Author: Jeff Blankenship (jblanken@cmi.csc.com)
Date: 1/8/98 2:36 PM
I'm ready to buy a video camera mount for my Neon. This is a street car with no handy rollbars, and I don't have megabucks for a special micro-cam. Thanks to Jeff Cashmore, I have a recommendation for the Bogen 3289, Suction Grip with Camera Support, and a Quick-disconnect Adapter Bogen 3270.
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Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 14:49:18 -0500 A couple weeks ago i bought a Race Case camera
mount. I had fabricated several mounts last year
with little success. The Race Case worked okay out of the box but it had
distortion at both idle and Redline. You could see what was going on but
it kinda looked like the graveyard scenes from
Easyrider. I wondered what was the problem.
I figured out that the housing of the Race Case was coming in contact with
the outside of the camera. Race Case provided open cell foam
to line the inside. The foam should be cut to
fit each individual camera. I also realized that strap on the side of the
camera (which could not
be removed) kept the camera from fitting in
the Race Case properly.
I milled windows in the
sides to allow the strap to be outside the case.
Also the Sony camera I'm using has the off/on
switch on the right side and it was difficult to
turn on inside the Case. Once again mill a window to make it
easier to turn on. This kept the off/on switch
from hitting the Race Case and turning itself
off and on. These Mods to the Race Case have improved the picture quality
greatly.
If you are going to use one of these units be prepared to do some
experimenting to make it work right.
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