DV Camera Mounting

Cheers Bazza,
Keep It On The Rough Stuff

Matt (W.A.)

Cheers Bazza,
Any Ideas on where to get the Big Suckers from??? Bunnings maybe?Keep It On The Rough Stuff

Matt (W.A.)

G'Day Matt,
I got them from Hardware House ( pre-Bunnings ) so it's worth a look.
You can also get them in the lifter configuration ( two suction cups mounted at each ends of a "D" handle with release lever). This is used for moving sheet or panel glass. If you can locate two of them, at the right price, it would be easer to make a bracket arrangement between them to mount your camera. It you do'nt do any good at Bunnings, speak to a glass fitter ( ie O'Briens Glass or the like ) and ask them where they get their grabers from.
Regards,
Bazza.

Interesting ... so is this for mounting the camera outside the vehicle then? What about dust etc? We have a Sony underwater housing that I guess we could mount in the same way - I'd be annoyed with dust landing on the lens. The suckers are on the shopping list for us. Thanks for the tip.ExplorOz

Have just re-read all the answers here and see that everyone is talking about mounting the camera inside the vehicle for filming what you see. I've taken so much footage from inside the vehicle and it never really shows justice to the challenge of some obstacles that you want to capture. That's why I was looking at the concept of mounting the camera outside the vehicle - for getting a sidelong glance to include the side of the car and the wheels are they hit the track (like the pros on TV do). Obviously, you would have to be careful not to forget it was there - I bet you could even hook it up to the laptop and check the playback as you were travelling....ExplorOz

Michelle,
I was hoping to mount the camera on the inside of the windscreen there wouldn’t be a dust problem and also it would be easier to control start/stop ect.. And just in case it fell off!!!!
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Stick Pod

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Matt (W.A.)

Bazza,
Any chance of getting a couple of Pics of your Mount? If Possible

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Thanks in Advance

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Matt (W.A.)

Thanks Matt,
StickPod is great!! but David would make that rather than spend US$75 provided we can find those suckers at Bunnings.ExplorOz

Same here bunnings is the Go.Keep It On The Rough Stuff

Matt (W.A.)

any pics for me as welll bazza i love to tinker?
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Michelle,
The set-up I came up with was designed for inside use although a mate of mine also wanted to do the same as you. He used my set-up outside his 4wd but mounted his V8 camera in a waterproof enclosure. The type that is used for underwater filming. This worked a treat, as it also kept the camera dustproof. I'm not sure what the enclosure cost him at the time but I know that there are now bag/plastic arrangements that do the same thing, and possibly cost less.
Regards,
Bazza.

G'day Matt, I used to run a sony video 8 camera hooked up to my race car. I made a base plate for it to sit on and exhaust bolts to clamp it to the vertical roll bar sitting behind my drivers seat..so the camera was sitting between the 2 front seats, I also added a fisheye lens to give a panoramic view of the racing. Although it worked ok for home recorded memories of race events, eventually with the high G forces the base of the camera where the tripod thingamegig screws into started to crack as the weight of the camera around corners at 200 + was way too heavy to hold down.

As for Bazza's brilliant idea, well..im impressed mate, u did well on this one bazz. i was reading ur suggestion and visualising exactly what it looks like...simple AND effective, I will make that my next project, might even try mounting it around the body for different shots with the fisheye lens. But may i would suggest from expierence that 4WD'ing can in its own way be just as demanding on the camera mount as is circuit racing..so id suggest some sort of surround moulded bracket to hold the camera steady and stop the base screw wanting to rip out .