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Review: Affordable In-car Camera Mounts

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Old 07-01-2009, 12:31 PM
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Review: Affordable In-car Camera Mounts

I've been meaning to go the DIY route on this, and with prices for doing such fitting in the $15-$25 range, it sure beats the professional mounts that cost quite a bit more.

However, i stumbled onto the
Panavise Panavise
. For roughly the same price, i figured why not give it a shot?

The mount is very well made, sturdy, highly adjustable and relatively inexpensive. I took it to the track and it held up well without losing grip. The only catch is it won't mount to the front windshield right-side-up when a video cam longer than 5 or 6" is attached to it. It works well upside-down however. This isn't an issue as most, if not all, video software will allow you to rotate the video with just a few clicks.

Mine was attached to the sunroof, baking in near 100 degree temperatures. Here's a sample of what the camera sees mounted this way. The mount also works great outside the car by the way.

As an alternative, prior to me getting the Panavise, i used the small
Gorillapod Gorillapod
wrapped around the passenger side headrest, that works fine as well, but obviously the http://gshack.org/g/index.php?album=injen-sri&image=InjenSRI-OnRoad.mp4 isn't as great.

Anyway, just wanted to share.
 
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Old 07-01-2009, 04:51 PM
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Looks like a great economical option.
Thanks for the review.
 
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That looks identical to my GoPro mount that was ~$45 shipped..........damnit.
 
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Thanks for the review!!
 
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Great video! Great song in video!!
 
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Old 07-01-2009, 07:08 PM
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That looks identical to my GoPro mount that was ~$45 shipped..........damnit.
My gopro came with it did you now buy the motorsports kit?
 
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good info!! I was just looking for a camera mount for my flip video cam
 
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