Just had a question. Do racetracks permit people to have video cameras in the back seat taping track run?
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Yeah, they do it all the time. How do you think they get the sweet in-car shots for ESPN and Speed Channel?
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If you have a proper camera mount, they are usually allowed...and I don't mean just duct taping the camera to the passenger seat
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I was thinking Elmers glue.
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haha, I was thinking about seatbelting a tripod to my back seat with two legs on the floor? I guess that wouldn't fly. What mounts do you guys/girls use for your videos?
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idsay take out your head rest on yourp assenger side seat, then strap a camera on there
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they have mounts that attach to the headrest
as far as in-car, i think thats bout it
then they have the sticky pods, for the outside
I was working on a camera mount a while ago that went in between the front seats.
It had a tripod head on it but I took it off for the moment. It worked on my car, a land crusier, and a scion. I havent tested it on other cars yet. the only drawback is that you have to have your seats at the same setting which is not a big deal for me.
I also made my own sticky pod type thing. It used suction cups, I never got around to trying it out but I left it on a window and I pulled it off after 1 hour and it was still really stuck on there.
In an older Mustang I helped a friend build for club racing we mounted the camera on the harness bar of the roll cage. Another option is a dash mount, or even a windshield mount like police cars have. Those are expensive, but completely self contained and can be programmed to record vehicle speed, which is good for road racing if you want to know how well the car is running in different areas of the track.
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I know this would look ridiculous, but how about helmet cams, like the one that Tony H@wk has his name all over. I've borrowed one from my friend when I went on a snowboarding trip. Worked great, plus, if you attach it to your helmet/head, you can playback everything you looked at.
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I reccomend the headrest mount, very easy to use and you don't have to do a lumbar roll to turn it on when you start.
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very cool, thanks.
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i got one for the d-i-y guys/gals.
simple, cost only 10bucks to make, effective on taping the run.driver, but not gauges.
all you need is a mini tripod from bestbuy/mejier and a drill.
i used my windshield defrost vent, but you can put it about anywhere.
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I'm in germany, and as of last year (or maybe the year before) they don't allow cams on the nurburgring anymore, so we gotta be sneaky.
this whole thread reminds me of "getaway in stockholm". if you have seen it then you know what i am talking about. if not, it is rsx's, vipers, rustangs, camaro's etc. all running from the cops and drifting/racing around town. its not a couple of retarded 16 year olds who race from a light, they have their stuff organized and get it all on tape. what they did (i read on their website) is put a mini cam in the trunk key hole, and another in one headlight. there is a whole series of stockholm movies, i would recomend them if you are looking for ideas/a badass racing video (each about 30 min long)
there ya go man
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I know what you're talking about, there's also Porsches. ...And they're proffesional drivers from various manufacturers (from what I've heard). Not to promote street-racing or anything, but they're pretty bad@$$ videos. Also, the Ghost Rider, a biker who does the same thing around the Stolkholm area.
Here's one that I put together:
About 30-35 to assemble... A little shaky, but I have another length of aluminum tube that spans both seats...
The arm that raises the camera is multiplying the camera shake. Try mounting just the head on the bar. If the head doesn't come off, look for a tripod with a removable head and use the head only on the bar.
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I purchased mine from there, can mount it almost anywhere inside the car. Works great for autoX, track days and drag racing.... I typically mount it to the sunroof
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MadJack wrote:The arm that raises the camera is multiplying the camera shake. Try mounting just the head on the bar. If the head doesn't come off, look for a tripod with a removable head and use the head only on the bar.
Took the mount off today and drove around for a bit. Found out that its the headrest itself that is not totally stable. W/ or w/out the camera mount, it shakes. I'll just remove the center rear seatbelt and put a little backwards pressure on the aluminum bar to hold things stable. (I don't ever have passengers, so this should work.)
Cavfan1 uses the headrest on his cavy as well.... Although to keep it from moving he uses a bungie cord. Seems to work alright for him
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