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Old 01-16-2010, 11:45 PM   #21
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THanks Ebbs! I didn't mind hanging out a little with my little $400 Sony But I didn't think to try those low angle shots either. With a camera like yours I'd definitely want it tied to me somehow! And you have to consider what you'll do in an emergency situation wher you have to grab the bar. With my neck strap I could just drop the camera and it wasn't hitting anything but me.
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Old 01-16-2010, 11:51 PM   #22
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When I went skydiving, the photographer had 2 cameras attached to a helmet. One camera was a digi cam for still shots, and the other was a digi camcorder to video the whole jump. He had an eye piece that would with crosshairs so he knew what he was shooting, but to take a pic, he had an attachment going from the camera to his mouth and to take a pic he would just bite this piece and the camera would take a pic.

Something like that would be good for shots, not even having to take your hands off for a shot. Just get the camera set to how you wish, and shoot with that attachment.
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Old 01-16-2010, 11:53 PM   #23
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THanks Ebbs! I didn't mind hanging out a little with my little $400 Sony But I didn't think to try those low angle shots either. With a camera like yours I'd definitely want it tied to me somehow! And you have to consider what you'll do in an emergency situation wher you have to grab the bar. With my neck strap I could just drop the camera and it wasn't hitting anything but me.
well the nice thing about the DRZ... is that I can't go that fast to begin with... and heading off road itsn't as "puckering" as it is on a street bike.

but I have a "skin" for the D300... that will help protect the body from short drops or bumps... but the lens will still be at risk.

I'll figure something out... loop my hand through the strap a few times... plus with the wide bars not much it can bump into...

(and my bike insurance will cover it )
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Old 01-16-2010, 11:59 PM   #24
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When I went skydiving, the photographer had 2 cameras attached to a helmet. One camera was a digi cam for still shots, and the other was a digi camcorder to video the whole jump. He had an eye piece that would with crosshairs so he knew what he was shooting, but to take a pic, he had an attachment going from the camera to his mouth and to take a pic he would just bite this piece and the camera would take a pic.

Something like that would be good for shots, not even having to take your hands off for a shot. Just get the camera set to how you wish, and shoot with that attachment.
nikon has an corded remote timer that I can program to take photos at any interval, bursts, delay or what ever. it's got like a 3' cord... so I could set it to take pics, then just hold the camera securely, and not worry about pressing the shutter release.

also I have 12g's worth of space... so I can just delete the unwanted photos when I stop... and I have a spare battery (but they're usually good for all day shooting on a single charge)
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Old 01-17-2010, 10:32 AM   #25
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Eric...good pics man.


Ebbs...I would think strapping the cam to your hand would be sorta dangerous if you suddenly need to have control of the bike.
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Old 01-17-2010, 11:09 AM   #26
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I think that I would still get a camera mount and just leave it slightly loose so you can move it around.

Ram mounts sells a unit that mounts on the bars or on the tank. You can get to of the longer arms and a double ball connector to make it about an 18'' reach and quadruple articulating.

What's go about this is that you can adjust it on the fly pretty easily and you can let go of your camera without fear. Obviously, this is just an example. Ram sells different length arms and different mounts, etc.

If you invest in the remote cable as well, you could get some really good shots without compromising your or your friend's safety.
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Old 01-17-2010, 11:15 AM   #27
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I think that I would still get a camera mount and just leave it slightly loose so you can move it around.

Ram mounts sells a unit that mounts on the bars or on the tank. You can get to of the longer arms and a double ball connector to make it about an 18'' reach and quadruple articulating.

What's go about this is that you can adjust it on the fly pretty easily and you can let go of your camera without fear. Obviously, this is just an example. Ram sells different length arms and different mounts, etc.

If you invest in the remote cable as well, you could get some really good shots without compromising your or your friend's safety.
Thats probably the safest route, but it's not gonna afford you the latitude to get such awesome shots as the guy did.
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Old 01-17-2010, 11:18 AM   #28
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I tried the camera mount way on a ball-head mount at first. The camera was a Fuji point and shoot so no weight at all. If you didn't tighten it down and make it immobile it would flop around. It also transfers all the vibrations from the bike into the camera and would destroy a DSLR in no time. The camera mount turned out to be waaaaay too much trouble.

Like I said, the best way for me was putting velcro on the top of my tankbag and on the bottom of my camera and throwing the strap around my neck.
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I tried the camera mount way on a ball-head mount at first. The camera was a Fuji point and shoot so no weight at all. If you didn't tighten it down and make it immobile it would flop around. It also transfers all the vibrations from the bike into the camera and would destroy a DSLR in no time. The camera mount turned out to be waaaaay too much trouble.

Like I said, the best way for me was putting velcro on the top of my tankbag and on the bottom of my camera and throwing the strap around my neck.
Hmmm...I don't know. I got decent video from my GoPro and it was mounted right on the bike. besides, they've been selling camera/camcorder mounts for years... I've never heard of anyone saying that it destroyed their camera. I don't know to be honest. Oh and I would still have the camera tied down some how!
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Hmmm...I don't know. I got decent video from my GoPro and it was mounted right on the bike. besides, they've been selling camera/camcorder mounts for years... I've never heard of anyone saying that it destroyed their camera. I don't know to be honest. Oh and I would still have the camera tied down some how!
Vibrations, bugs, rocks, etc. Whereas on top of the tank bag behind the windscreen it is protected. If you're just using a P&S camera then no biggie I suppose, but I wouldn't put a DSLR up on a mount...they tend to have sensitive internals, more so than a video camera.

Oh, and mount my ball on your chin sucka.
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