Build a Car Camera Mount
Shooting stable video from inside a moving car is very difficult without some sort of camera mount. Professional car mounts sold by grip equipment houses and professional camera stores can easily cost more than $1,000, and are out of the price range of many independent filmmakers and amateur photographers. Using some basic hardware and a little ingenuity, however, you can make your own car camera mount that should be able to hold most small and medium-sized cameras. With this mount, you can station a camera in the rear of the cab, pointing it out to the front windshield and driver.
Instructions
1. Drill a 3/8-inch between the edge and the center hole of a metal electrical plate. This will be used to mount the ball head to the plate.
2. Pass the 3/8-inch bolt (with 16 threads per inch) through the hole you just drilled and hold it into place using a nut.
3. Place the two wide washers on either side of the metal plate over the center hole, sandwiching the smaller washer from underneath the plate.
4. Remove the bolt that will hold a child safety seat from the back seat of the car. Remove the plastic housing surrounding the bolt, and bolt the metal plate in its place.
5. Screw the ball head into the 3/8-inch 16 bolt and then level and attach a camera.
Tags: 8-inch bolt, ball head, Build Camera, Build Camera Mount, center hole, metal plate
