Camera mount for solo trips

[the gecko]

Who films themselves while fishing solo? Id love to see your camera setup. Im looking for ideas to mount a camera.

Is it all too hard on your own, or is it possible?

cheers
Andrew

[TheRealAndy]

Who films themselves while fishing solo? Id love to see your camera setup. Im looking for ideas to mount a camera.

Is it all too hard on your own, or is it possible?

cheers
Andrew

I have just been playing around with a gopro hd hero on my boat. I bought the motorsport kit for my motorbike, and it came with a huge suction cap mount that hangs onto the boat really well. I will post up some clips of lucinda and 1770 when I get back.

[Marlin_Mike]

Who films themselves while fishing solo? Id love to see your camera setup. Im looking for ideas to mount a camera.

Is it all too hard on your own, or is it possible?

cheers
Andrew

Mate I bought a little mount set up online earlier thsi year. Hard to explain, but will post a pic or the link to the site so you can see it. Works for me fine.

Mob was in Hong Kong cost me $11.00 posted from hong kong got it 1 week after ordering and paying for it.

Will post link to site tonight.

Mike

[Spaniard_King]

Have a look at this guys setup.. His name is Willo on here

he is the king of solo video

http://il.youtube.com/user/Willo20

[honda900]

Here is another one to try, tiny little camera that you can attach to just about anything, works great, and comes with a few different fixed mount attachments.

There are some youtube videos of the camera, attached to model airplanes.

http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/s...dProduct=10093

Cheap as chips as well.

Regards
Honda.

[wayno60]

Still love watching willo get amongst em......

[cuzzamundi]

Head cams work great as well. Good quality footage and pretty cheap.

[Winf]

I use one of these http://www.digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au/prod5681.htm

and one of these http://www.digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au/prod23.htm

What would be really handy is a remote control but works ok.

Camera records in MP4 format though which I couldn't edit with moviemaker so I use this http://www.serif.com/movieplus/

Sometimes you capture something unexpected!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCrl6K5o6OY

Cheers

Winf

[Greg P]

Anyone have one of those Gorillapods??

[Willo]

This is a pic of the set up I use ,which is basically a camera Balljoint tripod mount fitted to a rail clamp system I made myself,out of a marine BBQ Rail clampand a water proof housing for the cam

And also a link to another system I am thinking about using ...The Fat Gecko....
Check out the vid of its application
http://www.fat-gecko.com/
http://www.delkin.com/products/acces...fat-gecko.html
A wide angle lens for the Cam is also a good idea
Willo

[Heath]

Willo's setup is great !!!!!

You definately need a wide angle lense. 0.45x is perfect.
You will also need a polarised lense to cut down on glare.
Get the right size lense, don't use a step ring.
If an open boat then a water proof housing is a must, you can get away without one in a bigger boat, but the added advantage of the water proof housing is that you can easily throw the camera underwater if needed & I can tell you, there are times when you will. I use my underwater housing all the time, they are great.

And a long life battery won't go astray either... something that lasts about 7 hours will do.

Finally my mount. Made it myself from a few bits n pieces I had in the garage... an old busted tripod, an old alvey winch clamp & some gal tube. Mines about 8 years old now & still going strong. It out lasted the camera!!!!

[TheRealAndy]

This is a pic of the set up I use ,which is basically a camera Balljoint tripod mount fitted to a rail clamp system I made myself,out of a marine BBQ Rail clampand a water proof housing for the cam

And also a link to another system I am thinking about using ...The Fat Gecko....
Check out the vid of its application
http://www.fat-gecko.com/
http://www.delkin.com/products/acces...fat-gecko.html
A wide angle lens for the Cam is also a good idea
Willo

Thats the same mount that comes with the go-pro, except mine only has one suction cap. I was surprised how powerful that suction cap is. It does have a few issues on the boat if there is any dried up salt, but a quick wipe down and it becomes a permanent fixture of the boat.

Th go-pro camera I have is wide angle. I am very impressed with it so far.

[murf]

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Sometimes you capture something unexpected!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCrl6K5o6OY

Cheers

Winf

that unexpected is a ripper

cheers Murf

[the gecko]

Some great setups there guys, thanks for the feedback. All the mounting brackets seem fine. I should have mentioned that I do a lot of night fishing up creeks for jacks, so I need a spotlight setup too.

When a fish hits, there isnt much time to flick a lot of switches......so can I get a combined camera spotlight that would suit? I dont wanna drop a fish while Im turning a camera on, so One Touch record and lighting will be essential. Maybe a helmet cam will be the go? Anyone done helmets?

Difficult challenge for solo, I know. I need a mate who will do the late hours and hold the camera.

cheers
Andrew

[Heath]

That's what the infra red night shot is for