My Homemade Camera Mount

Discussion in 'Modifications And Maintenance' started by Vila, Jun 21, 2009.

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    So, you take any thickness plate, any material. Use two M10 bolts which will slide down where the passenger headrest goes. I used 200mm long M10 bolts with the hex head cut off. Acorn nut on top, jum nut on the bottom side. The middle camera bolt is 1/4-20, which is the standard camera thread. Need a washer and 1/4-20 jam nut on the bottom too. A piece of self-adhesive foam on top to pad the camera. Voila! Ajdustable angle camera mount. Height can be adjusted somewhat by slicing a thin nick across the M10 bolt for the headrest lock to engage. The threads on the M10 bolt might even be ok without the nick.

    Make one before your next event.

    Vila
     
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    thats a pretty neat idea. is the video pretty steady or does the camera shake along with the cars vibrations?
     
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    Well done!
     
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    nice job... maybe figure a way to mount it so if you crash it doesnt fly into your face... ;)
     
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    The video is actually fairly steady. The screenshot above shows the field of view with the mount all the way down. For Autocross, the camera should be as high as possible, so you can see the cones closer to the vechicle.
     
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    I wonder if this would work for my dSLR
     
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    Nice I may do somethign like this down the road
     
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    I would think using some nice thick rubber mounts to keep vibrations down would be nice