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Documenting Trains & Layout with iPhones & iPads?

Model Photography
#1

Now that iPhones & iPads have up to 5 & 8 MP Cameras plus Panorama and 1080p Video it is starting to make sense for me to use them to document my trains and layout.

The main advantage of video over photos to me is where there are multiple identical pieces of rolling stock and duplicate trains. If I ever have an insurance claim I want to be able to prove that I have multiple items rather than multiple photos of the same item.

Video will also confirm functioning sound and may even be able to confirm the brand of the sound system.

In the past I used analog 8mm HD video which would be a PITA to convert to digital (if the cameras still work).

On the other hand my past attempts to move videos from iPads to Windows XP computers were not very satisfactory.

Keeping videos on the iPads and iPhones (now with max memory) is less of a problem but IOS 6 has been a PITA for me to try to organize photos & video files.

Moving and mixing videos between IOS 6, Mountain Lion and Windows 8 (and then organizing them) has been a challenge for me. I still consider Windows with Office to be far superior to Apple when it comes to file management.

If necessary I can fall back on a Nikon digital camera and go straight to Windows but I suspect the iPhones & iPad are more capable than I know.

Is anyone here currently using IOS with Mountain Lion and or Windows 8 and Office to photograph and video their layouts?

Thanks,

Jerry

#2

I use my iphone for all my pictures. I use photobucket for online storage of my photos and youtube for the videos. Both have apps that I use which makes movement of the pics and videos easy.

One thing to remember!!! When you shoot video with your iphone, turn it on its side. Otherwise you will end up with black bars on either side of the video.

#3

Hi Jake,

Thanks for your comments.

I’m not inclined to post on YouTube (don’t want the visibility).

Is there a way to post iPad videos here on LSC?

I had some nice video of UP 844 (without rotating the iPad) awhile back but I never was able to satisfactorily import it into Windows (XP).

Oops, sorry. That was an iPad and you were talking iPhone. I assume you meant iPhones 4 & 5?

Jerry

#4

Yes, but I think you can compare an ipad 2 to the iphone 4 as far as capability and the original ipad to the iphone 3.

As far hosting video on LSC, I don’t think Bob allows that. It would eat up a lot of storage. However, there are other video hosting sites that have might be better. I sorry off the top of my head I cant remember any.

#5

Hi Jake,

I don’t know much (anything) about video hosting. I’ve only posted a little digital video on another site years ago.

Thanks,

Jerry

#6

This is an old thread, but no one replied and my husband says that he does happen to know one can post private videos at Youtube, that is, videos not available to search engines, and one can then email the URLs for the videos to friends or post the URLs as links at any password-protected web site.

Other video hosting sites include Vimeo and Hulu, he says.

#7

I wonder if YouTube videos the embed here?
Nope… I guess hyperlinks will have to do.

Trains in the Rain

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY2TcRQQ1M4](http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=ZY2TcRQQ1M4)

Andrew

#8

[youtube]http://youtu.be/ZY2TcRQQ1M4[/youtube]

Andrew. click on the “Share” button under the video, that’ll give ya a URL you can use between [ youtube ]xxx[ /youtube ]

#9

Garratt Steam said:

Trains in the Rain# Andrew

You run your trains in the rain??? Gee, mister, aren’t you afraid that you’ll wreck them? They might rust or even melt away. (http://www.freerails.com/images/emoticons/gerg.gif)

That was a great video, Andrew, inspiring, even.