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"John Morgan" <trees@utk.edu> wrote in message
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> Congrats! thanks for sharing all this good Pictures and movies.
Thanks!
> I have seen the wireless cameras available online and was wondering how • well
> they would work as a train engine mounted video source. Great to see the • trains
> eye view of the layout! Was the camera you used the same camera as this • site
> offers?
>
> http://www.plantraco.com/product_ptv16.html
Nope, it was this one: http://www.e-metaresearch.com/
> Do you think the static we saw on the movies might have been lessened by • some
> foam padding aroudn the camera. I know this was spur of the moment setup • so
> thanks for giving it a try and sharing it with us.
> hope you've gotten a chance to rest up !
>
> congrats again on a job well done!
>
> John
I don't know if padding would have helped, it might have.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=478182
The camera sits in a crade that looks basically like this:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/mpw/trains/Misc/cameratrain.jpg
There is virtually no play horizontally with the camera, it is almost a
perfect fit between to two small thin walls. Vertically there is a bit of
play. I think the static was from some interference source although I am
not sure what it was. If you watched the camera (which I realize you can't
do from the video) for five or six loops, the interference always happened
at about the same point in the track.
It was fun to play with. When ever we do our next show I would like to
mount the camera on a monorail chassis plate, I think the trip up and down
the spirals would be pretty cool to watch. I had hoped to do that for this
show but simply didn't have the time (plus I need another monorail chassis
plate).
Mike
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