Okay folks, I've done some cursory reading of this thread, and have decided this is probably going to be my best bet for the "15-month construction project" I mentioned in my other thread.
Some nitty gritty here:
1) Is there a preferred model of camera or features to look for to let this script run at its best in perpetuity for (ostensibly) the entire 15 months? I realize other things can and probably will go wrong at some point (ac adapter dies, weather manages to kill the camera, etc, etc) but also the cheaper the better since I will probably be buying two, one as a backup. I was thinking one of the early 2008 models (when they began coming out with DIGIC III) because they specifically state that they support SDHC in the specs. I noticed the ultra-intervalometer script had "tested" models...is that really necessary? or will any camera running CHDK have the cajones to handle this?
2) It looks like this CAN be set from, say, 7AM to 6PM M-F, and just go infinitely in this routine, correct? I will probably answer this question on my own later with more careful reading but at least it's back here to remind me I need to research this.
3) Has anyone tried this with an Eye-Fi card? I was thinking of getting the 8GB Mobile version. With that, I should be able to just walk out to where this is mounted, get within range of the card's wifi with an android phone, iphone, ipad, or laptop, and download all the pictures from it. The eyefi card is smart enough, as I understand it, that it will auto-delete downloaded photos when it reaches n% of its capacity.
Question: Has this ever been known to throw off the camera and freak it out, when all the photos on the card suddenly disappear without the camera being power-cycled or the card re-inserted, etc? I guess what I'm wanting to see is if the camera actually checks how much free space is available before it shoots? I want this to act like a truly "endless" memory card.
4) can the script be made to auto-start in the event of a power failure? Ideally I'd like it to self-start and just pick right back up where it left off if it loses power for any length of time. Heck, maybe I can even put some rechargeable AA's in it if it's that type of model? Would that charge through its AC adapter?
Anything else I should know before I buy the camera? I'd like to order everything before the end of this week, have it delivered to my office while I'm away on vacation next week, and then set up, test, and deploy it early the following week. I'd like to catch the demolition of a current building on the job site and the pouring of the footings, etc, for this large building.
Thanks for all the help and advice you've already given in my other thread, and thanks in advance for anything you an answer here at your convenience as well. I will be doing more and more reading as the days go by, I promise you that; but also kind of need a kick start in the right direction so I can make this happen ASAP. As things stand, they've been digging for a month; as soon as school is out (saturday) they are demolishing another building on the edge of the site so they can then expand the pit and then begin pouring, so I'm getting pretty crunched for time. We initially had planned to purchase and use the Harbortronics kit (full DSLR set up with enclosure, etc) but that idea got nixed at the last minute due to budgets running out for this fiscal year, so we're footing the bill out of pocket.
