JMortensen Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Looking at the Go Pro camera mount on ebay for about $30 vs the I/O Port mount for $100+. The I/O port certainly looks more stable, does anyone have any experience with these? My camera is a Canon HD DV and probably weighs 2.5 lbs. Suspension will be STIFF and g's will be high... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjhines Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Use the stoutest mount possible. You will notice the interior of the car jiggling if you use a loose or "shock isolated" mount. Cameras are lightweight and have no moving parts now. The old days of shock mounting the camera are past. With no tape drive anymore there is no need to isolate the camera from vibration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 Use the stoutest mount possible. You will notice the interior of the car jiggling if you use a loose or "shock isolated" mount. Cameras are lightweight and have no moving parts now. The old days of shock mounting the camera are past. With no tape drive anymore there is no need to isolate the camera from vibration. Mine is a tape drive, and I bought it because the HD cameras have a tiny little armature that writes to the disk, and I have friends who have had trouble using them for mountain bike vids due to vibration. Solid state would be the way to go for sure, but my camera isn't that new. Are you saying that you wouldn't use the I/O port because it has a poly bushing in there to isolate vibrations? What are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjhines Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 I use the IOport mount for my older tape drive cameras. It is large and jiggly. I use the safety strap to put some preload tension on the mount to keep it still. It just makes it harder to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 Hmm... that doesn't sound like a very good endorsement... I think I'll keep looking. Thanks John. I appreciate not wasting money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrel Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 1/4 20 wing bolt and some flat bar stock you can make your own and mount it on the roll bar. The gopro cameras mount is mainly good for the very light gopro camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 1/4 20 wing bolt and some flat bar stock you can make your own and mount it on the roll bar. The gopro cameras mount is mainly good for the very light gopro camera. EXACTLY what I was worried about. I think fabbing my own is going to be the way to go. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjhines Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 I am using a variety of lipstick and chip cameras and my old MiniDV camera as a recorder. I have a few microphones and a mini preamp for sound input. I can mount the lightweight cameras anywhere(inside or outside) using tape, zip ties, bubble gum, or suction mounts. The MiniDV handycam-recorder, power distro, and audio preamp all fit in a mini Pelican case that is strapped to the tranny tunnel. That way the camera recorder is shock isolated and the cameras go anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 I am using a variety of lipstick and chip cameras and my old MiniDV camera as a recorder.I have a few microphones and a mini preamp for sound input. I can mount the lightweight cameras anywhere(inside or outside) using tape, zip ties, bubble gum, or suction mounts. The MiniDV handycam-recorder, power distro, and audio preamp all fit in a mini Pelican case that is strapped to the tranny tunnel. That way the camera recorder is shock isolated and the cameras go anywhere. I made sure my camera had mic and camera inputs just for that reason (that's how my buddy does the mountain bike vids--lipstick cam on the helmet), but I figured I already have the camera so I might try that first. I had visions of a microphone by the fuel cell to get the exhaust noise and a lipstick cam in the radiator duct, dead center. Really should probably be focused on just getting the damn car together, but I found a for sale ad on the I/O port mount and was going to do it just because it was a good deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoov100 Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 If this is going in an s30, I bought a cheap used $5 adjustable tripod, put the two front legs through the holes in the factory strut tower braces and kinda wedge it in their, then fully extend the rear leg and secure it where the screw that holds down the spare tire goes. to keep it from vibrating, you could run a tie down across the top of the camera and hook it to the holes in the strut tower braces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrel Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 bjhines has the idea, but first get your darn car back together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Did you end up finding a solution? I am also also using a older tape-style camera (Mini-DV). Canon VIXIA HV30. Size of a "regular" handheld camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted March 21, 2010 Author Share Posted March 21, 2010 That's the same camera I have (I love mine). I'm going to make a mount with U bolts and a flat plate and the 1/4" wingnut and have the camera mounted upside down, then just flip the picture afterward, and mount the camera as high as possible. If that doesn't work well I'll put it in a padded box like John suggested with a lipstick camera and mic, probably mount the lipstick front and center in the grill area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZR8ED Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Forget the camera and get this. Solid state. small easy to mount. Built for cars, bikes, skydiving, watersports etc http://www.revzilla.com/product/gopro-motorsport-hero-wide-5-mgpix-digital-camera# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olie05 Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 How about this: http://eurowerks.org/showthread.php?p=233627 DIY suction cup camera mount Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
260DET Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 Jon already has a HD (High Definition) camera, why go for anything with less picture quality? Really for an incar camera solid state, no moving parts, is the only way to go although a tape camera may be better than a hard drive type which are rubbish for incar, trust me. With either all that can be done is soft mount it as much as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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