good camera mount for my 325is?

[Boomerang]

Hey guys, i plan on autoX'ing the car soon and want to know if you have any ideas for a homemade camera mount, or buying a good one. Money isnt really that big of a deal, i just dont want some piece of junk that causes the camera to vibrate getting bad footage. Do you guys isolate the camera with foam? Thanks in advance

[joshh]

I have a $20.00 one that works great. The mount itself isn't usually the problem, it's where you mount it that can be. Mounting it to a roll bar is guaranteed to be a solid non shaking area. If you have a decent camera that also helps.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCXMTGjM0ew

Mine is mounted to the passenger head rest and I use the harness to hold the seat in place. It hardly moves.

[nando]

I have this

http://www.soloperformance.com/ShoppingCart/tabid/22/productName/CruiseCam+Headrest+Mount/selection/0/Default.aspx

works pretty well, very nicely made, etc.

no matter where you mount it, you will want a camera with image stability. my videos are pretty smooth with it mounted to the headrest, and my passenger seat isn't really that stable (it needs rebuilt pretty badly in fact).

[BDSax]

why dont you just fab something up that can bolt up to the bottom of the back seat. when you wanna use it take your back seat out. i dont think it would be to hard to do and can be very sterty

[Vedubin01]

I have seen these in person and would recommend them to anyone.

http://www.stickypod.com/

[BimmerBall]

i just built one wednesday for about $26.00. bought a cheap tripod from wal-mart that i could isolate the ball mount from and 4 ft. section of 3/4" aluminum square tubing from home depot. at first, i tried drilling appropriate sized holes in the tubing so it would slip through the headrest posts but i had too much vibration. so then i picked up some 3/8" wire rope clamps and wrenched the everloving piss out of them to the headrest posts. it's now solid and the only time it shakes is when i shake the seat violently. I'll be near a camera again on tuesday, i'll take some pics if you want...


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[BimmerBall]

OK, here's what I ended up doing:

Picked up some wire rope clamps from hardware store I used 3/8".

They look like this. Just bigger. These are 1/4":



Cut necessary holes in aluminum tubing to attach the clamps so it will mount to the headrest posts like this. Torque the bejeesus out of them.

[Vedubin01]

Im impressed!

[matthew-mayhem]

I agree ataching them to the seat is a great idea, because they hardly move, that bar is a great idea. If there is a roll cage it can also be attahced there. It will hardly move, make sure you have a descent mount for camera though.