Car Window Mounts???

[LegMaker]

Anyone ever use one of these? I always find myself driving at night wanting to pull over to take a shot of something, and thought it would be good to have one in the car.
Any experiences with one of these or recommendations would be appreciated.
Thanks, 8)

[Belmondo]

I've seen them and thought that under certain circumstances they might be helpful. Generally, though, window shots like that are usually pretty spontaneous, so I carry a piece of rubber insulation of the sort that's used to wrap water pipes (split down one side). I put the window halfway up (or down, depending on where it started), slip the insuation over the window, and rest the lens on it. It's just a lot quicker, easier, and less expensive. It's certainly as stable as a monopod, if not moreso.

Tom

[Sketcher]

I've been thinking about getting one of these Car Window Camera Mounts as well. Though atm I do exactly what Tom does and it works good.

The following link has images of the Bogen, Hakuba and Bushnell Camera Window Mounts. There are a couple others but these are the ones I've looked at thus far.

http://www.pbase.com/sketcher/camera_gear

The benefit to the Bogen ball head is that you have greater flexibility in camera positioning, the Hakuba and Bushnell both have vertical/horizontal axis. There are a couple others out there which have more versatile or wider clamp range for mounting on a variety of surfaces and I've even noted a suction cup mount; though I wouldn't trust putting my 10D's welfare on the bet of a suction cup.

[robertwgross]

belmondo wrote:
... so I carry a piece of rubber insulation ...


It would work like a bean bag, but hold the beans.

---Bob Gross---

[Belmondo]

Exactly!