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3000K of Australia in under 7min

This is the main part of my trip compressed down to just over 7 min of video.

Of course like all tech there were some issues, namely the HD died on the way to Canberra taking with it the video from Newcastle to Canberra and also meaning I could not get the Canberra to Melbourne video as well.

However this still covers over 3000k of Australia from Melbourne to outback NSW to West Queensland then down the Pacific Highway to Newcastle.

I recorded each days video or approx 500k of compressed video then ran all those subvideos to make this master file.

Enjoy the changing landscape of this amazing country.

The video was all recorded at 10FPS onto my WD 320 HD as avi’s from a logtech 3000 webcam recording into virtualdub. At the end of each day the video was compressed using Windows Movie Maker on a Hp Mini Note running Vista, then all the subvideos were compressed again, using the good old speed up double till the movie was below the 10min mark. Nothing more complicated than that.

Yes I am in the video at approx 2:45 when I got out to photograph a lizard on the road.

The Approx Route:

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This image was taken at 4min 22 in the video.

Tags: RoadTrip 09, video by Me
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#wtrip09 Quick Facts and Figures

Been home a week now and busy sorting out KML/GPX Files, dealing with photos and putting all the camping gear away.

So here are some of the facts and figures from the trip

Minimum distance planned for the trip: 4,203 km
Total distance (that is door to door): 5025KM
Total Cost of Petrol: $623.24
Total Litres: 491.17
KM/Per Litre: 10.23
Most Expensive: 138.9 BP Cunummulla
Tweets where I wrote in the Lat/Long: 48
Photos: 5000+ (including family Xmas day ones)
Percentage of Photos Geotagged to within 20Meters: 95
Hardware Failures: 1 320 WD HD Drive… Rooted when we stopped in Canberra (MBR error)
Roadkill: 1 Bird (countless insects)
Near Miss: 1 Emu (missed by 30 cm or so)
Total Distance of Video for the trip: Approx 3300km (will try and rescue another 500km of video yet)
Total Distance Recorded as GPX files: 5000km (only one Nokia GPS fail on a small side trip)
Number of Twitter followers meet IRL for the first time (Not including a dog): 4
Number of Bolt of lighting seen: 4 (number missed because storms hit the day after I left 30K+!)
Number of States/Territories Driven in: 4
Damage to the Car: 1 Stone Chip to windscreen (Location Dual Carriage way just outside Taree of all places!), 1 blown rear power outlet.
Most Easterly Point: -28.636305°, 153.637817° (Cape Byron Light House)
Most Northerly Point: -26.397385°, 147.176207°
Highest Point: 850M -35.275425°, 149.097745° (Black Mountain Telstra Tower)
Lowest Point: 0 Meters (Surfers Paradise + Norah Head and other beaches)
Longest Distance Between traffic lights (not inc side trips): 1800km (from -35.836815°, 144.907532° which were roadworks in NSW to Dalby in QLD)

I will put together the driving videos and the KML files when I have finished cleaning them up. Most of the KML files are a lot larger than they need to be as I would leave the N95 running whilst I stopped to take photos and wandered around.

The rest of images I uploaded to Flickr are in my #Wtrip09 Set

Tags: General, Media, Nikon D90, Photos, Redbubble, RoadTrip 09, gps, twitter, video by Me
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Model Trains D90 Video

Another little video from the D90, this time 40secs of the model trains at Australian Model Railways Association (Vic Branch) show. You will see the banding in this shot as well, this is one of the big problems with the D90 and video called rolling shutter.

(Updated Post: with 2min video – this is the same display as the photo below)

Longer Video

Short Video (41 Seconds)

And my fav shot from the day… a real miniature… not a tiltshift

Taken at the 39th Australian Model Railway Association Vic Branch Display. Model Railway exhibition
Aust-n-Rail "Thomspon River Canyon" Display
This was shot using my 55-200mm VR Kit lens that I got when I purchased the D90.

Tags: General, Nikon D90, Photos, video by Me
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yes the D90 does video… i’ve just never used it…

Well until the other day that is… See I brought the camera to do still photography… that is what I wanted and that is why I brought the D90… not for the video function.

Now lots of people have written about the Video function and its benefits and draw backs and seeing as I have used this feature all of 3 times in the last 6 months I will leave them to talk about it.

But here you are… 33 Seconds of 720P Video from Puffing Billy shot on a Nikon D90 with a Tokina 11-16mm lens.

click here to watch in HD stand alone

The following video is in HD.

Tags: General, Nikon D90, Photos, video by Me
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New Driving Video (may make you motion sick)

Driving video from the weekend trip to Lake Mountain.

This is the drive home… this time coming via the back road via Warburton through Yarra Junction. (Where the police pull me over… his question… what was the thing on the windscreen in my car. The R2H setup I have didn’t look like a GPS. Poor officer he asked me what it was… didn’t take long for his eyes to glaze over and for him to let me on my way . (The standard clip format… R2H video via a webcam under the passengers front visor)

And don’t say I didn’t warn you about the road. It has the advantage of little or no traffic and is a fun drive and is about the same time and distance as the Black Spur trip as well.