I am looking for a good camera mount for video taping my track days from in car. Any suggestions? I browsed around, but couldn't find an obvious thread. The search seems to be off-line. If there is another thread please point me to it and close this one, thanks.

 

maybe this?
ricks

 

That one looks interesting. Anyone have any experience with this mount? or others?

 

There is always Helmet Cam

 

yeah, those both look like reasonable solutions. I was just hoping someone with experience and would chime in.

 

I have experience with the Ricks mount. I've been using one since before Rick picked it up from ZTEC (3 years). It works great! I mount a bullet cam to it and just keep the camcorder packaged up behind the seat. I use a lan-c control to control the camcorder and an external amplified mic.

 

You can make one yourself for about $50-60. And you can do it in minutes, literally.

Get a piece of slotted angle from Home Depot or Lowes. All you need is one about 12" long. I think mine is 2" wide. Get a Bogen tripod head, model # 484RC2 Mini Ball head, this one:



Just insert a 1/4" - 20 countersink screw in one of the holes in the slotted angle, attach the triopd head and presto! You have yourself a camera mount. If you want to go even cheaper, get a tripod head from Ritz Camera. They have a tabletop model that you can take the head off of and put it on the slotted angle piece. However, this tripod head isn't as beefy, thus you end up w/ shakier video. The 484 head or one like it is the way to go. Good luck.

Warren

 

I have a complete setup with an Mp Tuning mount, Bogen quick release (Same as pictured above, but without the ball mount), wide angle lens, and a JVC VHS-C camera that I may be selling within the next month. The mount bolts in where the windscreen normally sits, in between the seats. With the wide angle lens, I get the full width of the windshield plus the shifter and the steering wheel in the image.

If you don't have a camera now and are interested in the package, let me know.

 

I have the mount from Rick's and it works great!

I know that I could have gotten or made something a cheaper, but I really like the looks of this mount, and I get compliments everytime I install it. With the S2000, I tend to spend a little extra for the looks, but if it were for my CRX, then I go on the cheap. ;-)

Also, it came with everything that I needed to get going. I sometimes don't like or have the time to go through the trouble of gathering all the goodies and then put it together. I guess, I'm a little lazy that way. :-)

BTW, I highly suggest getting a wide-angle lens. With this I get a-pillar to a-pillar and from the top of my windshield to the shifter. Excellent for showing all my mistakes. -heh -heh

-D

 

Thanks for the info guys.