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Old 12-14-2010, 08:38 AM   #1
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"The Ugly Stick" in-car camera mount

After much revision, swapping components, tweaking, polishing and comparing I feel comfortable saying that I've found an excellent and practical combination of effective vs inexpensive for mounting a camera in a Yaris. I'd like to hear what you think of "The Ugly Stick" (aka headrest mount rev. 7)

Sample footage all shot in an afternoon/evening.

And here's the finished piece on Etsy. Second "deluxe" version to follow with a full tripod tilt head with quick-release platform.


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Old 12-14-2010, 01:02 PM   #2
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Why don't you YouTube that video?
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Old 12-14-2010, 03:33 PM   #3
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I'm going to wrap a small commercial around to go into another video project of mine - YouTube and Google suggested ads. I declined theirs and instead put in my own for stuff I make/sell.

Here's the show: http://www.youtube.com/thinkmeats

And here's the stuff I do: http://www.phreque.com

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Old 12-15-2010, 10:29 PM   #4
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Aaaaand voila! YouTube full-on demo drive video!
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Old 12-15-2010, 10:40 PM   #5
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Nice!
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Old 12-16-2010, 01:36 AM   #6
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Very stable.

I think i was one of the first persons to make a headrest mount on here. Still in the DIY section. But mine is a bit wobbly up/down, probably the bouncy ride and the stock seats have some play in terms of foward and back motion at any given locked position.

*Doesnt help that i have a flimsy Kodak Zi8, and not a broad shaped camcorder. so its top heavy.

I want to put a camera in the rear too, but only way i can of is to have a car computer and DVR it then go crazy and have cameras on all 4 corners, and watch the stream from your phone.
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Old 12-16-2010, 09:20 AM   #7
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The cams used were both consumer grade - Sony Cybershot T99 and a Samsung M20 camcorder. I wanted something cheap and easy to go with totally-not-pro setup.

The DVR sound complicated - is there something stopping you from just mounting headrest mounts on several seats?
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