[urq] Camera mount in a Coupe-urQ

[Louis-Alain Richard]

Great little camera for sure. But for now, I am seeking a cheaper solution

I already have a Sony digital camera with a wide angle converter that makes
nice little videos (640x480). I want to try it first.

 

I’ve looked at the car and there is a possibility of a custom made bracket :
remove the rear seat, remove the seatbelts and use the seatbelts mounting
points (2 on the floor, 2 on the C pillar beside the rear window) and
project 4 tubes toward the center of the car. The forward end of the tubes
will support a plate on which one can install a camera mount. With some
adjustable length tubes, one can even adjust the relative position of the
camera inside the car. Nothing will be permanent. I can even reinstall the
rear seat if I make the bottom brackets long enough.

 

Hmmm, time to spend a few hours trying to find some suitable material. Maybe
some old ski poles would fit ?

 

Louis-Alain

 

 

 

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Envoyé : 16 février 2009 18:39
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Objet : Re: [urq] Camera mount in a Coupe-urQ

 

L-A
As a 10 year veteran of dozens of hours of urq video at our Gruppe-q Events
at the Steamboat Ice Track, I'm pretty sure I can add some insight here.
Urq's don't handle camera mounts well without a serious brace.  I used the
headrest mount, and found the seats were too shaky, even with big kids in
the seat anchoring them down.  So far the best video is the camera is one a
Steamboat participant attached to the outside of my 83 on windshield this
year.  This camera (wide angle version)
 <http://www.goprocamera.com/> http://www.goprocamera.com/

Email me privately, and I can forward you the link to the video we shot with
this camera mounted to the windshield.  You can mount multiple cameras, and
grab sound, the image stabilization is second to none.  I suspect next year,
this will be the standard bill of fare for on/in car video.  The biggest
problem you have on ice tracks is the contrast between dark interior and
white noise reflection from ice.  I suspect that a mount inside the car
shooting in car (dark) video only, and time-base-control video outside the
car is going to be your best bet.  

Image stabilization is the biggest issue, then the contrast white noise is
significant to grab any high quality video.  Then the third issue is aiming
an interior camera to catch interior and exterior shots.  I don't see this
being accomplished without a wide angle camera with image stabilization and
some serious white correction built into it (read: regular video cameras
won't do).  The good news is the camera's above are inexpensive and built
for this duty, and IMO, do really well at what you are trying to accomplish.

Cheers and my .02

Scott J
83, 83 and 84 Urq's
Eventmaster
ACNA Gruppe-q Steamboat Ice Experience 2009