I've been asked by a friend to record a time lapse for an office refurbishment from start to finish for the company he works for. The refurb will take 5 weeks so the camera will be set up in the same position for the entire time, but it will only be capturing for 9 hours a day, 5 days a week.
I will be using a 60d with ML's intervalometer. The camera will be plugged in to the mains for the 9 hours of shooting and I was looking at an ACK-E6 to do this. I have seen the official canon one on ebay for £167, but there are also aftermarket solutions for as little as £15.
So I have three questions:
Will the camera be safe if I leave it plugged in to the mains for 9 hours a day, taking a shot every 2 minutes?
Has anyone had any experience with aftermarket ACK-E6's or strongly advice against them?
I have no idea what to charge for this, so does anyone know what the going rate should be?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.