Durango & Silverton / Denver and Rio Grande K-28 #473 Winter Freight - footage from Canon 5D Mk. II

Be sure to click the HD button! First day of our private winter freight charter was high overcast and the engine had a steam leak - perfect time to shoot video instead of stills. Here's some test footage using the Canon 5D Mk. II in video mode. I did not have a video tripod so the pan at the end is slightly shaky, as I am rotating the camera on the ball head of the still tripod. But the footage quality overall is fantastic, and it's a good backup to a real video camera. It doesn't quite have the ergonomics for full time video shooting, but good stuff!

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• II

[Metracab123]

WHAT KIND OF CAMERA?1

[CaptainHarlock999]

@Metracab123 says right in the title. Canon 5D Mk. II.

[videotrains]

Very nice! Were you using the onboard mic? What about the auto-focus?

[CaptainHarlock999]

Yes onbaord mic. No accessories. Manual focus, except to focus up at beginning of shot. unlike a real video camera, there is no continuous autofocus, so you have to treat it like a high end film camera, which is what people do. there are many accessories for follow focus, external monitoring, various grips, microphone attachments, etc. But you can get away without those things for this.

[k7tp]

Superb video. Did you boost the chroma or is that the normal setting on the camera?

[CaptainHarlock999]

Normal setting...

[c5173]

great video

[dwsabianguy]

@DRGW168 No 315 this year. Apparently last year was just too much for the D&S.

[DRGW168]

Wow thats amazing! I love to see what you could do when railfest comes back with The Eureka, Galloping Goose, and the 315.

[Todaylight]

This is one of the very best videos I ever seen on thist platform !

Absolutely amazing. Art work. Incredible footage on best positions along the track.

The clip is now for ever on my HD. Thank you so much !!!

[ejovadi]

Very good video, thanks

[caseygblake]

Thanks for the great video Captain Harlock! Someday I hope to ride the D&S RR!

[mycatwilatackyou]

fantastic video 

[Raketgruppen]

Supervideo, Vow!!

Have a look at this new one from Durango-Silverton:

watch?v=ty6B3HKzU0Q

Canon HV30 with builtin mic (sensitive to wind),

Regards