Hey Jeff-How did they mount the camera on the cars

Hey Jeff and or Dan,
On the media day trains, it was hard for me to tell on the news, but how did they mount the cameras on the trains to watch the news people on the ride? I saw Kenny Crumpton with what looked like either a DV or 8mm tape,just saw the case.

The video wasn't jumpy or anything and I didn't see a bulky camera, did they have some sort of webcam like camera taking the shots and recording to a recorder tucked inside the train? Must have been pretty sturdy though

I wasn't there, so I'm guessing... But "stick" cameras are widely available and easy to mount just about anywhere...say, perhaps to the handrail on the front of the car. The only question, then, is where did they put the recorder. --Dave Althoff, Jr.

Dan Feicht had a nice setup on the front of the train. There was a box clamped onto the handrail. On the box was the video "stick" camera and in the box was a 35mm with remote trigger so riders can get reverse POV stills. The recorder was in a wooden box bolted to a plate attached to the left side running board.

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Scott W. Short
sshort@mediaone.net
http://welcome.to/midwestcoastercentral

Another neat thing,I figured that the magnetic field created by the brakes would at least fuzz the picture during the brake run but I didn't notice it at all,either the camera was shielded or the field isn't as strong as I thought it would be.
Rob

The tape machine they were using was a portable Sony DVCAM machine, with its own screen. In the old-time photo store across the way, they had machines set up to edit or dub to DVCPRO, miniDV and various flavors of Betacam.

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Jeff
Webmaster/Guide to The Point
Millennium Force laps: 22

What? Cedar Point finally upgraded from U-Matic SP? Wow!

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

It's my understanding that Dan Feicht actually has his own DVCAM camera!

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Jeff
Webmaster/Guide to The Point
Millennium Force laps: 22