I shot with a Canon 5dmarkii.

how did you shield it from the dust? also, what sort of lens is appropriate for timelapse in these lighting conditions.

you've inspired me.

Canon 5dmarkii.

yes

this is my new favorite song. on repeat. mmmm. bass.

It's Halcyon 2k by Roy Two Thousand. I ran into him at Burning Man, told him what I was doing and he kindly gave me his CD - this song was perfect for what I wanted to do for this reel.

Don't forget the Orbital kudos, it was their song first.

Wicked vid, I'm searching for the balls to bring my pro camera down next year.

Thanks Galen. I had a great time hiding out on the back of the Dodo bus. Met some nice people up there too!

You guys rocked. Maybe next year I bring a big boom and do some time lapses looking back at the boat? Just thinking out loud......

I shoot on a 5dmarkii. The torches in the middle (@ opulent temple and the temple) and the burning of the temple were video.

You don't need a 5dmarkii. Any Canon or Nikon DSLR will get the job done. The markii just buys me a bigger frame and better high ISO performance for night shots. I shot a huge amount of nice time lapse on a Canon XSI before getting a 5dmarkii.

The best advice I can give you is to just get out there and try it, the problems and how to solve them will become self evident.

Most of the time lapses in this real were pretty short. None going over 30 minutes or so. Some of them are really short, just like 5-10 minutes. I stand with my camera. Dust wasn't as bad as I was informed it would be...but I also tried to shoot mostly when the dust was minimal.

Just keep lens changes to a minimum and use the self sensor cleaning function. I even at one point cleaned my sensor while I was out there without introducing worse dust.

Regarding doing time lapse cheaply - I had bad results with quicktime pro. It has some funky memory requirements that cause it to crash when doing large sequences at high resolution. I think a better cheap solution is shooting in jpeg mode and using virtualdub (it's free) to post process. You can also buy intervalometers for very cheap (< $50) if you just get the cheap knock offs (which in many cases have better functionality than the $200 canon one).

Thanks for the kind words Kamraman.

I shot most of this as SRAW1 and post processed with Adobe After Effects.

indeed:) one of the classics in my mind.. that whole album is a big influence for me. this was my tribute:) feel free to download a copy for yourself!
roy2000.com/music.html

I use/abuse my intervalometers. I have the Canon one and several knock offs. I'm currently using the Canon (until I break it and have to re-solder it again), but it's no different than solutions that cost $150 less. I also have an intervalometer that I built that is capable of some more advanced stuff like exposure/interval ramping.