JeffB502

Anybody successfully done this? I have a Kodak EasyShare C743 digital camera that records 640x480 video @ 30 fps...1gig SD card is good for 45 mins + of video. It has a standard threaded tripod mount on the bottom...only scary thing is it's plastic threads instead of metal. Anyway I was looking around and saw a couple of mounts...one do it yourself, one designed for motorcycle use.

Saw this...looks very simple but vibration may be a problem...
https://alt.camerahacker.com:8080/For...era_Mount.html

And this...not sure if it's worth the $ but looks pretty fancy...
https://www.rammountcity.com/item-npi...ramb149zc1.htm

Anybody have any experience with these or other mounts? Any input would be appreciated. Thanks!

Caspar_s

Here are some ideas. https://www.bikeforums.net/fifty-plus-50/217767-simple-camera-mount.html

google... camera mount site:www.bikeforums.net

ItsJustMe

First link isn't working for me, looks like camerahacker.com is down this morning.

The latter is just a regular tripod ball head screwed into what is probably a grounding clamp with a u-bolt going through that. It's a hack. It is something I'd assemble myself, but not something I'd expect to go buy as a finished product.

Vibration is the killer. I use an Oregon Scientific camera, which was $80 and I'm not terribly worried about it; it has no moving parts including the lens. I'd kind of like to mount my Canon, which gets way better picture quality, but it had a lens with actual moving parts, and I think if I mounted it hard to my handlebar, I'd destroy the camera pretty quickly. I might work out some kind of parallelogram mount, but it would be for fair weather only since I don't really want to ride with a full-sized weather box on my bars.

If you have a Kodak, I'd make sure to use a shock mount. My experience with them has been very bad; they seem to break for any reason at all.

Here are some other links:
https://eeio.blogspot.com/2005/02/diy...era-mount.html
https://www.jakeludington.com/photogr...era_mount.html

mike

I wonder if you would get better results with the camera mounted on top of your helmet. I am guessing that if the camera is on the bars, it will vibrate too much.

It is an interesting idea. Let us know what you find out!

n4zou

On some thread here a cyclist had used an EMT conduit hanger as a camera mount. A 1/4 X 20 screw and nut through the hanger mounting hole provided the threaded stud for the camera and computer mouse pad was cut and glued to the inside of the conduit hanger to provide vibration dampening. This required purchasing a hanger larger than what would normally be required for the handlebar.
I friend of mine rides a motorcycle and has a helmet cam attached and always has it recording while riding. He had an accident once, a hit and run, and the insurance adjuster was not going to pay until my friend showed him the video. This maybe an even better option.
https://www.bulletcam.com/

robtown

I have a tony hawk camera I mounted on the helmet and on the aerobars. The initial helmet view was tilted 20+ degrees. The bar mount is worse. Frame noise gets transmitted so I hear the click in click out and road vibration. The view sways back and forth when standing and while sitting it warbles up and down. The effect is very nauseating to view.
I'm looking to buy a smaller camera, SD card type with closer to 30fps even if it's 1/2 or smaller VGA that I can helmet mount.

Erick L

I've used a Manfrotto Superclamp and an arm made for lighting equipment. I took one part of the arm off to reduce weight and vibration. I haven't used it in a while because the camera mount was weak and a pain to work with but will fix that eventually by screwing a Arca-Swiss plate directly into the arm (it's threaded). It's heavy but solid and very versatile. Manfrotto makes stronger arms made to attach ballheads but this lighting arm is enough IMO.