i was thinkin of getting the camera mount from ricks and wondered if anyone had i deas on which camera to buy that would work well with this?

 

no one?

 

Anything with a quick release on the bottom (can get it from a camera shop).

I've had a Sony digital-8 and a big-ass Canon GL-1. The biggest problem you will see is camera shake. While that is handled pretty well by the anti-shake in the camera, it's hell on the tape transport and sometimes you can see the brightness flutter slightly on the video.

Perhaps a better way would be to get a good quality camera, like a CCD and mount it up there and have the recorder strapped down somewhere.

Oh, and don't rely on batteries alone, a power inverter is your friend.

Here's some stills I took from video with my GL-1:






Some pics of the mount:







BTW: you can make one of these mounts yourself for less than $40.