I would like to document the progress of one of my construction projects by the above methods.

the project will take 24 weeks and I would like to automatically take a picture every 10 mins over a 10 hour day

I dont really want to have to bother with whatever is capturing the pictures other than to retrieve images or change batteries. I can fabricate a weather proof enclosure

would anyone like to discuss ways of doing this. I'm open to any suggestions

some sort of remote webcam? not entirely sure how it would be powered etc, but would there be a nearby building where a PC could be kept to retreive images? wifi or something?

i'm sure there would be some software that would capture an image every 10 minutes or so for you.

i started thinking about it after I posted.

depending on where i put the camera I might be able to use the site wireless network and use my office computer to capture the images somehow.

leaning towards some sort of webcam deal

Liam,
there are a few freeware security cam applications that might work for you, I am int mac so I know which ones work on mac for wincrap I would look on versiontracker.com something will show up there.

Interesting project look forward to seeing it on YouTube

caber

I think fuji do a compact camera with this feature.

dabs sell a wireless IP camera for about £50 that should be capable of sorting this ( might need some software for the PC end )

right I think I have found the perfect solution.

some research has shown that the vantage point i want to use is nowhere near the wireless network and because of where the camera will be I only want to mess with it about once a week. I can get a DC power to it from a nearby instrumentation panel
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there is an old low res kodak digital camera that has very in depth time lapse features. (I found one on ebay for $30)

I'm going to build a weather proof box for it and bobs your uncle. I found a write up on the internet of a guy who used this exact setup to make a time lapse video consisting of 70000 images

it will condense the construction of a 350,000 barrel floating roof oil storage tank into a 15 min video for a presentation on tank construction practices I have to give

I would be interested in the link. I've got a timelapse control box for my nikon but I want to know the best software for animating the results.