08-28-2009, 12:05 AM
Not too bad for our first try, 
although I think that the camera should have been a little farther from the subject and we could have perhaps used a bit more light. One of the reasons that I'm not a big fan of videos is that most of them seem to make the motion of the train appear jerky, even though, in person, the train itself moved very smoothly throughout that entire run-by.
Luckily, we didn't do too much yakking while the train was running - I normally have the sound on my computer either turned down or completely off, and was unaware that the camera was also recording the sound. Not too much extraneous noise, though, even with the volume cranked,
although we'll have to keep that in mind for any subsequent attempts. 
The second video, of the caboose hop, is from a better angle, although Ed, who was running the train, didn't realise that it was still in the viewfinder and slowed the train before it had left the scene. I was on the camera - which explains the mis-timed panning action. (Abbott and Costello make a movie!) 
Wayne
although I think that the camera should have been a little farther from the subject and we could have perhaps used a bit more light. One of the reasons that I'm not a big fan of videos is that most of them seem to make the motion of the train appear jerky, even though, in person, the train itself moved very smoothly throughout that entire run-by.Luckily, we didn't do too much yakking while the train was running - I normally have the sound on my computer either turned down or completely off, and was unaware that the camera was also recording the sound. Not too much extraneous noise, though, even with the volume cranked,
although we'll have to keep that in mind for any subsequent attempts. The second video, of the caboose hop, is from a better angle, although Ed, who was running the train, didn't realise that it was still in the viewfinder and slowed the train before it had left the scene. I was on the camera - which explains the mis-timed panning action.
(Abbott and Costello make a movie!) Wayne