http://bravo5.org/blog/2007/01/22/suction-cup-camera-mount/ Brian's musings on life, the Mac, and everything. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:05:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 http://bravo5.org/blog/2007/01/22/suction-cup-camera-mount/#comment-2290 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:48:34 +0000 http://bravo5.org/blog/2007/01/22/suction-cup-camera-mount/#comment-2290 [...] First up is the Gripper suction-cup mount from Filmtools (which I bought back in January and didn’t remember posting about). It’s nothing more than a suction cup with a plunger that draws a vacuum, a Bogen 3D head, and some custom hardware to tie the two together. It’s simple and effective and well worth the $90 or so I paid for it. The rubber suction cup itself is quite rugged, and the vacuum pump helps to make a nice firm seal to the surface. The pump plunger has a red line on it, and when that line shows, you know that an appreciable amount of suction has been lost and it’s time to take action. Honestly, when the red line shows, there’s still quite a bit of grip, but when you’ve got more than a thousand dollars worth of sensitive equipment suspended above the ground you probably shouldn’t mess around too much. These pictures were both taken using the Gripper mount: [...] [...] First up is the Gripper suction-cup mount from Filmtools (which I bought back in January and didn’t remember posting about). It’s nothing more than a suction cup with a plunger that draws a vacuum, a Bogen 3D head, and some custom hardware to tie the two together. It’s simple and effective and well worth the $90 or so I paid for it. The rubber suction cup itself is quite rugged, and the vacuum pump helps to make a nice firm seal to the surface. The pump plunger has a red line on it, and when that line shows, you know that an appreciable amount of suction has been lost and it’s time to take action. Honestly, when the red line shows, there’s still quite a bit of grip, but when you’ve got more than a thousand dollars worth of sensitive equipment suspended above the ground you probably shouldn’t mess around too much. These pictures were both taken using the Gripper mount: [...]

]]> http://bravo5.org/blog/2007/01/22/suction-cup-camera-mount/#comment-1899 Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:28:23 +0000 http://bravo5.org/blog/2007/01/22/suction-cup-camera-mount/#comment-1899 I look forward to seeing some unusual angles! Funny enough, I just bought a similar thing, but from stickypod.com. I plan to use it to take videos from inside the cockpit when flying, but not had a chance to use it yet. I look forward to seeing some unusual angles! Funny enough, I just bought a similar thing, but from stickypod.com. I plan to use it to take videos from inside the cockpit when flying, but not had a chance to use it yet.

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