Re: How can chasers be of more benefit to the railroad?

trainrider47 Wrote:
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> For anyone shooting digital stills, drones
> shouldn't be much of an issue. Even if the
> operator accidentally gets into your field of
> view, drones are small and easy to clone out.
> Where problems arise is when people are shooting
> video. You can't clone out a drone from video
> footage, unless you have a super computer, and the
> noise of the drone is very apparent until the
> train gets close enough to drown out the drone.
> Since most charters now include a significant
> percentage of people shooting videos, even when it
> doesn't look like anyone is using a conventional
> video camera since most DSLR's can shoot video as
> can nearly all cell phones.
>
> My suggestion would be, if you are a drone
> operator and were set up at a location that turns
> out to be a photo runby spot, either don't fly or
> wait and shoot the departure. I know Roger asks
> for photo runby locations in advance, but runbys
> get cancelled and added on the fly, as conditions
> such as light and available time dictate.
>
> Michael Allen

Michael, I think your suggestion makes sense. My solution is to not go to where the charter plans runbys. If the charter changes their plan and we end up at the same spot I see no reason we can't work it out where everyone can be happy or at least get the photos or videos they want.