After trying to find something to mount a camra to, I decided to just build my own. And it actually works really good too. Tell me what you think. I'll try to get a shot of the camra looking out the window later tonight.

 

Looks like you put some real thought into this and it does look awesome. I have to lend experience to this project and say that you will want to find a way to firmly lock down the Camcorder with something other than bungee cords. A similar design cost me a cam corder when under heavy autoX/DE loads many years ago the cam corder became a projectile in the cabin of my car when it dislodged itself from under the cords. I used form fome and molded a top to the camera, then fastened it down with steel bands, hinges and a quick release post. It’s worth the extra effort, believe me! I should go look in my storage and see if I still have it to show you. Well just my .002

TaboII

 

Not bad, there is one problem though. Every pebble you hit the camera will feel it. There is no give to your little contraption. Once you take a look at your shots you'll get woozy! I still like it, I wouldn't have done that myself!
Tony

 

Why not just screw it down? It should have a spot on the base for use with a tripod. Just use a screw and screw it in. Other than that, looks very good.
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TaboII
Thanks to the input. Actuall I forgot to say that the camra is bolted to the stand using the place that you would bolt up a tripod. How hard was it for you to get the camra into the right spot. I took me what seemed like forever.

 

The shots are actually very stable. There is a layer of foam between the camera and stand that helped take out a lot of vibration. The stand its self is very solid so that takes a lot of woozyness out of the picture.

 

if its a sony you should have steady shot on it. I got that on mine and it works wounders.

 

I did something similar, although much much more ghetto. I had a smaller sized tripod that is only about a foot long when fully retracted, i mounted my MiniDV cam on top, and set the tripod up at its lowest setting in the back. I closed the rear hatch, climbed into the backseat and adusted the height of the tripod so that the camera sat snugly against the roof/hatch. This pretty much sandwiched the thing in so it wasnt moving at all. Worked pretty well on one of my speed runs though the backroads.

 

Bryans951

I had a pivot bolt I used to mount the camera in the up and down position. I pointed left to right correctly when mounting the base. Oh and just as a heads up, the tripod mount was used on my original set up as well. The screw or mount that is in the bottom of a lot of these cameras are only held in by the “PLASTIC” case that surrounds the camera. Be forewarned they “WILL” break off under heavy loads if not secured extremely well. I am not trying to be a neh sayer here, just lending my own experience to your project. “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” especially if it hits you in the head at 80 mph in a right hand turn. "Ask me how I know this"!


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TaboII