13. Polaroid Video Camera at Chadwick Model Railway
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- Опубліковано 19 сер 2024
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Polaroid Cube+ in Black goo.gl/UzYWp6
Polaroid Cube+ in Blue goo.gl/5r4n5s
Polaroid Cube+ in Red goo.gl/74RvNB
Iwata Airbrush goo.gl/P1ABXd
Optical Visor goo.gl/ljSzBi
Magnifier Table Lamp goo.gl/seg8Dj
Dremel's better model goo.gl/DT1kOF
Video Gear
Video Camera (4K) goo.gl/Q36cAY
Microphone goo.gl/RqY6MR
Old Sony Camera goo.gl/r8ao7k
Thank you, Chadwick, for taking the time and expending the energy to produce and share a truly informative video. Not only were your comments valuable indeed, the effort you made to fully delineate valuable details was really appreciated. Even years later, your handiwork serves to offer continued guidance and support!
Thanks A3339, that’s very kind of you to say so. Stay safe, regards, Charlie
very nice wide clear view. a very nice little camera
Sadly, they are now out of production. Regards, Charlie.
Thank you Charlie for this video. This was really fun seeing everything from the train's perspective.I am so glad I found your channel. I was watching Everard Junction and your channel came up and I thought I'd give you a view to see what you were all about. SO GLAD I did! I hit the sub button within 5 min of your video because I was so impressed. I have told everyone that I know that love trains about you. Thanks again for this one. Do it again sometime! Cheers from your American friend in Tucson Arizona!
What a heartwarming comment Joseph. I’m so pleased that you find my channel interesting, and hopefully your friends will subscribe to. Regards Charlie
Charlie that was the best explanation of how to operate anything, I’ve ever seen. I hope that you are, or were an educator and realize what a talent you have. Again you are the best on UA-cam!!!!
Bernie, you’re far too kind you’re making me blush. Regards Charlie
I was thinking it was a little bulky, but with all of the built-in functions and features, well-presented, it seems a very nice effort. Al.
I think that it’s been superseded now.
The Hornby Magazine diesel brake tender would be perfect to build this into with a keyhole camera. These tenders were pushed on some regions, so would be "scale"
That’s an interesting suggestion Andy.
Regards Charlie
There are a lot of great people on UA-cam helping teach model railway to us but you are by far my favorite you are helping me so much you do such a great job thank you for sharing your knowledge. Do you have a patrion?
Yes Sam, I do have a Patreon account. Regards, Charlie
@@ChadwickModelRailway thank you I was able to find it and subscribed thank you again.
That’s most kind Samuel. Regards Charlie
Thanks Charlie - Surprise pop up today - from 3 years ago - Apart from the Main Subject it was lovely to Visit Froome Show and see People interacting with each other over a Common Interest, without the Hindrance of Muzzles! 😷
Yes Donni, it seems so long ago that we are allowed out to play at Model Railway shows! Regards Charlie
I don't know wh I enjoyed this so much, but I did, so thank you once again.
I’m so pleased that you enjoyed it Nigel.
You've done it again....gets better n better.
Thanks David you’re too kind
Nice bit of kit.....shame only the original one is now available
I do miss it too.
Thanks for a great demo of the Polaroid Cube+ ! I have one, still unpacked, but after watching this I think I did the right choice getting one. I will use my camera both for my model railway and as an action camera riding a motorcycle and as a dash cam in my car.
Cheers from a Swedish 00 railway fan, Anders
It’s a great asset. Regards Charlie
OMG. Awesome. You've only scratched the surface of application opportunities. Excellent demonstration. Thanks.
Hi Austin, I’m so pleased that you enjoyed the video. Regards Charlie
A terrific video. I’m sold. Watching the video of the giant hand coming down to crush the train looked like modern Ray Harryhausen (Mighty Joe Young, The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, It Came from Beneath the Sea, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, The Centaur, etc.) Very scary! 😂😂😉 Another informative, well done video. Thanks and keep on chugging!
Thanks Jim, I’m so pleased that you found it entertaining. Regards Charlie
Great video with many uses.
Thanks Alycia
ALL YOUR VIDEOS & INFORMATION ARE 100% QUALITY GREAT TO LISTEN & WATCH
I’m so pleased that you enjoyed them Keith.
Hi Charlie, I have to say I found your video fascinating. This clearly adds another dimension to this great hobby. Thanks for posting...Cheers Greg
I’m glad that you enjoyed it Greg.
From the manual
To charge your Polaroid Cube+, plug it into
either an outlet or computer, using the included
micro USB cable. The LED will blink orange
while charging.
Suggests it will stop blinking when charged.
That’s a good spot Andy.
Hello Charlie, just dropped by to see what’s new on your excellent channel. Nice to find especially this feature, which is even helpful to gauge one modellers! Nice clear professional presentation that even people in Germany can understand! Have a nice weekend and best regards from Germany!
Thanks Philip, I’m so pleased that you enjoyed it.
I’ve got to get one of those! Never thought about using it for the birds. Red’s an ideal colour especially for out doors. Definitely not green even if they had it, or it’d be lost in no time lol.
I’m glad that you liked the video. I included a link in the “See More” tab.
Regards Charlie.
Wonderful! Personally, I prefer the rear view when the camera attached to the last car or behind the locomotive. It gives me relaxation. In real world I like to set in the end of the last train car to watch rails behind it, specially during nights with moon light!
I’m so pleased that you enjoyed it SB and you’re clearly a romantic.
Charlie, I know you are into your photography as a hobby too. So this Polaroid Cube is ideal to crossover both hobbies and ties them together, sort of speak. Though watching this film it does point out one problem about investing in a DCC Sound set up. Once to start up the rolling stock with the Sound Chip going and you move your loco around the layout. All is fine until you hit a dead power spot. As you know when you hit that spot everything stops dead and that includes the sound.
I bit like (as you point out on another film) the Thud, Thud, Thud of hearing point motors switch over in the background as you set a route while hearing the superb sounds of your various locos in the foreground. It destroys the illusion of running and hearing the sound of your model trains going thru there routines. The wonderful sounds play away until you cross onto the dead spot, and its the end of the audio feedback. You have to then give your loco the helping Hand of God to get moving again if you can. Then the sound has to kick back on again once power is restored to power the chip.
This must get annoying to the DCC Sound ower unless there is a way to keep the sound chip going with a Stay Alive circuit on the Sound Decoder Chip. As far as I know, the Stay Alive only holds a charge long enough to keep the lighting going for a while after it has stopped. So this is a worthy bit of information to anyone reading and thinking about getting into DCC Sound,. That this is one of the pitfalls about having a sound chipped locomotive layout. Maybe this is something you can cover in one of your films Charlie if you haven't already do so.
NB: I managed writing that without using the "P" word for running a layout by the model railway purists... LOL.
Hi John, you have covered an interesting point very well. I had this issue with a Hornby shunter to which I fitted a stay-alive. Do check out .... Improving Hornby’s 08 Shunter.
@@ChadwickModelRailway Well Charlie that can be a topic you can do as a feature for a future film (that was a mouth full for me to say never mind you...LOL) about on your channel. Okay I will do as I still have a few of your films to catch up on. Cheers John.
Absolutely stunning stuff.
Thanks mate, I’m so pleased that you enjoyed it.
I like it, when the camara is fitted on train and I would like to see some more. Maybe you could make a video, where you show us your entire railway using both your action camara on the train and your ordinary camara. I'm sure that would make a great video.
All in good time Steen.
@@ChadwickModelRailway Yes of cause ;-)
As I was watching this video I noticed not many young people taking part in this great hobby,
Lets hope it's not dying off :/
Yes John, it’s always a worry.
Another reason is money. Most young people today live hand to mouth, hard to commit time and money to establishing a decent layout like these, I would love to but on my income I would be running a single loco in a circle for years.
That was very well done & informative video. Thanks for uploading AND for letting us see the layout.
I’m so pleased that you enjoyed it.regards Charlie
Great film Charlie it adds another element to railway modelling. I see what you mean about the model railway scene needing new blood though. I'll get me coat!
Hi Barry, I’m so pleased that you enjoyed the video. Us old one’s don’t need to leave we just need to raise the interest of youngsters.
@@ChadwickModelRailway I had a train set when I was 8, loved it, grew out of it, no excitement. Now coming on 50 want another but space geography and funds don't permit. But it's hard to get youngsters interested in stuff like this, when I was a kid it competed with chess and Scalextrics which never worked, so we had time for the locos but today, losing battle.
just bought one of these, what a great little camera, shot a fantastic video of my layout
Hi Alex,
It was great to put a face to the name today in Thornbury.
I do hope that you didn’t crack and spend too much!
Regards Charlie
Great little camera. You explained how to set it up and use it really well think i will invest in one. thanks for sharing cheers .. Pete
I’m so pleased that you enjoyed it Pete.
An interesting enhancement would be a removeable curved translucent 'sky' cover over the model (or parts of it) to cut out all the extrenuous bookcases etc. The technogy is very neat and thanks for showing it. BobUK.
I think that it’s a case of “cropping in post” Robert but sometimes you must end up with the real world in shot.
Nice video, shows the quality of the Cube really well
Yes, one of my better investments.
Somewhere in a box I have my model railway stuff.
But then I started watching videos on UA-cam about model railways.
Now I have progressed to videos about making videos about model railways...
Hmmm maybe progress is not the right word...
Anyway really clear and informative video.
The really fascinating thing for me was the completely different viewpoint.
With my wargaming hat on I make my models and finish them so that they look good from about a meter away looking down on them on the table top.
I suspect model railways are modelled from a similar point of view.
But if you make "bird's" (or maybe one inch high little people's) eye the viewpoint, all of a sudden modelling has to be taken up a notch and in the round if a realistic immersive experience is to be achieved.
Verticals will need to be vertical, the inside of bridges finished, the gaps under houses and scenery closed up and maybe backscenes extended up or walls painted skyblue or "skysheets" added to cover up bookcases.
Just a thought.
Hi Mark, I do thoroughly enjoy making these videos but they do take around two days. I always have plans or ideas for future projects simmering in the background and I compile notes until I have enough info. It’s a long process.
Good luck with your videos, regards Charlie
Very good review, thanks Charlie!
Elizabeth, I'm so pleased that you found the video useful.
Regards Charlie
Well demonstrated. I was impressed there was no delay when recording wirelessly "live". I do have Mobius and Mobius2 and although happy with the results, the Cube+ looks well designed and more convenient. Thanks for subscribing. Alan.
Glad that you enjoyed it.
Like all your videos very interesting. From what I have heard the charging light should turn from yellow to green when fully charged.
Sorry Chris but mine has given up!
Brilliant 👍Thank you. Love the camera .
With the camera, it also provides a different view of your progress too.
Forgot to mention it is a camera which can easily be placed on a platform or alongside the track to record trains running past
I’ve used mine shooting from the last wagon at a chasing train.
Awesome video, what a great idea, thanks for sharing and thanks for the sub, Linda
So glad that you liked it.
Charlie don’t want you to think I am copying you but also have a cube plus I have mine mounted at a slight downward angle to cut out some of the non railway background. I made a small triangular bracket out of metal so that the magnet connects the camera. Great camera the only problem I have is that my train room uses led tubes for lighting and I get a slight strobe affect
I’m so pleased that you like it, I wouldn’t be without mine either
I bought the Run Cam camera and you can see my first attempt on my Video 13. They are very good but do show nasty things like the inside of a bridge unfinished and those lugs on points. mine will be chopped off when I am happy with all the track.You do very interesting videos and I have subscribed.
Barry.Devon
Hi Barry,
I’m so pleased that you enjoy my videos.
The camera doesn’t take any prisoners revealing all our hidden shortcomings. You have a nice big layout which is coming along nicely, I only wish that I had the space too.
Regards Charlie
I tried a similar 1080p 60fps camera on my ryzen 2700x pc, runs fast as lightning no lag at all, you can make your own dedicated camera carriage and have a passenger view sideways
And it must be much more difficult in N too.
Really, really interesting. I wish there was something of a cube for N Scale. Thanks, Charlie. - Dean from Minnesota USA
I good point Dean but I’m sure that it’s only a matter of time.
nice camera great
Thanks Roger.
Great way to eavesdrop on other peoples conversations.
Quite sneaky really.
My GoPro works for this but it doesn’t have a magnet so it doesn’t spring onto cars. It still does 4K though and is decent enough.
Hi Eddie, you might find that yours distorts on 4K and is better on 2.7k. Is that so on your model?
I love these videos
And I love makng them CCK.
Very good Charlie! Extremely interesting!
Thanks Stephen.
I have been looking at that camera but it had mixed reviews. However your footage looks really good. I also use a 360 VR camera but editing out the unwanted bit is time consuming.
Hi MRNoob,
I’m so pleased that you enjoyed the video. I know all about the pain of editing footage. It’s like watching your life drain away!
Regards Charlie
Charlie buying tomorrow you are costing me a fortune haha
But you really need one !
The only way I can get my Cube to play back with sound is with VLC , but then can't send it anywhere. Any ideas ? Roger D.
Sorry Roger I’m stumped too.
Hey Charlie. Great demo sir. In your opinion would this be any good for VLOGing out in the field, especially with reference to the microphone. I'm quite happy with my VLOG setup of an OM-D E-M5ii, a 9-18mm lens, and a Rode mic, but if I could reduce that down to just this bit of kit there would be a significant advantage. Thanks.
Hi Huw, absolutely not!
You could try the new GoPro. Apparently it has a much better mic and image stabilisation.
Thanks Charlie! :)
Fabulous Charlie. Thanks mate. Keith
I’m so pleased that you enjoyed it Keith. Regards Charlie
superb !! - want one !
There's probably a newer model by now Roger.
My wife purchase one for me from Amazon at Christmas and after its initial charge went it would not recharge. Sent back and got a replacement and that was totally dead and would not charge. This week I purchased a SQ11 mini camera from Amazon for £19 which does the same job and it is smaller the the Cube - which itself is small.
I’ll be interested in how you get on Peter.
@@ChadwickModelRailway Quite pleased with the results. Shows how bad my track laying is in places. It does not have a magnet so you need some Blu tack or similar to fix to the wagon you are pushing
Hi, what a great piece of kit, an ideal size to go around the layout. I especially thought the video quality was right up there, and the sound was great too...............Might have to look into one of those for my own layout. I think the red one, although you said maybe not ideal, stands out as obviously not being a part of the layout. Thanks for the subscribe but unfortunately very little goes on there at present...............However you have some great content so sure do get a subscribe from me. Thanks again for a great demo of this little cam.
Hi there, I’m so pleased that you enjoyed it and thanks for the sub. Regards Charlie
Great video Charlie and what a handy little camera, it looks like a good quality recording.
Is the Cube only compatible with 'Apple' products?
Cheers
Michael
Hi Michael, no it's also available for android. Just check out that the app is available. Regards Charlie
Thanks for the reply Charlie, I'm using Windows OS phone and PC
Michael
Looks great, ideal size for fitting onto a model railway wagon...just a shame it uses wifi and not bluetooth to connect to your device.(my layout is out of wi-fi range)
struck2soon - if the wifi signal is still not too far away you could get one or more repeaters to extend the signal all the way to your layout. Alternatively, you could get other cameras that offers better capability to stream videos to your phone.
Nice bit of kit, I've not got a camera that goes on a wagon but will do at some point. thanks for the sub, subscribed you straight back hope to see more of your layout........John.
Glad you liked it.
As the camera recording "bits" and circuitry get ever smaller. I cannot but imagine that we will soon see DCC controllers with Driver's View camera screen built in, once cab-sized cameras become available. The Operations types will eat that up.
Is that a bad thing?
Oh, no--would be a technological marvel. Might get some younger people into Operations. Will make sorting the cabin on steamers a bit complicated, like as not.
But, given that my phone dings me to show me when soemone comes to my doorstep, pretty much inevitable.
Very interesting indeed, I use a Mobius for my ride on videos. With the Mobius I can change the focus which I note can't be done on the cube. How does it handle white balance etc?
Hi, I can’t comment on the Mobius but the Cube+ is great. It’s also very useful as a remote camera when I carry out wildlife photography/video. It’s the strength of its WiFi and the microphone that make it quite remarkable.
Excellent video :-)
I’m so glad that you enjoyed it Alastair. Regards Charlie
Shame it's no longer available. :-( Keith
Thanks Keith, I shall check for a replacement.
Quick question, did you senattend West cammel a few years ago
Hi Peter, yes and I still go along regularly. Regards Charlie
I've been looking for something like this for my 00 gauge layout for some time and it seems very good, judging by your video. However, I cannot find one anywhere and one site it says it is now a discontinued model. Any ideas for an alternative ?
I’ll check it out Geoff.
I just saw it listed on Amazon.
It was the Plus model, in red, blue, or black.
nice toy .... should get some great video now.....
Thanks George, regards Charlie
Will this work on a Laptop??
Yes, it’s works of its own wi-fi.
@@ChadwickModelRailway Thanks, Just wondered if it needed it own software, got several things that run off wireless my printer and outside cameras thanks again looks like a fun item.
Hello Charlie those boards you made for your layout , could you make me some , I will pay .....thanks
John
I’m sorry John but I can recommend Model Railway Solutions from Poole.
Thanks for that Charlie I've just sent them an email
John
@@ChadwickModelRailway hello Charlie are you interested in buying my diesel collection ,I've just put two listings on ebay
Anybody spot SDJR7F88 in the bottom right corner at 20:30?
Good spot Daniel.