Drew Fulton
New Member
I am currently working on building a battery for my Nikon D200 DSLR Camera so that it can basically be powered for very long periods of time to do extended (think months) time lapse photography.
I have consulted another photographer doing this in the Arctic so have my design all layed out except for one part. I need to attach the camera to a 12V power source. What this other photographer has done is simply solder two leads to a AA battery tray in the camera, run these leads into a voltage regulator and then the voltage regulator to the 12V battery.
What I need help doing is creating or finding a voltage regulator to conver the 12V car battery to power the camera instead of the 6 AA batteries that would normally be in the trade.
The other option is to run an inverter off of the battery and then into an AC adapter but there is a lot of conversion in there and isn't as efficient (I think).
I should be able to switch out 12V batteries on a regular basis for this application, or I may be attaching a solar panel to trickle charge during future projects.
Thanks for any help.
Best,
Drew
I have consulted another photographer doing this in the Arctic so have my design all layed out except for one part. I need to attach the camera to a 12V power source. What this other photographer has done is simply solder two leads to a AA battery tray in the camera, run these leads into a voltage regulator and then the voltage regulator to the 12V battery.
What I need help doing is creating or finding a voltage regulator to conver the 12V car battery to power the camera instead of the 6 AA batteries that would normally be in the trade.
The other option is to run an inverter off of the battery and then into an AC adapter but there is a lot of conversion in there and isn't as efficient (I think).
I should be able to switch out 12V batteries on a regular basis for this application, or I may be attaching a solar panel to trickle charge during future projects.
Thanks for any help.
Best,
Drew