Mounting a camera in a track car

[fha772]

Evening all,

I've been pondering how to mount my digital video camera in my Merc.

At the moment I can see 2 options,
1) buy a tripod and ratchet strap it into the rear of the car, where the back seat was.
2) make a steel mount that bolts to the tunnel, with 2 stays back to the top rear seat belt mounts.

How would you mount a camera in the car?

Cheers Frank.

[owelly]

Bracket on the parcel shelf? Or do you need to be able to reach it? I have a screen mount you can borrow?

[fha772]

That sounds like a plan, I didn't think of mounting it on the parcel shelf, I'll have a look at that tomorrow.

Can you fetch the screen mount with you, just in case?

[mitsuru]

One question
How big is the camera?

[fha772]

It's just a small slimline digital camcorder with a fold out screen, not much bigger than a phone when closed.

[mitsuru]

depending on it's weight, rubber band wrap it to the rear view mirror.

[Relentless Rob]

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Mounted to the mirror with a rubber band to the mirror is a bit shakey and the suction cup holder won't get past the aliens from the panlet Scruton. The camera I've bought has a mounting for cycle handle bars and I'm hoping I can use a longer band and wrap it around my cage.

[TeamTotalWankel]

It's just a small slimline digital camcorder with a fold out screen, not much bigger than a phone when closed.

Not like the Russian ones that Del Boy had on OF&H then??

[hillbillyracer]

We just fabricated a simple mount that tex screwed to the underside of the sunroof assembly in the Astra last year, it gave the view as is you looked over the R/H shoulder of the passenger & that was good. Downside was we couldn't reach it once sat in the car so had to set it running before we got in, this gave us plenty footage of the back of that car we going to follow out the pitlane but litle actual track time!
Thinking we'll screw something to the dash this time (with a car worth a few quid you may not want to swiss-cheese the dash but at least with our Astra we dont care!), having less of the car in shot would seem a good thing but I think it takes it out of context a bit & you got to see the top of dash & screen pillars with further back where it was before. But having it record something worthwhile instead of the wait to go out seems worth that compromise.
Watch a few vids on youtube & see which point of view you prefer then see how you might mount you camera there?

[mitsuru]

If not the rear view mirror then how about the sun visor?