Mounting your camera on a car

[Chris Dodkin]

I've been using the Delkin Fat Gecko mounts for a while now - and they have been really solid - but I wanted more...

Did a little research and came up with this puppy - what do you think?

Could be a little overkill?

I found this great website for the company that rents out camera cars for movies, TV programs, commercials etc - amazing to see what they get up to!

http://www.cameracarindustries.com

Here's their Porsche Cayenne camera rig

And here's where the rubber meats the road - they helped shoot the new US series of Top Gear (filmed near to my office in Irvine CA)

[video=youtube;GpGxfb-IRns]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpGxfb-IRns[/video]

Think I might have to save up a little for the crane mount, looks pricey

 

[Hamish Gill]

thats cool as! i want one ... no use for it ... id find a use!!

 

[Mark Grant]

Amazing

All I have ever used is a suction mount such as from here:
http://www.cameragrip.co.uk/acatalog/Camcorder_Suction_Mounts.html

Did the job at the time for a bit of camcorder filming on some wild roads on a scottish island.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Mark - the Delkin mounts are very similar - I use the two cup mount mostly

I've done a couple of test movies this way - two with the camera mounted outside the car, and one with it mounted inside the car.

Outside mount here:

[video=youtube;m6T8sUsE64Y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6T8sUsE64Y&hd=1[/video]

Inside mount here:

[video]http://gallery.me.com/c.dodkin#100080[/video]

Outside rear facing test:

http://gallery.me.com/c.dodkin#100114

Very impressed so far - i.e. they haven't fallen off!