i was just thinking what if there was a very small camera that we can fit in HO scale tracks to wach the train from underneath just like real JUST THINKING!!:shade::wink2:
For between the tracks you don't need a small camera. A normal camera will do it. But you need a special camera for in the engine. Like in this [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41_2GVW1VKw]video[/ame]. I used a flat car. But then you will have clearance problems. :angel: Wolfgang
If you are wanting to make a movie that looks like the train runs right over you, it is possible to clip a couple of ties out and have a hole through the table top so the camera can 'see' up under the train as it passes by. You will also need a couple of bright LED lights to make the details show up too. It would work the same way if you just want to inspect the under side of the rolling stock.
In the old days when they shot movies of trains coming right at the camera, they would use a sheet of mirror so that the camera could be set off the track. Maybe you could use a mirror to get the kind of angle you are looking for.
good idea watash but i was thinking of this mainly [ame="http://youtube.com/watch?v=wrKTajGFKEw&mode=related&search"]YouTube - UP freight over camera Acton Ca. (2)[/ame]= but that cannot be dun wright
You would drill the hole through at an angle, then mount a small mirror between the rails propped up at an angle facing the oncoming train. The camera would be below the table, sighted to look through the mirror and focus at say an axle on the train. (Set the top edge of the mirror so it will clear the gearbox of the engine.) It will take some trial and error, but it could be done, like they do on model trains and cars in the movies. In fact, you could experiment a bit by using a lady's purse mirror. Strip off an inch or so of tie strip from an old straight track section. Mount it over a gap large enough to allow mounting the mirror at various angles under the rails just touching the rail bottoms. Mount the camera upside down, looking into the mirror and you will get an idea of what it would look like when you play the strips back. (You will see why the camera is upside down too). This will also provide you the necessary angles, focal length, need for lighting, and angle of the camera.
