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Long term timelapse in far northern conditions add a few spices to the brew. I have some Canon 1000D's with Contax glass shooting a few shots a day throughout the year -> years.
Still pondering how the Outside should be conquered, I have them in windows at off grid locations. A 1000D with battery grip and manual lenses does 6 months without problems.
The most urgent problem is fogging and since a few months and a few months forward: ice. A healthy dose of snow/ice can blind a camera for weeks or months (never ever forget Murphy's law when doing long term jobs, plenty time to find a snag in the system...).
An other issue is sun angle. These days is rises in SSE, reaches 4° above the horizon midday, and sets in SSW less than 2 hours later. In mid summer it rises in NNE and sets 20 hours later in NNW. Reflections can destroy sequences of the day, for weeks or months. Direct sun light can fry the sensor.
Structures can and do change shape with temperature and humidity to a degree that matters to the end result. Yes indeed. Everything is dancing!
Check the accuracy of the timer! No-one is perfect. I found the Neewer NW-880 with supreme two layer timing (to allow shooting in the few hours of daylight and avoid all 30s black shots just emptying the batteries), well, itīs timer has a 1h 1min hour, actually 1h 59.44s hour. Pretty good for a 16 euro timer don't you think. Well worth it, though, with some added math.
And with Ol' Murph doing his best, check, double check AND use at least two totally separated and independent systems for mission critical work. "Hey guys! Can you please lift the roof back off of the nuclear reactor, my camera wasn't..." No, they won't!
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