CycleFish.com

  Browse Latest Posts   Categories   Bikers&... » Biker Chat    



Home made digital camera mount

Topics: 16   Posts: 147
Neat !  Works better than I'd figured.



Topics: 13   Posts: 634
Nice! Care to share any details on the mount and camera?

Topics: 95   Posts: 1436
Very nice, Lets see the design.....


______________________


highrisk


Hearts of fire
Streets of stone
Modern warriors
Saddle iron horses of chrome
Topics: 16   Posts: 147
Nothing fancy. Just some "southern engineering" .  Made out of junk I had laying around the garage.  Basically just a u-bolt with an extra plate using a 4 inch 1/4-20 bolt to secure the camera. Required a small amount of cutting and drilling.   The plate you see dangling fits up to the bottom of the camera and is snugly secured with a nut.  It wont win any shows but its good enough for what I intend to do.  Oh the camera...its a Kodak  (unsure of the model #) but its an inexpensive one....one of the small ones that fits in your pocket.  About a $150 camera if memory serves.  Put camera mounts on both bikes this weekend for under 5 bucks.


Topics: 13   Posts: 634
Very nice J ~ was wondering how a u-bolt mount and through the windshield would hold up and look ~ not to mention the sound was great! Ha ha ha!
Like the surgical tube protectors... from old school connecting rods??
Won't mention the (pass) ~ heh heh! Look out for dem blues ~ and I ain't talkin' music Brother! ;-) Thanks for sharing :-)

Topics: 95   Posts: 1436
Right on Great idea

______________________


highrisk


Hearts of fire
Streets of stone
Modern warriors
Saddle iron horses of chrome
Topics: 137   Posts: 2767
Blackpearl wrote...
Very nice J ~ was wondering how a u-bolt mount and through the windshield would hold up and look ~ not to mention the sound was great! Ha ha ha!
Like the surgical tube protectors... from old school connecting rods??
Won't mention the (pass) ~ heh heh! Look out for dem blues ~ and I ain't talkin' music Brother! ;-) Thanks for sharing :-)


Yea !! I wasn't going to mention that YELLOW LINE either !!!!!!        


______________________

You should treat every man you encounter with respect, but treating a man with respect and respecting a man are two different things.
The first is given, the second must be earned.

Topics: 16   Posts: 499
I have a "bendy" tri-pod that grabs onto just about anything and stays there. I wrap it around the handlebars of the bike, the rearview mirror in the car, fenceposts, gaurd rails, tree limbs--just about anything! Got it at Target for $20. The legs have rubber finned sections that help it 'grab'.

______________________

Claudia & Clay Iacovetto

Get a grip on reality--AND CHOKE IT TO DEATH!!!
Topics: 150   Posts: 3246
I like it. Noticed its on the inside of the windshield...have you had any problems with glare when the sun is in the right position???

______________________

 

 Lucky - CycleFish Leader

 

Topics: 3   Posts: 52
Very cool. I noticed even going through the bumpy parking lot there was not much vibration. Does your camera have one of those stabilizer features?

Topics: 16   Posts: 147
Thanks, fellas. No the camera used does not have the "motion correction" feature. This would be a very good application for that feature I would think. Sun glare: jury is still out. I suspect it may be an issue although I've not yet experienced it. Most of my testing has been "mostly cloudy" conditions.

EDIT:  I stand corrected.  Dumb-ass me.  I was just reviewing the specs on the Kodak camera I used in the vids above.  Indeed it does have "image stablization" in video mode BUT not in HD (720p) mode which is what those videos were taken in.  I'm going to try the 640x480 HQ mode next and see what happens.  BTW, the Camera is a Kodak M1033 FYI.   Yippee I've got something new to test .....and another excuse to ride !! 

Thanx,

jb

Forum Home | Browse Latest




Search CycleFish




Advertise Your Motorcycle Business on CycleFish
 
Copyright © 2009 CycleFish.com       |       The CycleFish website is proudly hosted at: HostGator.com