my camera mount......

[Slammed Sentra]

ok i came up with the idea, and dave helped me perfect it. its still a little shaky, but thats just due to my suspension......it will work on my car, and daves, and with steve's, i can just use my head rest (since he drives same gen sentra).....but anyway here are the pics.......

[Slammed Sentra]

like the ghetto rig......?? :D

[Slammed Sentra]

and yes this is a height adjustment screw........

[trip]

can i have it?

[Slammed Sentra]

if it will fit in your car we can record a run.......... whose ever cars it fits in, then i wanna record a run or two.... :D

[lightningd]

hahaha

"I don't make the products andrew comes up with, I make the products andrew comes up with, better."

Now that I look at it again, I proclaim myself a genius. I even added a height adjustment. hehehe

[AK1200]

good idea, next stop hollywood.....

[urvtecs2slo]

nice idea...i need to do that shit so i can catch the fuckers that have been messing with my car

[Slammed Sentra]

hollywood here i come....................................sike


it worked for the most part, it was a little bit on the shaky side, not as bad as before, but its still cool as hell to watch.

[lightningd]

yeah, my seat is a lot more shakier than andrew's, so mine was very rough, but still doable, but of course, that's b/c my car is way faster than andrew's, lol :p

[Crate]

tight. but didnt i tell you to run a bar across the headrest like that? =] if not.. i was talking to someone about it... its a perfect setup.

i cant wait to see some footage from that... too bad my car doesnt have a headrest!!! damnit.

[Crate]

just a thought.. to keep it form "shaking"...

where it clams down.. get yourself some of that padded foam from a matress... tape it around the bars where you clamp it.. it will act as a absorber. you will still get some of the "waving" and bouncyness. but the rigid shacking will be gone.

[vmspionage]

Originally posted by urvtecs2slo
nice idea...i need to do that shit so i can catch the fuckers that have been messing with my car

Buy a webcam and park it outside the window where it can see it. I got a Logitec one for like $80 and it has motion detector software, it turns on and starts recording whenever it sees something moving. Pretty strange to see all the shit that goes on when you aren't looking...

[Crate]

funny you mention that.. before i moved out. i had planned on hooking that motion detector software up to one, and drill a whole over my door to my room and have it pointing down to monitor outside my door.. cuse my little sister was always listening and trying to spy and shit. =] i might just do that over hte door to my house now. so when APG/LS-Vtec comes over i can pretend im not home =] hahah.

[Boosted2003]

ducktape the camera to hood of car a couple times....

[Boosted2003]

i hope the mounts hold or there goes a good camera lol andrew can be the test subject...

[jmciver]

Looks like a lot of hard work. Here was my solution......(sorry about the very large pic)

http://www.vb.quik.com/jmciver/images/computer/computer_14.jpg

[Lazarus]

Here ya go

[Lazarus]

I am stull trying to figure out a way to mount mine to the dash. alot of people suggest on the bumper but screw that I don't have the money

[jmciver]

Well the camera you see in my car cost about $70. I have it conected to my camcorder, which will be secured behind the passenger seat. You could also use a small, cheap VCR as well.

[Bandit]

Originally posted by jmciver
Looks like a lot of hard work. Here was my solution......(sorry about the very large pic)

how'd i know you were gonna come up with something??? looks good. do you have any problems with the government??? just messin with ya....with it up there does it have a good view of everything or have you tried it out yet???

[jmciver]

Originally posted by Bandit
how'd i know you were gonna come up with something??? looks good. do you have any problems with the government??? just messin with ya....with it up there does it have a good view of everything or have you tried it out yet???
It actually has a very good view. Unlike most camera mounts where the camera is mounted between the driver and passenger seat, the camera is in a position closer to the driver and of course in the center. It was originally connected to the computer in the car, but the computer really can't handle encoding video (not a powerful enough processor, and I am working on that part now). The wife got me a digital camcorder for x-mas so that is what I am using to actually record the video. I can then easily encode it so the I can put the videos up on the internet, etc.

[trip]

where did you by your camera james?

[jmciver]

Originally posted by trip
where did you by your camera james?
It took a while to find it, but here you go.......

http://cu1.com/colorccd.html