Video camera mounting?

[dilz]

yo.has anyone had any experience with mounting a video camera and had any issues with the camera during or after a ride?My friend tried it and when he came back in the camera said "hard drive format error" it did that for a few minutes then came right again

he didnt do any excessive riding but did hit a few moderate bumps which we suspect did it,but we dont want to give up on the idea all together,i made a carbon bracket that mounted to the pillion foot peg which caught a choice angle...before it turned to shit.
peace.

[Laxi]

never had a problem, got a wicked custom bracket, camera strap wraped round right mirror, apply masking tape sweet

[dilz]

never had a problem, got a wicked custom bracket, camera strap wraped round right mirror, apply masking tape sweet

ha ha sweet bro!
yea,it seems strange that it would fook out like that after the thousands of people that do it (youtube etc)
is yours a hard drive one or memory card?
chuur

[steve_t]

Guess your camera isn't handling the shocks very well.... you may need to look at a solid state memory camera like a Canon HF11 etc that record on to SDHC cards.
Do you sell those brackets?

[Sidewinder]

duct tape!

[dilz]

Guess your camera isn't handling the shocks very well.... you may need to look at a solid state memory camera like a Canon HF11 etc that record on to SDHC cards.
Do you sell those brackets?

bummer,do you think thats the only thing it could be?its brand new 60gig sony,will using the sd card option stop this problem perhaps? he basically got it soley for on board stuff.

yea i will be selling them,its just a prototype bracket at the mo,in a week or so ill have tank mounts available also.
thanks for ya help mate.

[Laxi]

ha ha sweet bro!
yea,it seems strange that it would fook out like that after the thousands of people that do it (youtube etc)
is yours a hard drive one or memory card?
chuur

has both, its actually a digital camera that takes better quallity video, and is a shit load smaller than my sony

[steve_t]

How brand new? Warranty?
I reckon it'll probably be sweet with a MS Pro Duo or whatever.... pain in the ass tho. You'll have to get a 8gb or 16gb to get any decent length of recording. I had a look on google and apparently it's a bit more common a problem that anyone would like to admit. It may just be your specific HDD and a replacement camera/HDD might work just fine

[Transalper]

I wouldn't be using any DVD disc or Hard Drive video cameras on bikes. Vibration and bumps can corrupt or even damage the Drives... as it seems you've discovered.
They claim they can stand so many g's shock but truth of the matter is the continuous pounding bikes can deal to them isn't what they were thinking of or designed for.
Tape cameras are ok, the mechanism is more robust and any major bump only corrupts a patch of recording on the tape instead of destroying an entire file on a herd drive.
Solid state stuff seems to be the best for the job. No moving parts inside the camera. recording on to memory stick kind of thing. From what I've seen spoken about, that's what a lot of the onbike youtube stuff is done with.

[hmurphy]

Yeah seriously don't be afraid to use duct tape!! That is how I mounted my action cam to my helmet and it works really well! Strong as!

[dilz]

I wouldn't be using any DVD disc or Hard Drive video cameras on bikes. Vibration and bumps can corrupt or even damage the Drives... as it seems you've discovered.
They claim they can stand so many g's shock but truth of the matter is the continuous pounding bikes can deal to them isn't what they were thinking of or designed for.
Tape cameras are ok, the mechanism is more robust and any major bump only corrupts a patch of recording on the tape instead of destroying an entire file on a herd drive.
Solid state stuff seems to be the best for the job. No moving parts inside the camera. recording on to memory stick kind of thing. From what I've seen spoken about, that's what a lot of the onbike youtube stuff is done with.

thanks for the advice,im thinking we may have to try our luck with a swap.

[dilz]

Yeah seriously don't be afraid to use duct tape!! That is how I mounted my action cam to my helmet and it works really well! Strong as!

yea man,duct tape rules!i think its the type of camera though thats giving us the problem.

[Kflasher]

yo.has anyone had any experience with mounting a video camera...

Have mounted in several places to get cool video's, initially had similar problems with "disc error" so I made my own bracket flexible to dampen the bumps but strong enough to hold in position.
If you get a chance to mount on lower side fairing (duck tape) this will capture your front wheel in the shot, this is cool and an eye opener on how much the front does squirm around.

Oh I got a simple scientific style cam from Noels’ that writes to 'sd' card.

[dilz]

yo,taken all the advice and were guna get a flash drive camera which claims it is shock resistant (we'l see how ha ha) and hook it up to see.
im currently making a mould for a tank mount which will be a universal fit and also a pillion peg mount which should fit any side mounted peg set up,all will be high quality carbon construction with shock reducing in mind for the laminate design.
cant wait!!! will post up some pics wen they are done

PEACE

[Transalper]

Sounds good.
You could consider some kind of lens protection too. Even if it's just a bit of perspex or lexen attached to the front of the camera.
The lens is usually one of the more expensive parts and if a stone hits it....
Not so bad hiding behing a windscreen.