Railway spotting in video form in Japan...(Evaluating about the quality)

[Nozomi4ever]

Hi guys , I just uploaded two videos on Youtube deleting the old ones.. I am looking for feedback for these videos..
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/8FVKL9kiegw" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/8FVKL9kiegw</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/ymUwslIbyeY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/ymUwslIbyeY</a>

Feel free to rate them as well..
Cheers
Chan

[KenS]

Interesting train, and mosly well-framed.  But there was a bit too much zooming in and out; that's something where a little goes a long way.  Also, it appeared that the zoom control wasn't very precise, as the zooms seemed to overshoot the desired distance a few times (my camera has a similar problem).  You probably need to set it at one telephoto distance, and stay there as the train approaches, then when you need to back off, zoom all the way to the stop in one motion.

The other problem is that the camera isn't steady enough when zoomed out and the bouncing is very distracting.  Resting it on a railing or bracing it against a support post would probably help.