roll bar camera mount ideas
Use to have a gopro a long time ago (1st gen) but I do not want to go that route. I have a digital camera that does not get used much since I finally got a smart phone (finally was cheaper to get 1 plan with my wife than for my old slide phone) so I was thinking about mounting my old camera onto the roll bar. Just wanted to see some homemade miata solutions. i know there are a lot floating around the net but I do not trust the safety of some of those set ups.
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I would make something like this contour .
I have the same mount, only because i got it for cheap. Anyways, there are some good ideas that should give you a good start. GL |
You digital camera and phone probably arent going to have as good image stabilization software as a go pro/contour/replay xd/etc. So you'll normally end up with a shaky or wavy nausea fest that sounds like you're inside a typhoon.
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I splurged $50 on a manfrotto rollbar mount. That thing isn't going anywhere and it's stable as hell.
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There's no reason to go diy with the plethora of solutions readily available out there.
I bought a cheap superclamp: http://www.adorama.com/LTPC.html?gcl...FY1QOgodEGMAyA and then a cheap head to mount it: http://www.adorama.com/BG3025.html My head is similar but it cost like another $10 on amazon or something. That was back in 2004/5 and I still use it today. Back then you couldn't google "roll bar camera mount" and come back with like 700+ results or mounts under $50. |
Originally Posted by Leafy
(Post 1095859)
You digital camera and phone probably arent going to have as good image stabilization software as a go pro/contour/replay xd/etc. So you'll normally end up with a shaky or wavy nausea fest that sounds like you're inside a typhoon.
Oh you said software: :jerkit: |
Originally Posted by Braineack
(Post 1095869)
I'm willing to bet that the majority of videos you see from inside cars lack IS (including the GoPro/Countor/etc.)
Oh you said software: :jerkit: |
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use the same gopro cineform studio software -- a free download.
the gopro doesnt have IS. And any on the market that do are just digital stabilizations that dont do a great job. hell even YT has a stabilization feature when you upload videos to it. Hell I made this video 7 years ago using the mount I described above: While the rattle is annoying, the video is not plagued with a "shaky or wavy nausea fest", even with a fairly cheap Kodak PNS camera. or with a DSLR: maybe you need better shocks? or add in a bushing: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1390848170 |
I liked this one better.
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Dat bass hit.
absolutely shocked you didnt link this: |
Originally Posted by Braineack
(Post 1096039)
Dat bass hit.
absolutely shocked you didnt link this: [yt]IYpwr5DI_GM[yt] |
Originally Posted by Braineack
(Post 1095999)
use the same gopro cineform studio software -- a free download.
the gopro doesnt have IS. And any on the market that do are just digital stabilizations that dont do a great job. hell even YT has a stabilization feature when you upload videos to it. Hell I made this video 7 years ago using the mount I described above: While the rattle is annoying, the video is not plagued with a "shaky or wavy nausea fest", even with a fairly cheap Kodak PNS camera. or with a DSLR: maybe you need better shocks? or add in a bushing: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1390848170 Have you ever tried the YT image stabilization. Its like the world is stretching in awkward places. :rofl: I've never tried the IS in the gopro cineform thing, that program is a piece. The IS built into the firmware of the camera is more than sufficient. |
from what I gather there's no IS in the gopro, but I could be wrong, I don't own one, but I couldn't find anything that said it did.
I've seen plently of gopro videos that appear to not have it. |
Originally Posted by Leafy
(Post 1095859)
You digital camera and phone probably arent going to have as good image stabilization software as a go pro/contour/replay xd/etc. So you'll normally end up with a shaky or wavy nausea fest that sounds like you're inside a typhoon.
But I have had better sound quality/picture with digital cameras than with the gopro. Better low light also. |
gopro does not have image stabilization, Its just in the software package.
Just about any decent, modern, point-and-shoot camera can shoot video like a gopro, they just may not have as wide of a lens. They just want you to think it has unholy abilities with their intensely post-processed, stedicam shot commercials that were probably not even shot with gopros. IMO, the gopro is nice because of its housing and low weight. When it comes to something like in-car video, I would rather have a big/heavy camera because its mass is going to help it dampen vibration. A little bit of sorbothane helps eliminate the high frequency vibrations that cause "jello". |
I hate youtube's image distortion from the "shake removal".
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That pic of the old Nikon SLR is on the I/O Port racing mount.
Not cheap, by any means at $115, but it's a damned fine piece. Adjustable as hell. Large mounting pad for the camera. If I could edit my videos, I'd post up an example. |
And yes, Brain, I was looking for the George Michael video but couldn't find it.
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Originally Posted by SchmoozerJoe
(Post 1096242)
That pic of the old Nikon SLR is on the I/O Port racing mount.
Not cheap, by any means at $115, but it's a damned fine piece. Adjustable as hell. Large mounting pad for the camera. If I could edit my videos, I'd post up an example. It's pretty much the same thing I put togther for much less...you'd just need to sandwhich a damper between. I'm not sure the material, but i'm sure it's semi-firm. maybe a coupler cut flat and stacked would even work, but then again, you could just cut a coupler/bike tire wrap the bar, then clamp to that. EDIT: OH NO. I jsut went back and watched my video and threw up from the nasuea inducting fest. :jerkit: |
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