I went to the Long Island Railroad museum located in Riverhead NY to see progress of restoration of LIRR G-5 4-6-0 #39. The boiler is currently at Strasburg PA getting ultrasonic testing and rebuilding. take a look at the video and tell me what do you think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VUv8YKF ... detailpage

Did you take that video during an earthquake?

no, i was in a car and it was raining cats a dogs, you can't see the rain. i was originally going to walk around and explain everything but my camera battery was almost dead and their was a severe thunderstorm advisory (very strong winds and rain) so if i walked around all you would have heard was the muffling of the wind.

I think there's a setting on your camera that would dampen all the intense vibration Sam's referring to.

Or do this!

http://littlegreatideas.com/stabilizer/diy/

^Now that's cool! Thanks for posting it!

Ok, gotcha. Still, some slower and more stable panning, even from one spot, would have been nice.



Or practice and get a rock-steady hand. I can take clear photos at night with a shutter slower than 1/20 just handheld.

I find that with me, it depends a lot on the weight of the camera and lenses. I've borrowed some lightweight digital SLRs and point and shoots and I just could not get anything clear unless I used a tripod. When I use a heavy film SLR like mine (Nikon F100,) then I have no problem with getting clear pictures without a tripod even when using long exposure times.

There has always been a movement in the camera industry to make everything as light as possible. For me that's definitely not a selling point.

I vary on what shutter speed I can keep a steady hand with. It probably relates to how much caffeine I have had in the previous hour or two. So I'm really loving my new travel tripod - small, lightweight, but there when I need it.

Give this tool a try. Youtube can stabilize the video itself.

http://www.webpronews.com/youtube-image-stabilizer-3d-tool-2011-03