[EricH]

Thanks for the responses so far, guys. I'm going to add a little bit more information (remember, I have zero experience here).

-I currently have zero hardware; that is, I need to get a camera (or get access to one that may or may not have timed photography capabilities). This means that I need to compare them--and wading through the maze of specs on a company website may or may not give anything about timed photography capability. If there is a specific model that you know works, I'd appreciate it if you could put it up. (For example, a generic webcam might work--but there's a decent chance that resolution isn't exactly the greatest. OTOH, if I know that webcam XYZ has really good resolution, that's something that I can plug into Google and get other needed specs on.)

-I currently have zero software, but I may be able to convince the marketing folks to help me out there. I'll also look into the Vegas software; 30 days is pretty much running into my deadline, so that should be OK. I'll look into the CDHK when I get to my personal camera tonight (it's not where I am).

-The purpose of the time-lapse (eventually) is training/marketing applications. As such, it does need to be at least reasonable quality. I'm looking something like the one in http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=76298, only over a little less area. Maybe not professional quality, but good enough to be able to tell what people are doing. (Al, thanks for the framerate tip. I might not need exact motions... but I do need to be able to show what's going on!)