In-car camera mounting bracket

[marctwo]

I am looking for a way to mount a still and/or video camera inside the car for my upcoming trip to the Isle of Man. I would have thought something that clipped between the headrests of the front seats would work well but does such a thing exist? How about external mounting (outside the car)?

Thanks,

Marc

[GetCarter]

everything you need here

www.b-hague.co.uk/camera%20supports%20systems.htm

Steve

[marctwo]

Perfect. Thank you!!!

I'll post the results here if I am not too embarassed by the poor quality of my camera work!

[marctwo]

The suction mounts look like the way to go as you have maximum flexibility. However, I am a little worried that extreme suction could damage the paintwork? Should I be worried about this?

Does anyone have any mount recommendations? I am going to be using it for both still and video and would like to be able to use it externally as well as internally.

[southpaw]

marctwo said:

However, I am a little worried that extreme suction could damage the paintwork? Should I be worried about this?

I was thinking this as well, but if it is only for cameras up to 1.5kg I dont think the suction should be too bad. Not sure though, but they look quite good

[marctwo]

southpaw said:

I was thinking this as well, but if it is only for cameras up to 1.5kg I dont think the suction should be too bad. Not sure though, but they look quite good

Don't want to find out the hard way though!

On the site it mentions that the mount is used on 5th Gear. I would have thought they would not use anything that damages the car.

What I really want to do is get some decent video but also some stills like they do in Evo. Think my SLR is probably close to weight limit with a decent lens on, will have to weigh it.

[GetCarter]

Most of us use them on here and the only problem I've ever heard of was a mate who left his suction mount on the inside of the windscreen facing the sun for a few hours, and when he returned to the car the windscreen had cracked. But in the Isle of Man, I doubt that will be an issue

Have fun!

Steve

>> Edited by GetCarter on Monday 13th June 13:42

[marctwo]

GetCarter said:

Most of us use them on here and the only problem I've ever heard of was a mate who left his suction mount on the inside of the windscreen facing the sun for a few hours, and when he returned to the car the windscreen had cracked. But in the Isle of Man, I doubt that will be an issue Have fun! Steve >> Edited by GetCarter on Monday 13th June 13:42

Thanks for all the help, really appreciated. Consider my order placed.

One more question though (sorry, I'm new to all this):

How do you deal with shutter release? I have a 10 second timer on my D30 but that doesn't give me much time to get in the car and drive. Do you just get a mate to trigger it before you pull off?

[bad_roo]

I've just bought that headrest mount from b-hague. Although it can be a little fiddly to get on and off in a hurry, it certainly does the trick. Very rugged bit of kit and useful when there's nowehere to sucker or clamp a camera inside a car. No good for cars with high-back seats though...

[marctwo]

bad_roo said:

I've just bought that headrest mount from b-hague. Although it can be a little fiddly to get on and off in a hurry, it certainly does the trick. Very rugged bit of kit and useful when there's nowehere to sucker or clamp a camera inside a car. No good for cars with high-back seats though...

I think I'll probably go for the suction mount as it seems to give me more options in terms of positioning.

[te51cle]

If you're suction mounting inside the car make sure you have a large enough flat area of glass that you can place it on. There is only one place inside my 'vette I can mount it on which rather limits the images I can get.

On the outside I've tested one mounted to my bonnet and windscreen at 70mph with no problems.

[KB_S1]

You can also try the touring kit from Cullman.
It has a very good suction mount and an excellent vice style bracket.
each can be extended with the included mini tripod and ball'n'socket mounts.
the SM is rated upto3kg i think

[slinky]

I'm glad this subject has come up, as I'm trying to work out how to take some video from this little vehicle...



Ideally, I'd like to shoot with my Mini DV camcorder from the middle of the wing, but, being a little attached to my camcorder, I really dont fancy seeing it fling off at the top end of the track and cover the surface with expensive bits of broken plastic!

How best to go about doing it?

I did think that a lipstick/bullet cam might do the job, but the majority seem to only have a two metre cable, and there is nowhere within two metres of my mounting point that is really safe enough to mount a camera... add to that the fact that my camera won't accept an external input (or at least I don't think it will, Samsung VP-D352)...

Any thoughts folks?

Cheers,

slinky
587racing.com

[GetCarter]

Bullet is the way to go, and you can easily get an extention cable made up.

By the way, you're barking mad driving that

[slinky]

Aye, I had a feeling bullet was the only way to go.. just got to work out how feasible that is on both a practical and £ level!

I wish I did get to drive it, fingers crossed I'll be driving later this year.. I'm just the nutter that has to bend down behind the car on the start line and try to extract the parachute pin, whilst our ever so kind driver tries to deafen me!

If you want to have a listen to it, right click and download the following file...

http://587racing.com/video/PRO-ET587.wmv

I have a feeling you'll have the right sort of soundsystem to do this noise some justice!

slinky

[HankScorpio]

What about a helmet mount:
www.chasecam.com/mounts-personal.htm

or a roll bar clamp with tethers for extra safety:
www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=020120120&r=2072&g=110

[slinky]

I like your thinking Hank, but I'm not sure how happy the startline guys would be with the camera mounted on the helmet, or flapping ratchet straps..

I need to investigate the bullet-cams really, I don't think my mini-dv camera is capable of taking an external input, so it's either going to be a big bit of investment coming up (and I've only just got the mini-dv camera!) or I'm going to have to find a lovely friendly person that might be able to loan such equipment to me... (a long shot I'm sure!!)

Cheers,

slinky

[speedychrissie]

te51cle said:

On the outside I've tested one mounted to my bonnet and windscreen at 70mph with no problems.

if you want a high speed one then ask adamt what kind he has. he has tested his on his bonnet and on the side of his door at above 170mph i think. and it doesnt damage the paint either.

chris

[GetCarter]

Yep - I think adam uses the same on his 911.