Mt Moosilauke Cosmic 5dmk2 Time Lapse Site Survey

Two days ago, I was on the side of Mt Moosilauke in Benton New Hampshire looking for a place to setup a panning Canon 5dmk2 timelapse. I was very surprised and unprepared for the extreme winter conditions near the summit. It was mid October! How could there be a foot of snow and tons of rime ice coating the mountain?

Well, there was and this means we are in for one heck of a winter in New England.

I never got the panning timelapse shot this trip. But, I did shoot a short video blog explaining my situation and showing the crazy conditions.

Special thanks to Dave Hand for his behind the scenes help on this. Like Bear Grylls, my video blogs are not possible without my crew, And yes, this was a dramatization. I really was not in danger in any way!

Here are a few pictures I snapped with the Canon 5dmk2. It is really nice to have a stills camera and a 1080p video camera in a all-in-one super small package. All I had with me was my Canon 16mm-35mm f2.8 II L series lens.

Rob Imbs

October 17th, 2009 at 9:27 am · Reply

HAHAHhahaha! I love when you eat the ice and go, “little chewy, but it’s good.”

Matt Stapleton

October 17th, 2009 at 3:04 pm · Reply

How wide did you have the lens on the opening shot? Love how steady the cam looks while your walking like that

Sean Duran

October 17th, 2009 at 8:13 pm · Reply

Hah, wow what a timelapse that would have been! You got some pretty amazing photos, though.

Love the embedded player, btw

Dave Grant - Ireland

October 19th, 2009 at 4:10 am · Reply

You would have to be seriously brave to spend a night camping up that mountain.

Adam Walker

October 19th, 2009 at 7:06 am · Reply

I’ve been up Moosilauke many times, but never quite like that. It’s a mountain ripe for documentary study. Given the ties to Dartmouth College, I bet their science departments might be interested in some of your time lapse work up there, if and when you get around to pulling it off. Keep trekking.

Curious how the 5d performed in the cold…