Inspired by MSGDAN, I made a simple camera mount to take side view photos from my Hobie Revo. Since I do a lot of woodworking, I made the arms out of some scrap mahogany, cpvc, stainless hardware, and Ram mount parts. It fits in the mast mount hole, it's pretty light, and surprisingly stable. Since I'm out of action in my kayak with a fractured tailbone, I'm limited to surf fishing and from my Boston Whaler. But now I have the time to putz around with the yak. A little teak oil now and then and it should last and look good for a long time.
Posts: 46 | Location: Hillsdale and Brant Beach, NJ | Registered:: June 25, 2007
Excellent work briancc! That's a great piece of work and love how the paddle keeper keeps it all together when not being used. Like FFTW, would love to see how the pics come out.
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Posts: 26 | Location: Seattle, Wa | Registered:: August 12, 2008
Brian, that looks like it is going to take some great shots and the work looks very neat. I made a bracket for my hobie also and I use the same arm for the hobie and the tarpon. Here is a picture with the arm swung out.
And here is another with the arm against the kayak.
And one last one of the position that the camera would be behind me within reach.
XSONMYEYES, you're right, scrap was a poor choice of words. This stuff is pretty pricey, and I save every cut off and leftover piece for odds and ends projects such as this. There's good reason why woods such as mahogany and teak were used so much in boatbuilding years ago, because they're so stable and rot resistant.
Posts: 46 | Location: Hillsdale and Brant Beach, NJ | Registered:: June 25, 2007
You can get infra-red remotes for some of the Olympus waterproof digital cameras. Also, the new ATC5K video camera comes with a remote and will take 640 x 480 stills. It is also supposed to be waterproof to 5 metres (that's 16 foot, 4 ounces Luna )
Regards, Clive
Posts: 497 | Location: Yorkshire, UK | Registered:: December 04, 2005
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