Outer Limits 4x4 Board

does anyone know where i can get a video camera to mount on the dash?

patrolman wrote:does anyone know where i can get a video camera to mount on the dash?

Do you want a camera or a mount?
If it is a mount you require, Manfrotto make a universal camera mount and a thing called a magic arm, they are pricey but if you use it a lot I guess it is no big deal, but if you only want to use it once you can borrow one of mine if you want.
Peter.

droopypete wrote:

patrolman wrote:does anyone know where i can get a video camera to mount on the dash?

Do you want a camera or a mount?
If it is a mount you require, Manfrotto make a universal camera mount and a thing called a magic arm, they are pricey but if you use it a lot I guess it is no big deal, but if you only want to use it once you can borrow one of mine if you want.
Peter.

i am just after a mount or bracket

smells like chit chat

a search of google yielded many results
http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&i ... unt+&meta=

not cheap though!

would velcro strips work...just on the bottom of camera and then sum on the dash ?


i know supercheap has sum velcro...duno if its strong enough!

Macca177 wrote:would velcro strips work...just on the bottom of camera and then sum on the dash ?


i know supercheap has sum velcro...duno if its strong enough!

Does anything from supercheap last

Macca177 wrote:would velcro strips work...just on the bottom of camera and then sum on the dash ?


i know supercheap has sum velcro...duno if its strong enough!

No, to unstable, driving down the freeway @ 75 Ks would look like comming down the steps at Tollangi @ 100 Ks.
If you have a standard tripod, set that up and lash it to the jesus bar good and solid then see if you are happy with the stability of the image.

Is this for looking out the windscreen on 4x4 trips or looking in at the drive in
Peter.

I did some filming from the back seat of a motor bike a few years ago and we taped it down on the pillion seat on top of a car wash sponge !!

Sounds stupid, but it actually dampened the bumps

Just a thought

Have a look in LandRover Owners magazine they usually carry ads by an english company that make them. they attach to the windscreen with a suction cup and a bracket to the dash board. they use them for a lot of the events there. A pretty good price too. Sorry can't remember the name tho

MY45 wrote:

Macca177 wrote:would velcro strips work...just on the bottom of camera and then sum on the dash ?


i know supercheap has sum velcro...duno if its strong enough!

Does anything from supercheap last

I hope so cos thats where I get my oils and filters from (all stamped valvoline, mobil or castrol though).

Theres allways an exception to the rule

You can buy little mini tripods for $10 just unscrew the mount then screw it to the dash,Its udjustable to.

These guys make realy good stuff
http://www.ram-mount.com/
This is one place in AUS you can get them http://www.ja-gps.com.au

goto Jaycar, and buy a small camera that plugs into vid camera.. You sit vid camera on floor in car, then no damage.

the other camera u can mount ANYWHERE. on rearview mirror, or bullbar

they have heaps of different sizes. You can even get infrared for night runs!!!

Shit photo, but this is the size of it $240 for color, shit loads less for B&W




http://www1.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=QC3494&CATID=13&keywords=&SPECIAL=&form=CAT&ProdCodeOnly=&Keyword1=&Keyword2=&pageNumber=&priceMin=&priceMax=&SUBCATID=547

bogged wrote:goto Jaycar, and buy a small camera that plugs into vid camera.. You sit vid camera on floor in car, then no damage.

these are good, have used one of these (not jaycar, but same principle) for helmet cam on trail runs on motorbikes. good quality pic and the camera can be located somewhere safe. will be a lot easier to attach to dash/pillar and also more versatile than a dash mount.