannot be charged while in USB-host mode. Those cables with additional power connector are for powering external devices that draw power from phones. This way you can use devices that need more power that phone can provide or reduce usage of phone battery.

GonzoG - To my knowledge this depends on the device and the cable.

I have used an OTG cable while charging, however the order in which the devices were plugged in was important.

Even then, this is off topic. I am simply asking about the range of possible Android devices.

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good luck