Where did you mount the camera? Post your pictures

[Deleted member 37895]

New mount made from Actobot parts

 

[Bungus]

New mount made from Actobot parts

Is it better? I think the seat backrest itself is not sturdy.

 

[SawMaster]

The further you get away from a solid mounting the more flex and movement you will encounter. It's a long way to the floorpan where the seat mounts to and there are at least 3 points of movement with this (seat-bottom adjustment, seat-back adjustment or hinge, and headrest post). Plus you have a leverage arm in the mount itself too. Ideally a mounting should give the shortest direct path between the cam and a solid foundation. Most ideal would be to glue the cam body directly to the windshield using a rigid adhesive although that is quite impractical and it may not be where you want the cam sited

None of this means that any particular mounting will not work so all you can do is try- you might find success where you didn't expect it

Phil

 

[Deleted member 37895]

The further you get away from a solid mounting the more flex and movement you will encounter. It's a long way to the floorpan where the seat mounts to and there are at least 3 points of movement with this (seat-bottom adjustment, seat-back adjustment or hinge, and headrest post). Plus you have a leverage arm in the mount itself too. Ideally a mounting should give the shortest direct path between the cam and a solid foundation. Most ideal would be to glue the cam body directly to the windshield using a rigid adhesive although that is quite impractical and it may not be where you want the cam sited

None of this means that any particular mounting will not work so all you can do is try- you might find success where you didn't expect it

Phil

I'm going to go for a "spirited" drive on a windy road with some bumpy parts and I'll report back. I have had the camera strapped to the headrest on both this and my previous car, a Ford C-Max and it was perfectly steady. The vibrations came when I tried to use the clamp and plastic arm. If the aluminum mount wobbles I'll try adding some reinforcing pieces

 

[Rajagra]

Is a solid mount really such a good thing? You want the camera stable relative to the horizon, NOT the vehicle. The ideal mount would hold the camera very loosely, doing no more than supporting the weight and applying no other force - other than turning the camera with the vehicle, but that can be a gentle, damped force. Basically a gimbal type affair. Perhaps over the top for a dash cam though.

The thing you REALLY want to avoid is resonant vibration, and you could find a solid mount can suffer from that worse than a loose one would.

I've tried one camera attached to a head rest, and that was just fine, but it was one of those 360 degree cameras so it wouldn't show up vibration anything like as much as a regular dash cam.

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[dzal67]

 

[Deleted member 37895]

I'm going to go for a "spirited" drive on a windy road with some bumpy parts and I'll report back. I have had the camera strapped to the headrest on both this and my previous car, a Ford C-Max and it was perfectly steady. The vibrations came when I tried to use the clamp and plastic arm. If the aluminum mount wobbles I'll try adding some reinforcing pieces

Well I didn't drive where I was planning to but I did drive on some bumpy roads and there is more vibration than strapped to the headrest. But less vibration than the plastic mount

 

[Gazwould]

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Can you still see the flashing led ?

 

[dzal67]

Can you still see the flashing led ?

From driver seat you don't see camera at all. It is hidden behind mirror. Orange led is visible from passanger side. That doesn't bother me. You can use small piece electrical tape to cover it if that is a problem for you.

 

[Gazwould]

Mines right at top of windscreen against headlining showing no wires .

It's just to the left of above me and to the right of the rear view mirror , just about eliminating any mirror housing from the picture .

The LED is a great visual indicator that the camera is functioning and going in and out of time lapse parking mode .

And also it's position would make extracting the sd card a breeze .

 

[Gazwould]

 

[Submariner Gold]

A sort of temporary install ... ref the impending car upgrade
The front works ok, mirror hides it, yet one can dip your head and just see the power recording light.

Oh pic uploaded but wont insert

 

[jokiin]

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do your wipers reach that high?

 

[Gazwould]

Of course otherwise it wouldn't be positioned there ( lense angled down six clicks ) , for sure it won't work for everyone , but when it does it's superb .

If I chose to do the same for the rear it'd be the same result as I'm not running an oe 13" blade , but 15" instead .

 

[jokiin]

Of course otherwise it wouldn't be positioned there .

not many cars where the wipers reach that high, nice to be able to get it up that far though

 

[Gazwould]

I did originally plan to have it more to the left above the rear view mirror housing but it's view showed up the center mirror housing fixing and top of housing so it worked out for the best in the end with the added bonuses of not fouling a miniscule center sunvisor and ease of a right thumb nail to access the sd card flap.

 

[Hillbilly]

Like this one with pics from it

 

[Gazwould]

That's good matching of colours to hide the camera , not all of us have a black rear view mirror housing .

Being at the top I also have another added benefit from the top tint in the windscreen .

 

[micha_dk]

Thats mine (iTracker DC-A119S). Left-hand-drive, mounting in the right of the mirror.


A (reduced) picture from it. The good readable license plate was deleted (I have to do this in Germany ;-) before publishing dashcam photos or videos ).

 

[cyclo]

I mounted mine behind the rear view mirror...

Still from a recorded video...