Workshop Construction continues, picture movie in the works.

Been a while since I posted, mostly due to shed/workshop/studio/secret laboratory construction. It’s getting there, more exciting as we go along and we can almost see it done! World conquering robots can’t be too far behind!

I did do one thing that I think will be interesting to see the results of: I finally built an intervalometer for my Nikon.

This is basically a box that tells the camera to take a picture at intervals (hence the name). I used an Arduino and a IR LED in a cardboard box and a power adapter, so I don’t have to worry about batteries. I plan to put it within sight of the camera (or possibly in the tree I’m mounting the camera to) to take progress pictures of the shingling that we’re in progress on. I then set the camera to watch for the remote trigger which is sent by the Arduino (mimicking the Nikon IR remote).

I was using a 10 minute timer on my iPhone and then using the handheld IR remote I have, but this was less than satisfactory for a few reasons. One, it interrupted me while I was working. Also, I had to move over to “right field” so the camera would trigger. Annoying. Anyway, I’m hoping that also with putting the camera on a manual exposure/aperture setting it’s battery will last long enough to do the job tomorrow (today it lasted about half the day). Eventually I’ll put all the pictures together into a fast-motion movie along with the progress pictures to date. I’ll be sure to post it all when I’m done.

But later, now I have to sleep, then shingle, then sleep, then shingle…