Automatic Panning Camera Mechanism

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Automatic Panning Camera Mechanism

Post by Sandwell Valley Railway » Mon Aug 31, 2020 6:43 pm

I've been experimenting with a mechanism I made which rotates the camera to follow the curves on my new railway.


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Post by philipy » Mon Aug 31, 2020 7:48 pm

Very nicely done, thanks for sharing.
The earthworks look very interesting as well??
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Post by Old Man Aaron » Fri Sep 04, 2020 1:37 am

Simple and effective. :thumbright:
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Re: Automatic Panning Camera Mechanism

Post by Jimmyb » Fri Sep 04, 2020 11:27 am

Not wishing to hijack somebody else's thread, but to help provide information, for those interested, I have recently completed a "Automatic Panning Camera", taking a slightly different approach, however the details (including my pitfalls) are contained in my blog http://www.tumble-down-falls.co.uk/camera-wagon/

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