I bought a bullet cam suction mount and it's great

[tonyhetherington]

Hi all

You may have seen my thread a month or so ago on buying a bullet cam. Well, my thanks for all your answers because I went out and bought one!

Then, the problem of mounting it!

Well, I went to maplins and found this little gizmo. It's not very big (perhaps 2 or 3" diameter suction cup) but is absolutely fantastic.

We speed tested it at VMax to over 150mph and not only did the suction stay on the car, but the bullet camera attached remained absolutely still.

So, thought I'd just let you all know really! For £6.99 it really is worth it.

Thank again all for your help with the camera itself

Tony

www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=-10533&doy=21m7



>> Edited by tonyhetherington on Thursday 21st July 10:37

[350wedge]

hmmm.....that looks good

Does it give any indication of what sort of weight it would take??? Would a lightweight 35mm slr be ok on it or is it just limited to Compact camera's and the like ????

Excellent value though..........

[tonyhetherington]

I beleive a 35mm SLR would be ok. At 150+ mph the weight pushing against the cup/camera would be huge. I wouldn't suggest you did that speed with an SLR, but certainly you could do 20mph or so and have some big old shutter speeds!

Try it...just make sure you secure the camera superfluously aswell the first few times!

[350wedge]

Cheers for that...

I certainly would'nt be trying to use it at those sort of speeds. A slow driving speed and even slower shutter speed would be the order of the day just to achieve the blurred motion effect.....

[tonyhetherington]

ah, what i meant was that with my bullet camera on it at 150mph the pressure against it was massive, so a heavier camera at 20mph would be able to cope for sure(if that makes sense?!)

Like you say, great way to get Evo style shots with fixed car and variable scenery and big old shutter speeds!

[fazz81]

Thanks! just gone and spend over £150 on a bullet cam kit and suction mount!

can't wait for it to arrive!!

[tonyhetherington]

Excellent! Yeah mine was bloody expensive, but well worth it (I'm doing the Eurohoon in September so bought it with that in mind!)

[fazz81]

Think I'm going to have to have my own little hoon to justify it!

[350wedge]

Have ordered a suction mount. All i need now is a remote release for the camera.

Need one of those generic ones that fixes over the shutter button.....

[tonyhetherington]

e-bay

[chrisjl]

Make sure the relevant bit of paintwork is s-u-p-e-r clean so that you get a good seal to make the most of the potential 15 lbs x 7 square inches = 105lbs holding your camera in place.

[Gruffy]

Nice find. I was going to buy the Manfrotto (I think) kit with loads of useless gumpf in it, just to get the sweet mini suction mount. This one looks almost identical - TVM. Ordered!

Gruffy

[slinky]

Bought one this afternoon, cracking piece of kit, the mini-dv cam moves around a little when hanging from the windscreen, but I'll try some exterior stuff at some point..

I can't really generate much G in the smart, so I won't have to worry too much about shaking the thing off...

Just need to work out some form of remote release for the digi cam now.. think I may have a play with the 35mm SLR on self timer at some point tho...

slinky
587racing.com

[chrisjl]

These things are so cheap, it might be worth considering two (or three) to be used together for a much more stable base (largely eliminating the peeling effect that a single one would otherwise be susceptible to). Although that would need a bit of DIY metalwork...

[tonyhetherington]

Glad I could be of help, guys

[_dobbo_]

tonyhetherington said:

Glad I could be of help, guys

Cheers, ordered one of these myself on saturday. Whether it will hold all 1.2kg of d70 and Lens remains to be seen but I'll give it a go.

[350wedge]

_dobbo_ said:

tonyhetherington said: Glad I could be of help, guys Cheers, ordered one of these myself on saturday. Whether it will hold all 1.2kg of d70 and Lens remains to be seen but I'll give it a go.

I'm not sure if it would cope with something of that weight, its only a little thing...

I tried it with a Dynax 40 and std 50mm lens which seemed pretty stable though i would'nt want to try it with anything much heavier. My 1D is certainly not going anywhere near it

I may try attaching my Contax G1 to it at some point, see if it can cope. Thats fairly heavy for a 'compact' camera...

[up-the-dubs]

Wait a second, this thing is like a mini version of what car mags use?

The camers just screws in and it sucks to the car? I think i need one. In London in a few weeks. I think I've just found myself something to do of an afternoon.

[tonyhetherington]

yup, exactly right up-the-dubs.

and, it's £6.99!

(I should be on commission!)

[imperialism2024]

Hmmm after reading this thread I must contemplate getting one...