Nigel
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"Is that a GoPro sir?"
"No, it's a Viofo!"
I've not been asked that question before...
Next question was:
"Plenty of Megapixels?"
"Yes, 2 Megapixels "
He proudly shows me his phone and says:
"20 Megapixels"
He didn't seem to appreciate that 6PM on a dark, cloudy, October evening was not the time to be using a tiny 20MP phone image sensor. He showed me his phone photo afterwards, it actually looked OK on the little phone screen, which is fine if that is how he is going to view it.
However my Viofo A129 2.3 Megapixel video was sharp and noise free, and if it hadn't been for the red tinges to the clouds and somewhat yellow lighting from the sunset, it could have been mistaken for midday sunshine!
For those that have not heard of the Flying Scotsman, she is the world's most famous steam engine and has been out of service for a few years for her 4 million Km service, so everyone was out to see her back on the rails, the bridges where crowded, people in all the fields etc:
Here is my 1.2 Megapixel video, best viewed on the big screen with surround sound:
"No, it's a Viofo!"
I've not been asked that question before...
Next question was:
"Plenty of Megapixels?"
"Yes, 2 Megapixels "
He proudly shows me his phone and says:
"20 Megapixels"
He didn't seem to appreciate that 6PM on a dark, cloudy, October evening was not the time to be using a tiny 20MP phone image sensor. He showed me his phone photo afterwards, it actually looked OK on the little phone screen, which is fine if that is how he is going to view it.
However my Viofo A129 2.3 Megapixel video was sharp and noise free, and if it hadn't been for the red tinges to the clouds and somewhat yellow lighting from the sunset, it could have been mistaken for midday sunshine!
For those that have not heard of the Flying Scotsman, she is the world's most famous steam engine and has been out of service for a few years for her 4 million Km service, so everyone was out to see her back on the rails, the bridges where crowded, people in all the fields etc:
- Built 1926.
- World record holder as the first steam engine to reach 100MPH in 1934.
- First locomotive to run non-stop between London England and Edinburgh Scotland.
- World record holder for the longest none-stop journey by steam train in 1989, Parkes to Broken Hill in Australia.
- Toured the USA and Canada.
- A film star, including "The flying Scotsman" and Disney's "102 Dalmatians"
- Appears in Thomas the Tank Engine as the brother of Gordon the Green Engine.
- Appears on the cover photo of the Microsoft Train Simulator.
- Latest appearance is in the new racing game Forza Horizon 4 (October 2018) where you can race the train.
Here is my 1.2 Megapixel video, best viewed on the big screen with surround sound:
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