I did a search a little while ago on in car camera mounts. I have just fallen in love with the in car shots while moving. I would like to be able to video some of the cruising this next season with a solid mount camera in my T. Some are fairly clear that the p***enger was doing the shooting. But there are others ( like Blake's quarter mile run) where it is obvious that the camera is mounted some how. I was wondering if there are any pics of in car mounts. I didn't find any doing my search but that does not mean much. Sooooooooo, anyone have any pics of their camera mount?
Take a look at the adjustable mounting brackets for security cameras. Some of them have the same 1/4-20 thread used on regular cameras.
I have found many that will work in my T, but I don't have a roll bar and I really don't want to put a hole in the dash. I know the solution is simple but I will be damned if I can come up with it. Any other ideas?
I use something similar to this: http://www.filmtools.com/grip32manwoo.html except with a nice little stand off arm that allows for some adjustability.
Before I got to order the piece that chop top had suggested, I found another one that looked like it would fill the bill even better. I found it at http://www.powrgrip.com/cgi-bin/powrgrip/buycleat.html?vacuummounts=1. It was a simple $49 deal. I was not sure how it would work but it sure looked like it would do the job. I finally got it today, 1-11-08. It really is a nice piece. I am attaching a few pics I took to show you how it works. You can see the little red line on the white stub sticking out the side of the base. That is the pump. After about 6 or 8 pushes, the little red line goes away and you are stuck to the gl***. The camera screws right on and you are ready. I realize this is not a big deal but I am sure there are others out there that would like to be able to film their cruising. Come spring, I will be posting lots of links to youtube.
I had a mount on the Hellcamino that attatched the camera off of the head rest on the p***enger side... it bounced a little too much at speed until I put something heavy against the backrest. I also had the 'destructo cam' We had a hand me down VHSC camera that I mounted to the bumper facing out the back. It was wild at the dragstrip. If you have a cheapie camera an exterior location yeilds some pretty cool shots.
I have always used an old Bogen ball head. They are really cheap, very tough and work well. The bottom has female tripod threads (for mounting to the top of a stationary tripod) but I built all kinds of supports to screw in the bottom. I wired it under the hood, attached it to the headrests, even hung it out the window, and off the rear bumper. With a little ingenuity, this is the way to go, plus you get to use it on your tripod for the awesome tech articles I have been waiting on. p.s. (edit) If you have a fairly expensive camera, it's a good idea to get a screw on filter to go over the in-camera lens. Go to any camera shop and tell then you want a low haze filter (just explain you want something to protect the camera) The last one I bought for a small video camera was $9. Especially if you are going to hang the camera out a window!
Glad I'm not the only one. The one suggested by Choptop had a 6" vac*** cup. The one I got has a 4 1/2 " cup. My windshield is no that tall so I took the 4 1/2" one instead. I was already excited about my first real summer of cruising with the SO WHAT coupe, but now I have new Strombergs and a camera mount to capture it all..What the **** is holding up summer?
Maybe its just me but I wouldnt trust my thousands fo dollars in camera equipment on a suction cup nor magnetic base. Maybe we just have too many ****ty roads around here too.
Maybe I'm low-tech, but I just welded a couple pieces 1/4-20 of all-thread to various locations on my rollcage. I spin the camara on, and use a nut to tighten up and lock it in place. Did I do something wrong? Camara seems to still take good vid like that. Edit: I guess I never thought about where'd I mount it in my nice cars though. HUM, maybe a suction thing for the dash would be cool.
i used a section cup style one of the door skin of my old race car. Then I would go flat out around the road race circuits. Amazingly it never fell off. I tested it up to around 135-140mph and some fairly high-g corners. I had to buy a small microphone and plug it in, then thread through the window, otherwise the wind noise was too much to even hear the engine. Inside you could hear us and the engine much better.
We tried some dragstrip shots in Tudor's '46. The camera quit filming and we don't know why. Never really found a good secure mounting point in the coupe. I really want to mount it on the outside of the body for some interesting shots. The suction cup idea seemed to be the best choice for moving the camera from car to car. At least that was the idea.
I've seen some older dry lakes do***entaries on 16mm film. Vibration eats the cameras up in short order if they're mounted solid. Same is probably true of a video-cam. I set up a regular tripod in the 32 with two legs on the floor, camera centered in the car and the third leg left short sitting on a folded towel on the seat bottom cushion. Seat belt, bungees & electricians tape did the job. A touch better than my 6 year old granddaughter doing the filming. She actually did pretty good, but roll the throttle on and she rolled back in the seat getting a pretty good shot of sky and the tops underside....
I have used these to mount monitors to gl*** windshields. They can hold a fair amount of weight. They do loose suction at times and will fall off. Put a little bit of water, vasaline or something like that around the edge of the cup to help it keep its seal. Once you get a good seal, it will hold for weeks. Neal
DUDE !!! it's the 21st century. My wife got the video camera for me for Christmas...$189.00 DV c***ette camera....if it falls...I'm guessing not that big o deal.
I always use at least one safety strap in addition to the suction cup. The strap can be closed in a door or shinched down using a river strap and a small clip (rubber coates) to go over the edge of a panel. also, see some of the multi suction cup rigs on the film tools website. we used similar set ups with very heavy film cameras on them to shoot national car commercials back when I was a Grip.
I always use at least one safety strap in addition to the suction cup. The strap can be closed in a door or shinched down using a river strap and a gutter hook (http://www.filmtools.com/guthookforca.html) also, see some of the multi suction cup rigs on the film tools website. we used similar set ups with very heavy film cameras on them to shoot national car commercials back when I was a Grip.
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