camcorder mounts??

[Trav D]

Are there any suggestions as to where to find a mount for my camcorder to go on a wall to record pool? I looked at bestbuy and online and could not find a thing. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[stevekur1]

I Just did a search on google for Security Camera Mounts, and i came up with this.

On the first page the one mount has a screw in it which looks like the same size as a Web Cam or Standard camera would have.

Here's the link for the page i found, look around to see what else you can find using those search terms


http://www.a1securitycameras.com/SecurityCamera-Enclosures-Mount.html

heres a link directly to what i was describing

http://www.a1securitycameras.com/security-camera-mounts.html



Good Luck
Steve

 

[Bigtruck]

Are there any suggestions as to where to find a mount for my camcorder to go on a wall to record pool? I looked at bestbuy and online and could not find a thing. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Best Buy has a windshield mount that uses suction. Get one of those and screw it to the wall. Under $20.

Ray

 

[Trav D]

Thanks for the responses.

 

[Rethunk]

Thanks for the responses.

I've worked with digital video cameras for years, though it's been a little while since I've had to buy a mount. In my line of work we often build our own.

The Panavise deluxe mounts in Stevekur1's link are flexible and useful. I've used them quite a bit in the lab. You can set them up quickly and they're reasonably stable. Manufacturers and resellers of good mount equipment include Panavise, Pelco, Newport, Edmund Optics, and others.

Most camera mounts use a 1/4-20 thread. With a little effort you could fashion your own mount out of wood or MDF, a 1/4-20 bolt, some washers, and whatever you want to affix the thing to a wall.

A flexible but pricey solution could be to buy a good-quality tripod with a separable head. You could then fashion mounts on the wall to accept the head. The head would allow you to tweak out the angle and position of the camera. The presence of multiple mounts would allow you to move the camera to different positions (overhead, looking at the front of the rack from behind the head string, etc.). You could use the tripod close to the table for certain shots. This would be a much more expensive option than using a cheap Panavise mount.

A few considerations:

1. Does your camcorder's camera mount have a plastic thread or a metal thread? Choose the 1/4-20 bolt accordingly.
2. Plan for accessibility. If the back end of the camera is too close to the wall it'll be a pain to connect/disconnect it from the mount, to attached cables for a monitor, etc.
3. You may appreciate having extra lights when you're shooting video.

Good luck.

 

[Trav D]

I've worked with digital video cameras for years, though it's been a little while since I've had to buy a mount. In my line of work we often build our own.

The Panavise deluxe mounts in Stevekur1's link are flexible and useful. I've used them quite a bit in the lab. You can set them up quickly and they're reasonably stable. Manufacturers and resellers of good mount equipment include Panavise, Pelco, Newport, Edmund Optics, and others.

Most camera mounts use a 1/4-20 thread. With a little effort you could fashion your own mount out of wood or MDF, a 1/4-20 bolt, some washers, and whatever you want to affix the thing to a wall.

A flexible but pricey solution could be to buy a good-quality tripod with a separable head. You could then fashion mounts on the wall to accept the head. The head would allow you to tweak out the angle and position of the camera. The presence of multiple mounts would allow you to move the camera to different positions (overhead, looking at the front of the rack from behind the head string, etc.). You could use the tripod close to the table for certain shots. This would be a much more expensive option than using a cheap Panavise mount.

A few considerations:

1. Does your camcorder's camera mount have a plastic thread or a metal thread? Choose the 1/4-20 bolt accordingly.
2. Plan for accessibility. If the back end of the camera is too close to the wall it'll be a pain to connect/disconnect it from the mount, to attached cables for a monitor, etc.
3. You may appreciate having extra lights when you're shooting video.

Good luck.[/QUO

Thanks alot man, this was very helpful.