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Old Jun 9, 2008 | 04:30 PM
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How high should the camera be mounted. I have a Sharkbar in my car and I figure on about shoulder height would be OK??? Anyone have any pictures of their mount?
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Old Jun 9, 2008 | 08:48 PM
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I need a better mount, but the hieght of my trial version is about right.

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Gordon, I bought the camera mount from Dan Haggerty & Speed Direct, (SharkBar). Pricey, but effective.



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I made mine for about two dollars. It has to be about eye level.
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I just got back from a 10 day Southwest National Park vacation. During my nearly 1000 mile drive yesterday I was thinking about how to mount my Sony camera for some in car videos.

This is just plan "A" Revision 1. It is set to eye level and nearly straight ahead. I went out and did about 6 short video clips. They turned out nice, but the size of the downloads is massive. 30 seconds is about .5 Gig. So I'm going to have to figure out lower resolution editing......

I did a 2-3-4 shifting at near 7500 rpm in every gear and the speedo was swinging through 130 mph. I was thinking how do you explain that one to a Cop is a 45 mph zone that you were just making a movie for your friends on the Corvette forum.

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I just got back from a 10 day Southwest National Park vacation. During my nearly 1000 mile drive yesterday I was thinking about how to mount my Sony camera for some in car videos.

This is just plan "A" Revision 1. It is set to eye level and nearly straight ahead. I went out and did about 6 short video clips. They turned out nice, but the size of the downloads is massive. 30 seconds is about .5 Gig. So I'm going to have to figure out lower resolution editing......

I did a 2-3-4 shifting at near 7500 rpm in every gear and the speedo was swinging through 130 mph. I was thinking how do you explain that one to a Cop is a 45 mph zone that you were just making a movie for your friends on the Corvette forum.
I like the cheap route myself. Mine has to come up as I don't have a roll bar but the bar is a little lower than shoulder height. I'll have to fab up something that raises it up some. Some type of hard plastic should work fine and be able to be clamped onto the bar. All these pictures give me some ideas.

Uh Officer I was just making a movie?
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I like the cheap route myself. Mine has to come up as I don't have a roll bar but the bar is a little lower than shoulder height. I'll have to fab up something that raises it up some. Some type of hard plastic should work fine and be able to be clamped onto the bar. All these pictures give me some ideas.

Uh Officer I was just making a movie?
Gordon, I just went to the local Home Depot and bought the three foot piece of flat stock aluminum. I just kind of figured the height that I needed and I bent it with a hammer in my vice. I had a roll of the sticky on one side rubber foam. It pads the camera and might dampen some vibration. Then I drilled a hole for the bottom of my metal for the camera screw mount.

The white is plastic. Because I didn't want to screw up the paint on my roll bar. The hose clamp has withstood lots of hours without moving
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