Recommended camera support for car window?
Feb 18, 2018 08:21:33 #
LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
wteffey wrote:
I never realized that shooting out a car window was an industry. What happened to getting out and walking around? Now I know who takes all those boring landscapes.
Rain and snow and unexpected opportunities.
Feb 18, 2018 08:30:24 #
Pipe insulation or pool noodle--works great, fast and easy to slip on and off, cheap as dirt, works as well as the other stuff. Cut a short section and keep it in a cup holder or other handy stow pocket.
Feb 18, 2018 08:33:15 #
wteffey wrote:
I never realized that shooting out a car window was an industry. What happened to getting out and walking around? Now I know who takes all those boring landscapes.
I assume you never saw a shot you wanted and there was no place to pull off or park.
Feb 18, 2018 08:36:26 #
BobT wrote:
What is a good stable camera support when shooting from inside a car. Specifically something to use when shooting from the drivers side car window.
Thanks
Thanks
Bean bag, pillow, pad? remember to turnoff the car engine!!
Feb 18, 2018 08:43:07 #
I have a thing called a photographer's bean bag. I don't remember where I got it as it was many years ago. It has tow pillow like compartments and folds nicely over a window or can be placed on a surface like on top of a stone wall and provide a place to rest your camera. I had to put the beans in it as it came empty.
Feb 18, 2018 08:51:20 #
BobT wrote:
What is a good stable camera support when shooting from inside a car. Specifically something to use when shooting from the drivers side car window.
Thanks
Thanks
This is the pod part of my bodypod. It is height adjustable from the TOP. You rest it on the floor between the door and the Driver's seat and adjust up and down accordingly. I have used this extensively.
You could also use a monopod if it collapses small enough - but not as ergonomic or fast in adjustment.
I also highly recommend using a facial stabilizer when using this configuration.
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-269999-1.html
I do NOT recommend sitting anything on the car window or using bean bags - especially with Canon lenses. I value the operation of my car window too much to be adding un-designed weight to it. I do not trust bean bags or other similar solutions that require physical contact of the focus or zoom collars of the lens to remain in proper adjustment in the heat of shooting !
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Feb 18, 2018 08:51:31 #
I’ve been using lensack pro from lenscoat for about three years now on wich I set my gimbal head just make sure you don’t loose the large plastic washer that go between the gimbal and the bag
Feb 18, 2018 09:07:10 #
A foam pool noodle, cut a slit in it and slip over window edge. works great with a 500mm F-4 or a 150-600 G2.
Feb 18, 2018 09:12:47 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
via the lens wrote:
Really cheap and easy way to go is to get a piece of that gray pipe insulation and cut it longway down the center, then just pop it on the window.
Great idea! But I thought it was already slit lengthwise so it could be put on the pipe. 🤔
Stan
Feb 18, 2018 09:17:42 #
BobT wrote:
What is a good stable camera support when shooting from inside a car. Specifically something to use when shooting from the drivers side car window.
Thanks
Thanks
5 pound beanbag.
Feb 18, 2018 09:30:13 #
LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
To help some misunderstandings, modern laminated auto safety glass is far stronger than most people realize.
There are numerous videos about of folks taking hammers to it and needing multiple strikes.
The chance of breaking it would be from the leverage of using the camera tripod socket and adding a heavy lens.
I’m not sure that even that would break it but at some point why tempt fate?
What would worry me more would be marring the lens from resting it on the windows edge.
There are numerous videos about of folks taking hammers to it and needing multiple strikes.
The chance of breaking it would be from the leverage of using the camera tripod socket and adding a heavy lens.
I’m not sure that even that would break it but at some point why tempt fate?
What would worry me more would be marring the lens from resting it on the windows edge.
Feb 18, 2018 09:55:06 #
StanMac wrote:
Great idea! But I thought it was already slit lengthwise so it could be put on the pipe. 🤔
Stan
Stan
It is.
Feb 18, 2018 10:18:34 #
toxdoc42 wrote:
let us all hope you mean to shoot from a parked car!
That’s funny.
Feb 18, 2018 10:53:53 #
Feb 18, 2018 10:56:33 #
Swimming pool noodle. Make a slit in a short chunk of it. Slip it on a rolled down window. Cheap and effective.
DJO wrote:
What is a "Pool Noodle"?
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