Home Made Video Camera Mount (lots of pics)

King Bob · 09-10-2007, 08:54 PM

Had some free time today at work so I made a camera mount for my new rca small wonder my wife bought me for my birthday. Sample video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfORIAfITJo the video is very shaky. I am going to try a few different things to try and make it more solid will post a new video if I can get it more stable.

EDIT: New test much more stable, rubber bands did the trick, looks a little silly but its cheap :P http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpKwNAEAfiA

^^^ as you can see its just a piece of plate with 3 holes drilled in it. It slips over the 2 rods on the head rest and the camera bolts to the plate. Any goon with a piece of metal and a drill press can make one.

It fits very snugly to the headrest and is hard to put on or take off. I have it on the back of the head rest so that the mount can say on the head rest at all times and when I want to use it all I have to do is flip the head rest. I made one short video and it was very shaky I think this is due to the fact that the camera stands upright and the lens is far from the base. I think running a large rubber band around the camera and the head rest will solve this issue. I will post a vid in this thread as soon as I take care of the shakiness. Questions?

***07LX*** · 09-10-2007, 08:57 PM

Looks good man, any vids. I want to make a cheap man camera mount

Tastycakes · 09-10-2007, 09:01 PM

Meh, just zip tie a tripod to the head rest

Nice work BTW.

King Bob · 09-10-2007, 10:23 PM

sample video up top

King Bob · 09-11-2007, 01:41 PM

new more stable vid up

FastTimesAtFGHigh · 09-11-2007, 02:26 PM

Interesting choice of placement!

I made mine so the passenger can go along for the ride without any safety issues to their head or blockage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP5Sv2xKkKw

King Bob · 09-11-2007, 03:59 PM

yeah yours seems much more "mount like" Mine is just for solo runs and track days. I plan on leaving it on at all times and just flipping the head rest back the right way when I have passengers.

09-10-2007, 08:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
King Bob Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Age: 26 Posts: 484 Houma, Louisiana iTrader: 1 / 100%	Home Made Video Camera Mount (lots of pics) Had some free time today at work so I made a camera mount for my new rca small wonder my wife bought me for my birthday. Sample video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfORIAfITJo the video is very shaky. I am going to try a few different things to try and make it more solid will post a new video if I can get it more stable. EDIT: New test much more stable, rubber bands did the trick, looks a little silly but its cheap :P http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpKwNAEAfiA ^^^ as you can see its just a piece of plate with 3 holes drilled in it. It slips over the 2 rods on the head rest and the camera bolts to the plate. Any goon with a piece of metal and a drill press can make one. It fits very snugly to the headrest and is hard to put on or take off. I have it on the back of the head rest so that the mount can say on the head rest at all times and when I want to use it all I have to do is flip the head rest. I made one short video and it was very shaky I think this is due to the fact that the camera stands upright and the lens is far from the base. I think running a large rubber band around the camera and the head rest will solve this issue. I will post a vid in this thread as soon as I take care of the shakiness. Questions? Last edited by King Bob; 09-11-2007 at 01:41 PM.

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09-10-2007, 08:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
*07LX* Dragon Slayer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Exton, Pa Posts: 2,254 Nathan iTrader: 2 / 100%	Looks good man, any vids. I want to make a cheap man camera mount

09-10-2007, 09:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
Tastycakes Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NW Suburbs of Chicago Age: 25 Posts: 2,595 Mike iTrader: 0 / 0%	Meh, just zip tie a tripod to the head rest Nice work BTW.

09-10-2007, 10:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
King Bob Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Age: 26 Posts: 484 Houma, Louisiana iTrader: 1 / 100%	sample video up top

09-11-2007, 01:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
King Bob Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Age: 26 Posts: 484 Houma, Louisiana iTrader: 1 / 100%	new more stable vid up

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FastTimesAtFGHigh Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: jdmBLINGcrew Posts: 1,544 http://jdmfg2.wordpress.com iTrader: 4 / 100%	Interesting choice of placement! I made mine so the passenger can go along for the ride without any safety issues to their head or blockage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP5Sv2xKkKw

09-11-2007, 03:59 PM	#7 (permalink)
King Bob Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Age: 26 Posts: 484 Houma, Louisiana iTrader: 1 / 100%	yeah yours seems much more "mount like" Mine is just for solo runs and track days. I plan on leaving it on at all times and just flipping the head rest back the right way when I have passengers.