Thread: Video camera mount

Here is my solution but is not recommended in the interest of safe driving.

I (the driver) holds the steering in the LH and holds the video in the RH and presses the record button. Keep the LCD screen out of your exterior viewing angle.

Not to be used on hairy downhills requiring two hands on the steering wheel.

The other solution is to get the SWMBO to video for you but sometimes the quality isn't that good because she ain't holding the video very securely.

Sorry I haven't got another remote mounting method but it would be a good idea if someone came up with a solution.

Chris

My current method is similar to your SWMBO one in that my 10 or 11 YOs do the filming. Unfortunately the result can be a bit sickening to watch!

depending on how heavy your camera is have you tried to bluetack the tripod down?

or better idea - make a vertical extension rod to the top of the windscreen from either the top of the camera or the top of the tripod (whichever is most stable). This will give great security with no impact on the dash.

Originally Posted by Aedo

depending on how heavy your camera is have you tried to bluetack the tripod down?

or better idea - make a vertical extension rod to the top of the windscreen from either the top of the camera or the top of the tripod (whichever is most stable). This will give great security with no impact on the dash.

You got me thinking but bluetack won't hack it. Camera weighs 825 gms. Here's what I'm trying to achieve. But maybe the tripod idea is no good.

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I have a mount fitted to the RR and I’ve had a look at the D3 and you could probably do the same.

I just made a bracket that fitted under the Sennheiser mount.

Unscrewed the Sennheiser mount, placed the bracket between the roof lining and the Sennheiser mount and secured the the Sennheiser mount back into position.

There is a catch, you need a video editing program that can rotate the picture 180 degrees as the camera is mounted upside down.

The up side to this type of mount is that camera’s LCD screen is now on the driver’s side of the camera and as mine has a touch screen it makes operating the video camera a one man event.

Also because the camera is up high, you see more of the road just in front of the vehicle, you also don’t get anywhere near the amount of reflection off the dash that a low camera mount attracts, been there and done that.

Also the camera is much closer to the windscreen so it does not get much of a reflection off the glass and as most of the camera is actually up under the roof lining, very little of the camera is in direct sunlight.

Cheers.

Originally Posted by WhiteD3

You got me thinking but bluetack won't hack it. Camera weighs 825 gms. Here's what I'm trying to achieve. But maybe the tripod idea is no good.

You're right - that is a bit bigger than I first thought. Will be test driving one again tonight and will have another look!

Originally Posted by drivesafe

I just made a bracket that fitted under the Sennheiser mount.

Ignorance time What's a Sennheiser mount?

Maybe it's a German sun visor ?