Taking Movies Of Trains With A Digital Camera
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Resolution is the name of the game when it comes to rail photography. Use 640×480 pixels resolution if you want to display the resulting movie on a TV monitor. 320×240 pixels is good enough for if you want to send email or upload to a web server. 160×120 pixels produces small, low quality movies. If you’re serious about good rail videos, don’t even consider this option. Most cameras have 160×120 and 320×240, but 640×480 is less common. Remember that in choosing a digital camera, resolution is a function of price.
Also keep in mind that 60 seconds of 30 frames per second of 640×480 video will use about 20MB of space and comprise 1800 individual images. Judge your video accordingly !
If the frame rate isn’t high enough, your movies could suffer from jerkiness, stuttering and pixilation.
