Mounting camera to handle bar of bicycle for city time lapse

9 years 1 month ago #428173 by TGonzo
Morning,

I was just thinking about something.  If I wanted to mount my camera to my handle bar of my bicycle and have the camera taking photos every let's say 2 or 3 seconds as I ride around the city.   Do you think that might make a cool time lapse video?  


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9 years 1 month ago #428263 by Joves
I think that it will make for a lot of rejected photos. Unless you somehow isolate the camera from the bikes movement. Also you will beat your camera to death. 


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9 years 1 month ago #428286 by Cory J
Couldn't you use one of those Manfrotto magic arms and just use a screaming fast shutter speed?  


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9 years 1 month ago #428384 by ShutterPal

Cory J wrote: Couldn't you use one of those Manfrotto magic arms and just use a screaming fast shutter speed?  



That's only going to introduce more shake, you want to keep the camera as close to the bikes frame as you can. 


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9 years 1 month ago #428459 by Joves

ShutterPal wrote:

Cory J wrote: Couldn't you use one of those Manfrotto magic arms and just use a screaming fast shutter speed?  



That's only going to introduce more shake, you want to keep the camera as close to the bikes frame as you can. 

:agree:
Exactly.
Now if you could figure a way to mount say a steady cam mount, and have it counter-weighted so it would stay in its position without translating the vibration, you could. Though if you were inventive enough, you could make a plate mount with an adjustable counter weight suspended by bungee type cords. This would isolate the camera from all vibrations, and keep it stable on most bumps, except for the worst.


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9 years 1 month ago #428472 by Alan Nunez
I would be interested to see how this turns out.


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9 years 1 month ago #428733 by TGonzo
Thanks guys, I'm waiting on my order to come in from B&H.  Then I'll be set to give this a shot.  


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9 years 1 month ago #428836 by Mason Katz
Cool idea, let us know how this works out. 


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9 years 1 month ago #429022 by Greg Friedman
Just make sure you don't fall!  


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9 years 1 month ago #429377 by Flash Steven

ShutterPal wrote:

Cory J wrote: Couldn't you use one of those Manfrotto magic arms and just use a screaming fast shutter speed?  



That's only going to introduce more shake, you want to keep the camera as close to the bikes frame as you can. 



True!

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