New looking for advice

[RobbieH12]

Hey everyone I am Rob from IL. I am new to hiking trails and have a trip planned in late August to Acadia National Park. We are going to hike the beehive trail and I was wanting to record it. What is the cheapest but good quality camera to record with? Can anyone give me some advice. I am looking between 50-80 dollars if that is even possible.

[Aaron Zagrodnick]

Hi Rob and welcome. What type of production quality are you looking for? Most would use a smartphone if you have one. For a higher production quality than that, and they are often pretty good, you’d be looking at some more expensive professional or higher end camera gear.

[Geezer Tom]

If you search the Internet you'll find a couple of places that rent equipment. GoPro seems to be a popular rent by some people just getting started. It's inclusive. Batteries, cards and the like. That way hikers sample a product and then buy or move on.

Sony has some good quality cameras for rent through bigger camera stores. Some Sony models are great looking images and good sound recording.

Good luck and it would be nice to hear what you used and maybe see a sample.