Camera mounts

[Kurt Hertel]

Hey so im looking for a camera mount like this one right here

http://youtu.be/REwUXlmQaUw?hd=1

If this is your boat or if you have a similar setup, could you send me an email with a picture of the mount that you used and where can i get one.

[Jeff Jones]

Ya man, that's my mount.  Well, i havent' seen it in about 6 months - let some monkey guys borrow it.  Guess i should say it used to be my mount. 

Silly simple and cheap.  Email me and i'll tell you how to build one in about 2 hours out of a piece of 3/4" marine ply, a few clamps and some electrical conduit.

viper640tx at gmail dot com

[Glenn Vanheel]

here's my "poormans" mount for my go pro. made from an old telescoping boathook i had. used the bigger diameter tubing and cut a 4" sleeve for the base. then used stainless hose clamps / pipe hangars to mount it to my outboard bracket. then took the smaller diameter tube, cut to length, to slide right in. drill holes for a clevis pin and wella! your Steven Spielberg!

[Justin Scott]

Maybe a weighted pendulum so it stays horizental to the horizen?

[Jay Harrell]

Maybe a weighted pendulum so it stays horizental to the horizen?

What would be really cool is some post-processing software that would detect the horizon and auto-level the video feed.  That could give you a virtually rock-steady picture without a fancy mount.  Might take a good bit of processing power however...

[Matt Sole]

Er Jay, so far we have an old boat hook and a couple of hose clamps. Slow down there on the fancy post production stuff...

[Jay Harrell]

Er Jay, so far we have an old boat hook and a couple of hose clamps. Slow down there on the fancy post production stuff...

Oh, sorry - I eat lunch at CNN Center every day, so it's rather easy to imagine a powerful video post processing system...

[Jason Hyerstay]

You can do automatic stabilization with iMovie, but probably not any automatic horizon leveling.

I just downloaded the CineForm software that GoPro offers for free on their site to see what features it offers besides the 3D stuff.

We had to rebuild our rudder post in the off-season, and that involved cutting a small access port in the very top of the rudder post, which has now been filled with a removable cap. I plan to install a tripod thread there, to use with the optional tripod mount I got for the GoPro.

Cheers,

jason

[Tim Carter]

Where are you going to put the tiller???

[Glenn Vanheel]

here's my "poormans" mount for my go pro. made from an old telescoping boathook i had. used the bigger diameter tubing and cut a 4" sleeve for the base. then used stainless hose clamps / pipe hangars to mount it to my outboard bracket. then took the smaller diameter tube, cut to length, to slide right in. drill holes for a clevis pin and wella! your Steven Spielberg!

this is what it looks like. please disregard the horible start!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvrXgtDOHf8

[Jason Hyerstay]

Where are you going to put the tiller???

Boy do I feel silly right now.

[Glenn Vanheel]

You'll need to raise it up at least 2 feet to get any real sense of speed as you can see the water rushing by.