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Further to discussion over on my 'Distraction no. 2' thread about camera wagons, driver's eye views and 'The General' style train chases, this is the You Tube channel of a member of the East Devon 16mm group: https://www.youtube.com/@CharValleyRailway/videos - some of this footage was playing at Exeter earlier today.
Many of the camera angles are close to track level and some use a driver's eye view - Heather used that idea and refined it, using some better kit than I have. In particular, fans of drivers' eye views might like:
Thank you for the kind comments. The Camera is an Apeman action camera which is like a GoPro but not so expensive. It has a very wide angle lens which is not always ideal. Many of the close ups were shot using a DSLR camera with a zoom lens and autofocus. Lark radio microphones by the track avoid picking up the sound of the auto focus. The Apeman camera does not have a microphone socket for the radio receiver. In this case simultaneous filming on a mobile phone with the Lark radio receiver attached then matching the sound from that to the Apeman video in PremierPro during editing is possible.
I am still learning how to capture these models to best effect. Some of the other videos were designed to show our friendly local group meetings. These are cut down from longer videos which show every appearance of every loco which are only really of interest to their owners.
As a group we thought it would be nice to show the models in their usual setting rather than the indoor display layout we were showing at Exeter.
Another video of this type posted to The Char Valley Railway YouTube channel. Filmed on another 32mm gauge local garden railway with improvements to the camera mount.
Enjoy
Petersfield wrote: ↑Sat Apr 26, 2025 8:15 pm
One of the problems with any 'artistic' filming is the size of the camera compared to the locos and stock:
Fowler with camera.jpg
It's not huge but still causes 'fun and games' ( ) with clearances!
Nice behind the scenes shot, I was wondering about camera clearance while watching... Nice save under the bridge!
drewzero1 wrote: ↑Tue May 06, 2025 9:54 am
Nice behind the scenes shot, I was wondering about camera clearance while watching... Nice save under the bridge!
Yes, I gather Heather's spent quite a bit of time editing. Certainly when we were shooting it was rather stop start. Two of us spent serious time on hands and knees holding back and pruning foliage and unclipping and reclipping the camera onto the cab roof before and after bridges.
drewzero1 wrote: ↑Tue May 06, 2025 9:54 am
Nice behind the scenes shot, I was wondering about camera clearance while watching... Nice save under the bridge!
Yes, I gather Heather's spent quite a bit of time editing. Certainly when we were shooting it was rather stop start. Two of us spent serious time on hands and knees holding back and pruning foliage and unclipping and reclipping the camera onto the cab roof before and after bridges.
) with clearances!
Nolwyn Valley Tramway
