The best camera (still or video) car mount

Caleb Lawrence

Caleb Lawrence

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I just acquired one of Filmtool's Light-Weight Universal Camera Mount for Cars, and it's amazing.

http://www.filmtools.com/filiuncamofo.html

I took it for a test drive today in my '73 Chevy crew cab 3/4 ton. I tell you the vehicle to give you an idea that the suspension might not be the softest or most advanced.

I tried to shake it...bumpy back roads with potholes, railroad tracks, sharp turns, slamming on the brakes, on the highway...nothin'. Smooth as silk. It's rock solid.

If you want the best camera mount for chasing, then I advise this one.

Unless of course you're gonna strap a Panaflex on the side of your vehicle, then you need something bigger.
 
Well I would safely presume that if you were going to spend $350 on a car mount that it had better work pretty darn well. I don't know how many chasers would use this as an option, 1) because of the expense and 2) it is a fairly bulky object to have. Congrats on being able to use the fine piece of equipment, but in the end I'll definitely stick to my own rigging or something cheaper that I can enhance on my own for the better.
 
If you like building things yourself, you can fabricate just about any mount you want out of aluminum material from Home Depot or Lowes. You can buy the metal in the form of bars, L-beams and sheets, and it is easy to cut, drill and shape with basic tools. Camera tripod mounts are standard 1/4" threads, meaning you can easily attach a mounting screw to whatever frame you build. I've used those aluminum bars to make everything from camera mounts to weather instrument brackets.
 
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