New Hope

[Ben Kopicz]

Tell me what you think Please. Its a youtube video

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0WLZYyNCqzU

Thank You

[Ben Kopicz]

Tell me what you think Please. Its a youtube video

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0WLZYyNCqzU

Thank You

IS IT THAT BAD? THAT NO ONE ANSWERED??? PLEASE TELL ME.:(

[Joe the Photog]

Dude;

Give the folks a little time to respond. This forum doesn't see as much traffic as the still photography board. But posting a follow up in all caps as you did comes across as being needy and also very tiresome. People here want to help and give advice. That's why theseboards are here. But not when they think they're talking to a 13 year old kid who doesn't understand what's going on.

Now, the video. Dude, tripod. Look into one. Your video is very shaky. Don't give me an excuse why you don't have one. Your videos will keep being shaky and near unwatchable without them. There are ways around a tripod, too. You can rest the camera on the ground and point it slightly upwards. You can rest the camera on the back of a car. If nothing else, you can lean against something and brace yourself somehow for a stedy shot.

The lak of a tripod is no exscuse for shaky video.

You also need to decide what you're shooting. Yeah, I know the train. But as the train got closer, you pointed the camera slightly down as if you get the wheels as they went by. Maybe you did this on purpose, maybe now. But you need to decide what you're shootig and shoot it. If you had been going for a close-up, zoom in and actually get a close-up. If not, get the whole train passing.

Then you shot at an odd angle so that a very small portion of the trin was in the frame as it passed. It looked odd. I think you did this because of the crossing arm that was in your shot if you panned to the left. I'm guessing there had to have been other places to shoot from instead of right beside the crossing arm. Next time, go find that place.

The video was very poor. I normally would not have given it the time of day once I saw there was no tripod. But you asked for opinions, so there you go.


Joe

[Ian MacMillan]

Needs a tripod, or try to really hold it still, maybe brace yourself against a solid object. You don't need a $300(or $3000) one, pick one up for like $25 at WalMart to atleast give you a somewhat steady platform. And if you still get a little bounce, add 2, 7lb counter weights to the bottom hook.


And just a personal thing for me...I can not stand chatter in the background. Yes I know there isn't much you could have done about the loud speaker, but there is someone clearly talking behind/to the side, of you that could have been avoided.

[Ben Kopicz]

Needs a tripod, or try to really hold it still, maybe brace yourself against a solid object. You don't need a $300(or $3000) one, pick one up for like $25 at WalMart to atleast give you a somewhat steady platform. And if you still get a little bounce, add 2, 7lb counter weights to the bottom hook.


And just a personal thing for me...I can not stand chatter in the background. Yes I know there isn't much you could have done about the loud speaker, but there is someone clearly talking behind/to the side, of you that could have been avoided.

When the last person said a tripod, i went onto the website of the company my camera is from, and i bought one. It is 50.00, but i am also getting another memery card, a case, and rechargable batteries so i guess this is a good price.

Sorry it is shaky, i do prefer to free hand, but others dont really like that. FOr brasing my self, there wasnt really anything that i could. There was a (public) building behind me, but when i looked up then, the gate was in the way.

Thank You to All who commented:)