Where to buy car camera mounts???

[skylinepowered1]

Hi guys, I am looking to pickup a few of the camera mounts like the ones I see mounted on most drift cars.

Any idea where I can buy a few of these.

Picture for reference:


Any help is very much appreciated!

thanks,
Josh

[skylinepowered1]

I also found this one.


They are very expensive but I was hoping someone on here would know of a cheaper alternative.

thanks,
Josh

[gigglesnirt]

manfrotto makes a really good one, it has never failed me. i got mine for $120 or so years ago, that plus the mini dv camera for sale at woot today would be perfect.
http://www.filmtools.com/gripper-302...era-mount.html


and if you need a good camera you wouldn't be afraid to strap to a car or break, woot has one today for a pretty good price. I bought one a few months ago and its a great beater camera.
http://www.woot.com/

[skylinepowered1]

Have you had any problems with the setup and do you have any vids on youtube or streetfire with some videos you shot with your setup. I would like to see how good the quality is.

thanks,
Skyline

[EverythingDrift]

The Filmtools "clamp" is what most people use.

[gigglesnirt]

Have you had any problems with the setup and do you have any vids on youtube or streetfire with some videos you shot with your setup. I would like to see how good the quality is.

thanks,
Skyline

I've never had it fail that's why i recommended it, as long as you clean the suction cup and the surface properly you will probably never have a problem. One thing is it can sometimes wobble, and give you some ugly footage, there are always ways to brace it more so you get less of a wobble but i haven't worried about it too much in the past.

here's a few videos of mine to give you an idea, on an older camera i eventually broke.
The miata video was mounted on the trunk, so it's really shaking around quite a bit, normally it wouldn't as much.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnDeRNgAzqM

Also on the trunk unfortunately.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyhoED2QTpg

here's an example in the back window of an evo, way more stable than my trunk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-muh_WAR1O0

and the rear window of an old daily driver i had.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY7eYLUqRAE

Here's an old rough edit video in my days of being really bad at editing and film, there's a fender shot somewhere in there using the camera mount.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHMS0WEGSPw

[deadpirate]

filmtools.com has super cheap camera mounts that work AMAZINGLY good



also b&h photo has mounts i think