advice for mounting camera to car for low angle road shoot at DVinfo.net

Greg Quinn · October 6th, 2009, 09:16 AM

I need to take some footage for the title sequence of a doc I'm working on. The aim is to have a low angle (i.e. close to the road) shot, so the plan is to mount a small HD cam (Cannon HV10) mounted to the front of my car, a Mitsubishi Eclipse. I have a rubber sucker camera mount, but in limited tests with this, there's a shocking amount of vibration which would make the footage unusable; any suggestions?
Thanks
Greg

Marcello Mazzilli · October 6th, 2009, 11:25 AM

I am using this with no problems... Sticky Pod - Camera Mounts - Car, Truck, Boat, Motorcycle, Kayak (director version)

Greg Quinn · October 6th, 2009, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Marcello Mazzilli

I am using this with no problems... Sticky Pod - Camera Mounts - Car, Truck, Boat, Motorcycle, Kayak (director version)

Thanks Marcello, looks like a rock solid rig.

Robert Turchick · October 31st, 2009, 12:19 AM

One suggestion as I do a lot of shooting with a mount on my motorcycles and car...and forgive me if you already know this...make sure you turn off the image stabilizer in the camera and use manual focus and no zoom.

I did a lot of testing and found that the most solid mount to the vehicle (and the sticky pods work great!) allows the vehicle suspension to act as the camera stabilizer. On any vehicle, the road/engine vibration is at a high enough frequency to not come across on the vid if hard mounted. That vibration will interfere with the auto focus and image stabilizer though. And if you use any zoom, the vibration gets amplified.

Hope this helps and if you already knew this, sorry!
Get the sticky pod though...good solution!

October 6th, 2009, 09:16 AM	#1
Greg Quinn Major Player Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Diego, California Posts: 456	advice for mounting camera to car for low angle road shoot I need to take some footage for the title sequence of a doc I'm working on. The aim is to have a low angle (i.e. close to the road) shot, so the plan is to mount a small HD cam (Cannon HV10) mounted to the front of my car, a Mitsubishi Eclipse. I have a rubber sucker camera mount, but in limited tests with this, there's a shocking amount of vibration which would make the footage unusable; any suggestions? Thanks Greg

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October 6th, 2009, 11:25 AM	#2
Marcello Mazzilli Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: ITALIA Posts: 168	I am using this with no problems... Sticky Pod - Camera Mounts - Car, Truck, Boat, Motorcycle, Kayak (director version)

October 31st, 2009, 12:19 AM	#4
Robert Turchick New Boot Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: United States Posts: 23	One suggestion as I do a lot of shooting with a mount on my motorcycles and car...and forgive me if you already know this...make sure you turn off the image stabilizer in the camera and use manual focus and no zoom. I did a lot of testing and found that the most solid mount to the vehicle (and the sticky pods work great!) allows the vehicle suspension to act as the camera stabilizer. On any vehicle, the road/engine vibration is at a high enough frequency to not come across on the vid if hard mounted. That vibration will interfere with the auto focus and image stabilizer though. And if you use any zoom, the vibration gets amplified. Hope this helps and if you already knew this, sorry! Get the sticky pod though...good solution!