Need recommendations on a camera mount for my roll bar? Anyone suggestions?


Matt

IO Port is a nice mount.

www.ioportracing.com

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The IO port is by far the best. offers a large range of adjustment

IO Port is THE camera mount for rollbars.

go to bhphotovideo.com and get your own head and a superclamp, its more useful for other things too. the io port head is just a bogen head on a homemade clamp

go to bhphotovideo.com and get your own head and a superclamp, its more useful for other things too. the io port head is just a bogen head on a homemade clamp

The superclamp doesn't look trustworthy. When I'm in a car pulling multple G's and with the possibility of an impact, I want a clamp that I know CAN'T come off the rollbar. I doubt the clamp on the webpage would pass SCCA technical inspection for club racing.

The IO Port also comes with a safety strap that provides yet more insurance that the camera stays where its supposed to be and actually helps to create a much more steady picture.

This looks like it could slide right off the rollbar:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/images/largeimages/5161.jpg

although it does look week ive seen them hold up to alot of abuse, personaly i would add safety wire around where the opening is and the io port safety strap is nothing more then flat webbing and a stamped buckle, under a high stress that strap will fail most defiantly. to be safer when i had the io port mount i used climbing webbing and a stronger buckle

If you want to save a few bucks, the mount is on sale at Speedware (http://www.speedwaremotorsports.com/specials/marCam.asp).

thanks, I will look into the IOport.

Need recommendations on a camera mount for my roll bar? Anyone suggestions?


Matt
Matt,

I cleverly bought myself a Bogen head and a Superclamp to save money. I clamped the setup and my video camera on my roll bar and drove around the streets to test it out. I went home, checked out the video, and ordered an IO Port mount.

Too much vibration for the Superclamp- it's the dampered mount on the IO Port that makes all the difference. And as Bryan said, the Superclamp just isn't enough to hold in a high g situation which is just when you don't want it to fail. The IO Port mount cannot come off.

The IO Port mount works well and is safe.

Sam Lamson

P.S. Anyone want to buy a Bogen head and a Superclamp?

thanks everyone, I ordered an IO port.