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Here's a video of a Safetran type 3 high-pitched! Anyone know why some type 3's are like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n6yCbGcFz4&t=1s

Might want to fix your link there, bud

ZachL wrote: Wed May 01, 2019 12:24 pm Might want to fix your link there, bud

Can't get it to work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n6yCbGcFz4&t=1s

Clean your lens bro

ZachL wrote: Wed May 01, 2019 2:18 pm Clean your lens bro

It's scratched.

PlyingKibbles89 wrote: Wed May 01, 2019 12:03 pm Here's a video of a Safetran type 3 high-pitched! Anyone know why some type 3's are like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n6yCbGcFz4&t=1s

It depends on how the railroad orders it. Some railroads prefer them with the higher-pitch, while others use the low-pitch.

Also, when trying to embed a video, everything after the video ID (so, in the URL, anything from an & and beyond, such as &t=1s) will not let you embed the video for some reason (it's an issue on YouTube's end).
So basically, this won't work: As it just produces this:


However, this will work: As shown by this:


And yea, if that lens isn't just dirty and is indeed scratched-up to hell and back, you should see about either getting it repaired or getting a new camera.

freebrickproductions wrote: Thu May 02, 2019 2:53 am

PlyingKibbles89 wrote: Wed May 01, 2019 12:03 pm Here's a video of a Safetran type 3 high-pitched! Anyone know why some type 3's are like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n6yCbGcFz4&t=1s

And yea, if that lens isn't just dirty and is indeed scratched-up to hell and back, you should see about either getting it repaired or getting a new camera.

I was using my phone to record that. Why does LG make plastic camera lenses?

I doubt the lens is made of plastic...