Camera Mounts?

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

Anyone got one that works well? I've got a camcorder sitting right next to me and it only just occurred to me.

[Roadster]

My good old dash-mounted Velcro camera mount put out some of the steadiest, not wind-noisy in car Miata footage I've seen.

Total cost was about $3.50. :P

Obvious problem with that scenario is that I now have no dash...

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

LOL :lol:

How did you make it? Got any pictures? I might try and replicate it.

[Roadster]

Doubt you're going to want to replicate a scrap piece of sheet steel with self-tapping screws drilled directly into the dash...

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/NismoSER/P1080755.jpg

[Sawyer]

I bought Steve this one for his birthday 2 months ago:

http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/cinemasupplies_2021_235160093
http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/cinemasupplies_2021_250430279

[MeFryRice]

Yes and I love it. There are no vibrations and it has enough suction to pull a fridge (don't ask me how I know. :D) !

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

That looks great but it's probably alot more than I wanted to spend!

[RotorNutFD3S]

Look into the GoPro Hero camera. About $150. Comes with various mounts from 3M adhesive bases (that take awesome videos from the mouth in the front bumper, trust me), to a suction cup mount. It's in a waterproof casing too. I have it. It's awesome. The only drawback because of it's small size is the memory for it, but not a big deal.

http://www.goprocamera.com/

[Sawyer]

That looks great but it's probably alot more than I wanted to spend!


I actually got it for $85!!

http://www.filmtools.com/filmtools-in-car-windshield-camera-mount.html

[Grantri]

For cheesy & cheap I mounted my camera on a regular tripod and zip tied it to the brace between the seatbelt towers, wind noise was an issue but the mount was stable

[Acesanugal]

I've got the GoPro Motorsports Hero3 camera setup. It's tiny, and can be found inexpensively on ebay with a 2gb memory card included for *LESS* (shipped) than most retailers will sell you. The quality of the video is great so long as you leave it in .avi format. Try and convert it and the quality goes to ****.

Also, the sound is not good. Supposedly since the initial release of the camera there have been revisions to the settings for the microphone to enhance this sound...but it hasn't helped - the sound is pretty awful - especially while it's in the casing. I've been in contact with the company about this and they've suggested drilling a small hole near the microphone at the back of the waterproof case to help with this...and removing the glass lens cover to let more sound in.

All in all...if you've got a loud car, don't care to hear clear or loud spoken words, want decent video quality in a small and complete package; 'Gopro'.

Yes that was a lame joke. No, I don't give a ****. lol

I've got a rigid bar across the interior of my car behind the seats. I plan on using a 3m adhesive mount on it. Suction cup mount ROCKS!

[simontibbett]

Doubt you're going to want to replicate a scrap piece of sheet steel with self-tapping screws drilled directly into the dash...

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/NismoSER/P1080755.jpg

I can vouch for this being teh sickness.

[simontibbett]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lglHDKmj0Kw

This was with that mount right? If you want it deleted lmk lol.

[wildfire0310]

CR had a post about this:http://clubroadster.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24502

and this was posted by are our Rob:

for the DD
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t86/m2cupcar/camclip2b.jpg
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t86/m2cupcar/camclip2C.jpg

for the racecar
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t86/m2cupcar/camcordermount640_2.jpg
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t86/m2cupcar/cammount.jpg

Both were less the $5.

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

Damn they're pretty cool. I should make something but I'm not so handy with actually making ****.

[Roadster]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lglHDKmj0Kw

This was with that mount right? If you want it deleted lmk lol.

Haha, yes, that was the one in the picture. No wind noise at all, just engine. It did a pretty good job for $1.50. :p

[simontibbett]

I keep wanting to make one for my roll bar like posted above. That's a cool easy design. Do you have to use a strap?

[FE3tMX5]

You're supposed to- per scca rules. It can be made without welding (and lighter) using some hardware store aluminum angle and flat stock, exhaust clamp and hardware. Probably still under $10 and we never had that one move - under any offs or hits. ;)