Camera mounting

[Shaggy1066]

Firstly I'm not some pikey, I do own an Elise honestly. I do also have a Rover Metro which I run as a track car and want some advise on mountings, I did make up my own, mounting it from the floor but unfortunatly the vibarations make it almost impossible to view, I was at the CCC action day at Castle Coombe last Saturday and there seems to be two options, fitting it to the rollcage or the rear window using a suction mount. What are the best options and wheres best to buy?

[Quixotic]

One of my friends hired a suction cup mounted camera on one of the track days. The quality was surprisingly good. I'm not sure where you can buy them from though.

[mikeyh]

I have a clamp mounting mine to the harness bar - works very well. Check out this link for more info:www.jackals-forge.com/lotus/

[fergusd]

Have a look at this website . . .

www.b-hague.co.uk/camera%20supports%20systems.htm

I have one of their kits, the sucker thing is great, I also use a clamp mounting that fits on my harness bar which is also very good.

Having a camera that has image stabilisation will help but nice rigid mounts are a good start.

Fd

[AndyToone]

The trick is to mount the camera so that vibrations won't twist it (ie. tip forward and backward, or turn left-right) - a small angle of turn shows up as a huge 'bounce' on the picture. If the camera stays level (no twisting), then small vibrations equate to tiny movements of objects.

So - your mount arm should fix to the camera in the 'middle' (weight middle, not shape middle) and be at right angles to expected vibrations. Hard to explain without a diagram, but that's how Film-crew's steadicams work.

The worst mounting is a long arm with the camera stuck to the end (quick attempt at ascii art):

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Arm Camera Looking this way ->

[Shaggy1066]

Cheers Guy's, I have opted for a kit from
www.b-hague.co.uk/Mounting%20Brackets.htm
It wasn't cheap £97 but I do get both a clamp for the rollcage and a suction clamp, all in.