Using an Arduino, an infared LED, and a few small components, I built an intervalometer (device for taking time lapse photographs) for my Nikon D70. [programming interface: arduino + processing]

I found this guide that explains how to make a Nikon remote intervalometer with an Arduino, a resistor, and an infrared LED. The hard work [coding the libraries] is already done, and the circuit design is simple. But the directions on how to use the code and create the libraries weren’t explicit, at least to a novice programmer like me. Dan and I filled in the gaps.

The next step in the project was to make a program to compile the images into a video, using Processing's MovieMaker library. So far, I only have one test; driving around town with a tripod set up in my car, with the intervalometer taking one picture every five seconds.

test video:

for code, sketch files, and more details, click here. this project is also posted on danreetz.com/research