Camcorder remotes

[mountainmotor]

When the wife and I go , we go loaded down and there's just no room for a tank mount camcorder " tankbag in the way " and we need a remote set-up .

Can anyone here give some input based on your experiences with remote camcorder devices ? Brands , mounting , function , pricing ?

 

[CorrodedAlien]

Ping Pashnit... He has a remote on his looking backwards...

Not sure, you can look on his website, I think he lists all ther equipment he uses there

 

[heavybusa]

+1 Pashnit has a lot of expirience here.

 

[pashnit]

Mountain- I've used this setup which is the sportbikecam.com mount w/ a remote microphone (Radio Shack tie mike) hardwired through the bike to placment above the exhaust, plus a wide angle lens screwed on the camera.

I use the 'long bar' and the 'extender' to lift up the video camera to clear the gauges, plus a clear Double Bubble screen from Zero Gravity. Note that I'm also still able to use my magnetic Tour Master tankbag. Good setup.

Here's a vid with the mount. Buckle your seatbelt before ya watch it.

- 16M

 

[pashnit]

The other setup I have is the Chase Cam- which is basically a bullet cam- provide your own vid camera & make sure you have the right hook ups to plug in the camera. This we've had excellent success with.
http://www.chasecam.com/

In conjunction with the sportbikecam.com mount, although normally the vid camera is simply placed in the tank bag.

 

[pashnit]

Here's that video- as you can see from the first one, wee bit of difference.

http://www.pashnitstore.com/temp/pashnitREDUXmed.wmv - 4 min version

My videographer has successively mounted this thing everywhere on the bike, helmet, mirror, and even a broom stick duct taped to the bike.

The 4 min video we shot for my tour company we used the Chase Cam exclusively and it worked very well.


Btw, we also made a 12 minute version that I loop continuously at shows. The middle part is footage shot with a Helmetcam.com setup on the V-Rod where the bullet cam is hard mounted to the side of the helmet, and the rider has a button on his thumb to turn it on and off.

Here's the 12 minute version- vid came out great if this is the direction you want to go:

http://www.pashnitstore.com/temp/pashnitDVD.wmv

 

[heavybusa]

Nice pashnit, thanks for sharing.

 

[pashnit]

Btw Mountain- the pashnit.com site has gotten pretty big, so you might not find this right away, but I've written two webpages on setting up video cameras on the Busa-

This one is my experience with experimenting with the SportBikeCam.com mount.
http://www.pashnit.com/cam-mount.htm

Also, this one is a bit dated, but it's also a page I put together on mounts:
http://www.pashnit.com/more/cameramount.htm