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Hi. So, I'm going to Norway in the summer and I wanted to buy a camera and learn how to use it and then go to Norway and take some time lapses and videos. However, I have a tight budget (up to $250) and I was wondering what kind of camera I can buy that is budget friendly, but has 1080p pictures/videos that has good quality? 

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Just now, sirbonneville said:

Hi. So, I'm going to Norway in the summer and I wanted to buy a camera and learn how to use it and then go to Norway and take some time lapses and videos. However, I have a tight budget (up to $250) and I was wondering what kind of camera I can buy that is budget friendly, but has 1080p pictures/videos that has good quality? 

i was in exactly the same position last year. how funny is that :D

i went with a nikon d3300 which was a good choice but outside your budget.

at that budget i would probably just take pictures with my phone. which phone do you have?

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i was in exactly the same position last year. how funny is that :D

i went with a nikon d3300 which was a good choice but outside your budget.

at that budget i would probably just take pictures with my phone. which phone do you have?

I have a 5s. hmmm let me look at it 

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I have a 5s. hmmm let me look at it 

5s is actually hard to beat at that price point. i can show you some pictures if you want.

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Just now, never_here said:

if you use your 5s, how much memory you have on phone? cause if your at 16GB, its gona be hard to do long time lapses, considering you may only have a little bit of storage remaining

i have a 32gb and only 15 or so is used. 

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Just now, sirbonneville said:

yes, please! 

(were you in norway?)

i went there last summer. the pictures are uploading.

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i was actually just going to grab a smartphone tripod and do the timelapses on the iphone, and do the rest of the video recording on the camera, plus photos obviously 

if your driving a lot use hyperlapse mobile outside the front of the vehicle. my internet is to slow to show but it looks awesome.

maybe raise your budget a little bit because if you spend a little more and get a dslr it will last a long time.

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i went there last summer. the pictures are uploading.

if your driving a lot use hyperlapse mobile outside the front of the vehicle. my internet is to slow to show but it looks awesome.

maybe raise your budget a little bit because if you spend a little more and get a dslr it will last a long time.

i wasnt planning on driving and timelapsing, just going to oslo/bergen/flam and hiking to a good spot and recording for 10-20 minutes :P

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i wasnt planning on driving and timelapsing, just going to oslo/bergen/flam and hiking to a good spot and recording for 10-20 minutes :P

oslo and bergen are really nice cities. i went 3 weeks with a caravan threw norway and sweden. prepare for some rain in bergen and a bunch of tesla's in oslo.

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oslo and bergen are really nice cities. i went 3 weeks with a caravan threw norway and sweden. prepare for some rain in bergen and a bunch of tesla's in oslo.

yep xD i heard norway (well, all of scandinavia) is suuuper rainy 

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yep xD i heard norway (well, all of scandinavia) is suuuper rainy 

it actually isnt that bad. but bergen has like over 230 days of rain in the year.

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Iphone 5S should be good enough for most things, just make sure your lense isnt dirty

perhaps buy this: (portable battery, portable storage, wifi)
https://www.amazon.ca/Kingston-Digital-MobileLite-Smartphones-MLWG2/dp/B00KU2E9IW/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1462298047&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=kingston+portable+battery
 

and also buy something to hold the storage like SD cards or USB flash drives
 

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wow, that's a lot of rain xD 

but its incredebly beautiful out there. especially if you go north. just wait for the pictures

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Iphone 5S should be good enough for most things, just make sure your lense isnt dirty

perhaps buy this: (portable battery, portable storage, wifi)
https://www.amazon.ca/Kingston-Digital-MobileLite-Smartphones-MLWG2/dp/B00KU2E9IW/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1462298047&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=kingston+portable+battery
 

and also buy something to hold the storage like SD cards or USB flash drives
 

that's interesting. i probably will considering i'll have a couple hours of timelapse footage and i dont want to use my native storage for all of that

thanks man! 

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Just now, sirbonneville said:

aaah thanks for the warning

i used a 500gb wifi hdd. the intenso memory 2 move. does the same job.

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14 minutes ago, sirbonneville said:

yeah i cant wait, i've wanted to go to norway/iceland for as long as i can remember. it's like my dream 

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wow dude those are sick

what camera was it again? 

nikon d3300 with 18-105mm kit lense. but you could do better with better lenses.

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