Mounting a camera to a helmet?
08-11-05, 11:23 PM
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Mounting a camera to a helmet?
I found after getting back from the last touring trip I did I had very few photos to remind myself of the trip. I kept my camera in the handlebar bag (or sometimes jersey pocket) and found I just rarely felt like stopping, getting the camera out of the bag, and taking a photo. I would like to set it up for next time with the camera mounted to my helmet so if I see something interesting I can look at it and preferably take the photo from some kind of extension string.
The digital camera is quite light, one of the Canon elphs (SD400) - any suggestions for how to mount it to the helmet easily (also to make it easy to take it off to get it out of the rain or take a more precise shot) and to take the photos without reaching onto my head?
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Tanya
The digital camera is quite light, one of the Canon elphs (SD400) - any suggestions for how to mount it to the helmet easily (also to make it easy to take it off to get it out of the rain or take a more precise shot) and to take the photos without reaching onto my head?
Thanks!
Tanya
08-12-05, 01:24 AM
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Like you've done, a jersey pocket or handlebar bag are perfect spots for keeping your camera.....I don't know how you can improve on accessability. Perhaps have you camera hang from your neck like a pendant so its always there in front of you. You'll most likely encounter more problems trying to mount your camera on your helmet or on the bars. How will you compose your shots? I think you should scrap this idea.
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Click for a link to an ingenious handlebar mount for a digital. Note that a handlebar bag can still be used.
I seem to recall a rider around here (Boston) has some type of helmet mount set up-for digital videos. I (think) I saw him riding along a stretch of my commute one morning. The camera(s) were pretty small-I'm not sure if they were two cameras, or a camera+a battery pack.
I seem to recall a rider around here (Boston) has some type of helmet mount set up-for digital videos. I (think) I saw him riding along a stretch of my commute one morning. The camera(s) were pretty small-I'm not sure if they were two cameras, or a camera+a battery pack.
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There are commercially available video helmet cams marketed for the adventure sportsperson, I think I've seen them for sale in the Mountain Gear catalog. Not terribly expensive, about the size of a golfball sized PC camera with the important works on a belt pack attached via cable.
If you have your camera in a jersey pocket or neck pouch or handlebar pouch it's easy to take pictures on the fly, but the pictures never seem as clear then when you stop to take the shot.
If you have your camera in a jersey pocket or neck pouch or handlebar pouch it's easy to take pictures on the fly, but the pictures never seem as clear then when you stop to take the shot.
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Wow! Man you just need to readjust your mode of thinking. When I'm out on tour, it's all about the trip, being there....not getting there. I do admit that sometimes I have to remind myself of that and stop for a shot, in fact sometimes back up (horrors). I've never regretted it, though. You can take scenic shots on the fly from your car.
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Originally Posted by beowoulfe
Wow! Man you just need to readjust your mode of thinking. When I'm out on tour, it's all about the trip, being there....not getting there. I do admit that sometimes I have to remind myself of that and stop for a shot, in fact sometimes back up (horrors). I've never regretted it, though. You can take scenic shots on the fly from your car.
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08-16-05, 05:59 PM
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In general, I guess people who care about photographic quality will actually take the time to set and compose their shots, like Bikepacker67's shot above, for instance. I've seen too many scenic stills taken from moving vehicles or from remotely mounted cameras, and frankly, most looked like lousy snapshots taken by a 5 year old....
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Originally Posted by The Fixer
In general, I guess people who care about photographic quality will actually take the time to set and compose their shots
For instance, this pic of "skunk cabbage" was taken on my belly, in a swamp, in March!
08-17-05, 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by way124
Well.. you still can take pics while riding. Just takes some practice:
