camera mount for canon s110
Discussion
Hi,
I'm heading up north next month and was thinking of trying to capture some video of the hopefully empty roads on camera.
All I have at my disposal (so far) is a canon s110 camera. I was thinking of buying some sort of suction mount. Can anybody recommend one?
Total newbie at this btw. Have only ever used the camera for photos.
I'm heading up north next month and was thinking of trying to capture some video of the hopefully empty roads on camera.
All I have at my disposal (so far) is a canon s110 camera. I was thinking of buying some sort of suction mount. Can anybody recommend one?
Total newbie at this btw. Have only ever used the camera for photos.
Easiest thing would be to mount it on the dashboard and not the windscreen. Some sucker mounts work on both glass and other surfaces but might depend on surface material/texture, I wouldn't know which do so sorry I can't suggest any. Or you might be able to use a clamp mount. I think you can also get a mount that attaches to headrest bars with a ball head on one end.
The problem with mounting on the windscreen is, if you think about it you can't have the threaded end above the sucker without the camera pointing up at the sky (unless there's a ball mount and enough room to twist the camera upright, perhaps only on a very steep screen, but the sucker is likely to be in the shot). The camera is going to be mounted upside down and most likely does not have an inverse video mode, unless it is not a problem to turn it around in editing, but of course the screen will be upside down too. It isn't a problem on action cams as on most the UI inverts when you turn it over and they have an inverse recording mode (dashcams do too), I've got a cheap sucker like the one above that worked great with my Yi II driving in Scotland a few months back.
The problem with mounting on the windscreen is, if you think about it you can't have the threaded end above the sucker without the camera pointing up at the sky (unless there's a ball mount and enough room to twist the camera upright, perhaps only on a very steep screen, but the sucker is likely to be in the shot). The camera is going to be mounted upside down and most likely does not have an inverse video mode, unless it is not a problem to turn it around in editing, but of course the screen will be upside down too. It isn't a problem on action cams as on most the UI inverts when you turn it over and they have an inverse recording mode (dashcams do too), I've got a cheap sucker like the one above that worked great with my Yi II driving in Scotland a few months back.
Edited by mizx on Wednesday 19th July 23:09
This might be a daft question but why don't you fit a dashcam, they are very cheap nowadays and many of them are 1080p quality and simply plug into the aux socket (cigarette socket!) or if you want continuous recording either hardwire or plug into an external battery-pack.
EDITED TO ADD: The wedge type dash-cams are very easy to fit and stick directly onto the windscreen. You can adjust the lens up or down very easily - choose a type that uses an internal capacitor rather than a battery because they withstand heat better.
Photo enclosed of a unit I purchased off Amazon.
EDITED TO ADD: The wedge type dash-cams are very easy to fit and stick directly onto the windscreen. You can adjust the lens up or down very easily - choose a type that uses an internal capacitor rather than a battery because they withstand heat better.
Photo enclosed of a unit I purchased off Amazon.
Edited by rich888 on Saturday 22 July 14:27
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