@trainroomgary posted:Amtrak - Filmed on February 21, 2021 at Troy, Michigan with an iPhone 11 Pro and edited with Final Cut Pro on an iMac. Train number 354, the night train arriving from Chicago.
All aboard to Pontiac Michigan.
I am sharing this information about the iPhone because the quality of video from iPhones and other camera phones is said to have broadcast quality. These camera phones are being used by professionals. What do you think or what is your reaction to using camera phones?
Thanks for watching and hope to see you out rail-fanning. Gary 🚂
Gary, you get an A for the video. It makes the viewer feel present on the station platform. However, the Amtrak Engineer gets a C for that stop. It could be done more smoothly.
Yes, today's iPhones are capable of taking high resolution photos and videos, and the program you used to edit the video also gets a lot of good reviews. A couple of years ago, I was invited to ride around on some BNSF business cars just across the Texas border in New Mexico, while the Company was shooting a safety training video. The videographer, a fellow from Chicago, was using two Canon EOS-7D SLR cameras to shoot the video. For use inside the train, he did not use an external microphone, but for outdoors, he attached a directional microphone with a dead squirrel, and the sound, as well as the video was great. A few years earlier, he would have needed to bring 50 lbs. of video gear for that job.
