Mounting Your Cameras...

[SteBurns]

I've done quite a few trackdays and now I'm ready to track the EP3, I have a JVC HD video camera that I want to use for recording. What devices do people use to mount their cameras? I know many organisers don't allow suction mounts and the seats don't suit headrest mounts. Any ideas?

 

[Chris.]

You can put a mount on the headrest of the rear seats, not an ideal location though.

 

[Lottie]

I have the rear seat mount from fastfilms, did a pretty good job.

If your video camera has a hard drive to store the video I think you will struggle as they seem to switch themselves off a lot when on track.

I wouldnt even consider a suction mount anymore as they are a no no at most tracks.

 

[nosman]

I use a Hauge headrest camera mount on the rear seat headrest and it works quite well.
http://www.b-hague.co.uk/hague_camcorder_headrest_mount_chm.htm

Couple of vids from me using the mount are below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-W0G6Q6fPE&list=UU2fiVWFNTxukVFExFS6dnoQ&index=4&feature=plcp

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkzEEdv4eyU&list=UU2fiVWFNTxukVFExFS6dnoQ&index=5&feature=plcp

I also had a JVC HD Hard drive camera and as Lottie says it ended up stopping after about 5-10 mins as the vibration would switch them off.
Ended up swapping it out for a Mini DV camera and a couple of Keyfob camera's and never looked back since.

Hope this helps.

 

[SteBurns]

Great suggestions, I hadn't thought of mounting from the rear seats! I'll be disappointed if the camera switches itself off, if it does I'm back to square one!

 

[Lottie]

Great suggestions, I hadn't thought of mounting from the rear seats! I'll be disappointed if the camera switches itself off, if it does I'm back to square one!

Fingers crossed for you, this is from my rear seat mount:

http://youtu.be/KZPCQYUFgjU