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Steve Bleasdale · May 16th, 2016, 03:17 PM

Hi Guys i have a couple weddings with special cars and am doing time-lapse on the dashboard travelling to the reception, I want to put a camcorder on it and leave till I see bride later when she arrives also a canal boat wedding to cover and need some sort of clamp or something for a small camcorder to film at the front of s canal boat so it can time-lapse the boat coming to its finale.
The camcorder would sit at the front of the boat and I will not be there just set up and leave to film. Any suggestions, cheap suction clamp or??

Chris Harding · May 16th, 2016, 05:51 PM

Hey Steve

I have two SJ4000 action cams exactly for this sort of thing ... I don't think I would put something like a GH4 on a dashboard though ...I don't mind if one of my action cams get knocked around but that would be all I would risk unattended in a car ... The SJ4000 series also use the same fittings and accessories as GoPro so the suction arm for either would work but I would rather put the suction cup on the windscreen as it's a smoother surface than a dash! I often pop an action cam in the limo for some extra footage between the house and the venue and the suction cup mount works really well.

Steve Bleasdale · May 17th, 2016, 01:57 AM

Thanks Chris thats great cheers. steve

Daniel James · May 17th, 2016, 03:34 AM

Where on the canal boat are you thinking of attaching the camera?

http://www.alvechurch.com/images/Bow.jpg

I ask as you will need to clamp it to something, apart from the windows at the front, you will struggle to get a suction clamp to stick. Magnets on the other hand will work great :-)

Steve Bleasdale · May 18th, 2016, 04:20 AM

DANIEL,Hi, it will be somewhere on the front like thew picture you attached.

May 16th, 2016, 03:17 PM	#1
Steve Bleasdale Trustee Join Date: May 2010 Location: England liverpool Posts: 1,343	Clamp for car boat Hi Guys i have a couple weddings with special cars and am doing time-lapse on the dashboard travelling to the reception, I want to put a camcorder on it and leave till I see bride later when she arrives also a canal boat wedding to cover and need some sort of clamp or something for a small camcorder to film at the front of s canal boat so it can time-lapse the boat coming to its finale. The camcorder would sit at the front of the boat and I will not be there just set up and leave to film. Any suggestions, cheap suction clamp or??

May 16th, 2016, 05:51 PM	#2
Chris Harding Inner Circle Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 8,441	Re: Clamp for car boat Hey Steve I have two SJ4000 action cams exactly for this sort of thing ... I don't think I would put something like a GH4 on a dashboard though ...I don't mind if one of my action cams get knocked around but that would be all I would risk unattended in a car ... The SJ4000 series also use the same fittings and accessories as GoPro so the suction arm for either would work but I would rather put the suction cup on the windscreen as it's a smoother surface than a dash! I often pop an action cam in the limo for some extra footage between the house and the venue and the suction cup mount works really well.

May 17th, 2016, 01:57 AM	#3
Steve Bleasdale Trustee Join Date: May 2010 Location: England liverpool Posts: 1,343	Re: Clamp for car boat Thanks Chris thats great cheers. steve

May 17th, 2016, 03:34 AM	#4
Daniel James Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Sussex, UK Posts: 40	Re: Clamp for car boat Where on the canal boat are you thinking of attaching the camera? http://www.alvechurch.com/images/Bow.jpg I ask as you will need to clamp it to something, apart from the windows at the front, you will struggle to get a suction clamp to stick. Magnets on the other hand will work great :-) __________________ Dance and Drama filming in Sussex

May 18th, 2016, 04:20 AM	#5
Steve Bleasdale Trustee Join Date: May 2010 Location: England liverpool Posts: 1,343	Re: Clamp for car boat DANIEL,Hi, it will be somewhere on the front like thew picture you attached.