[Shotimes] Car camera mount for convention

[Paul L Fisher]

Several I've seen have attached to the rods that hold the head rest. That
mounts quite solidly and no roll cage needed!


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-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Zach Leahy
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 10:28 AM
To: Scott; shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Car camera mount for convention

Sounds like a good excuse to have a roll cage welded up with a camera
mount on it.  Maybe that would be beefy enough :)


On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 08:21:56 -0800 (PST), Scott <webtrendsguy@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Good points Don.  After watching the vid from this and another
manufacturer of these things attached to the outside of the vehicles in SOLO
events, road racing and drag racing and even airplanes I just assumed that
these were just the norm people used when taping track events.
> 
> I did find site that had the headrest model (that allowed you to keep the
headrest in place) but unfortunately it is at home.  I also figured it would
be jittery as hell.
> 
> -Sweeney
> 
> Donald Mallinson <dmall@mwonline.net> wrote:
> Just remember, that for track use, a camera mount needs to
> be solidly mounted, not just on with suction cups. Suction
> cups come loose, and usually at the wrong time. Last thing
> we need is a camera bouncing around the interior or getting
> under the brake pedal as the car is approaching turn one at
> 100+ mph.
> 
> So make sure your mount is BOLTED on and can't come off. We
> might accept a mount that is clearly secure using duct tape
> for instance. There are some mounts that use the headrest
> parts to meet this rule, but that means you can't have a
> passenger unless you use a REAR headrest. The camera can't
> block any forward or side/rear vision, or not much at all,
> so keep it out of the main viewing area.
> 
> BEfore you spend a lot of money on camera mounts, be sure it
> will meet the above rules, or check with me. Mark Nunnally
> has a lot of experience with this kind of thing. In his
> case, he mounts a tiny camera that weighs just a few ounces.
> That is a lot different from mounting a camcorder that
> might weight about a pound or more.
> 
> Not trying to be a party pooper here, just trying to make
> sure ALL of those on track have the best chance of a totally
> safe day.
> 
> Don Mallinson
> 
> Scott wrote:
> 
> > This would be a neat little contraption for the convention
> >
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