Here is one of the lunar eclipse just gone by. I was fortunate enough to be in a great spot!. Had set up a time lapse- didn't work. Canon EOS - battery gave up the ghost. Finally relied on my faithful Olympus Micro 4/3 and panny 20mm lens which held up nicely . Only a newbie so learning the hard way about the preparation :-)
I know Sydney turned out to be a dud unfortunately.