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06-12-2012, 04:10 PM | #1 |
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Autocross Camera Mounts?
My BRZ DZA is supposed be here on Sunday (Father's Day!). I'd like to try my hand at autocross, and would like to do a camera mount setup where I could see the tach and what I'm doing (wrong).
Something like http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...st_Camera.html would be nice for that, I think. Does the headrest adjust to mount something like that? Would it be unreasonable for someone 5'10"? From pictures, it looks questionable whether the seat headrest adjusts that way. Does anyone have any recommendations? |
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GoPro.
You're going to have trouble getting both your tach and you in the shot no matter what camera you choose. You best bet might be to lay the passenger seat back ad mount the GoPro as far back on the passenger side window as possible. The big issues is that with lighting and the way amera work, you really have to choose between filming something inside the car, or outside. So move the camera around between runs. Some good angles: Out the front to check your lines Upper right corner of the windshield aimed at you to see if you're being too tense. Right front fender to check your off-side cone clearance. Can you get closer? And I haven't tried this yet, but lay the passenger seat back and mount the camera as far back on the passenger side as possible to see if you catch your tach, wheel, and shifter. Again, not sure if the angle is right with this car. |
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You can use a suction mount and stick it on the inside of the rear window looking forward.
Would have to start the camera before you strap yourself in though. |
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I stuck my go pro on the rear driver side window on the outside. It will see the inside, but not the tach as the outside is too bright. Maybe at night you might see it. Here is a video of one of my driver skills autocross runs
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrLIP0hHSig"]Porsche Club Driver Skills Autocross Section - YouTube[/ame] |
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If you mount farther forward a couple of inches you'll catch more of the vie though the front glass. My go pro captured my tach and nav when I ran the dragon. I haven't watched the runs from my autocross enough to note on that in brighter conditions yet.
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Simple solution with everyone who mentions this.
Gopro. srsly. Lol
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