Mounting A Video Camera On the Dash

I've seen it done on Motorbikes at the track. But even that gets boring after a while.

River crossings would be great to see though.

Goood luck.

Maybe those professional stage equiptment hire guys can help ??

Matt,
I have a piece of timber (about 35cm or so, long) which I have drilled 2 holes into one end so that the drivers headreast posts go through it and back into the seat, the other end sticks out roughly above the centre console and on this end I've drilled another hole, and with a bolt to suit, mounted my video camera so it points forward through the windscreen. I use the remote to turn it on and off. I had to do some initial setting up in that the timber needed to be angled slightly (with the camera already mounted) to get a good view out of the windscreen. Works fine.
As far as legality goes, I've no idea, and the safety of this would be questionable in an accident, However I only use it on the odd occasion in the bush, and yes the view can get boring so only video when I think it's interesting.

Rob

Goto Jaycar, get one of them small 'security cameras' colour or b/w... mount it to rear view mirror, or even outside the cabin in middle of wipers, and have your normal video camera on the floor out of harms way.

dude in my club has this setup , but you still miss heaps of stuff as it only views 1 direction, which is usually where your driving.

Matt,

Have a look at this mount.

I think you can get a RAM mount with suction pad from either GPS OZ or Johnny ASppleseed. I have a suction mount for my IPAQ and I am sure I noticed the camera fitting when looking for that.

Mat, there used to be a guy at the Gosnells Markets that sold a system for mounting the camera out the passenger window. Suppose similar to a coppers radar gun. Check the camera shops.

Dunc

Hi Matt, if you don’t have any luck getting a ready made one and if you can do a bit of modifying, try Windscreen O’Brian’s.

Probably best to ring there head office and see if you can get one of the suction pads they use to carry large sheets of glass.

I’ve been doing amateur video work for a few years but this is one of the best posts I have come across for mounting Info.

Cheers all and I’m going to try and modify one of those glass handling suction pads as soon as I can track down a supplier.

We have used video tripods strapped tight to the drivers seat to capture some good footage. Works well with adjusting height etc. It s a good position if you can get some of the rear vision mirror in the shot so you can see the stress/excitement on their face.

The other thing my mate has done is strapped a metal rod with the camera onto the spare wheel out the side looking up along the vehicle. Leaves it very open to trees etc., interesting shots but wouldn't recommend it if you want to keep your camera for long!

Cheers Grubba & Evereyone who replied,
I have made my own mount and will take some pics of it and post sometime today. thanks again for all the info.

Matt