Hi folks. Sorry for the late reply. Been traveling and just got
back.

I thought it was a lipstick type of deal, so now I know.

Anybody know how to mount a lipstick camera onto some kind of boom?
I've seen masts about 1 to 2 feet high, single pedestal.

Cheers

On Aug 24, 7:20 am, BeeRich wrote:
Hi folks. Sorry for the late reply. Been traveling and just got
back.

I thought it was a lipstick type of deal, so now I know.

Anybody know how to mount a lipstick camera onto some kind of boom?
I've seen masts about 1 to 2 feet high, single pedestal.

Cheers

i bought a flip video camcorder a few yeara ago, and bought the
underwater case to go with it, along with the action mount. what i did
was......bought a piece a black pvc pipe the same diamter as my paddle
bars, then cut a 6 inch piece...capped both ends, and hooked the pvc
pipe to my paddle clips on the bow of my kayak....the flip video is
now waterproof......still great,GREAT sound quality.....and is very
VERY stable..all in all i spent around 200.00 bucks..i am the type
that doesnt like rigging stuff up halfway ith duct tape, or
whatever...no offense to you other posters. www.flipvideo.com

BeeRich wrote:
Hi folks. Sorry for the late reply. Been traveling and just got
back.

I thought it was a lipstick type of deal, so now I know.

Anybody know how to mount a lipstick camera onto some kind of boom?
I've seen masts about 1 to 2 feet high, single pedestal.

If yours is like my ATC2k camera it came with something to mount it to a
round pole, go buy a portable stern running light setup for your boat and
clamp it to the upright pole from the running light...

Something like this; http://www.cabelas.com/prod-1/0028166014692a.shtml

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There are several waterproof digicams out there that are meant to be
still-cams but which have powerful video modes. They cost $150-$250.

Let's see, there's the Pentax Optio series and the Olympus SW series
(I think). The Oly's are also shockproof.

http://photokayaker.fit2paddle.com/C...022/index.html

That guy's website has several good pages on kayak video-ing. He uses
the Pentax's. He also has links to various sticky-pod tripods and
such. I suppose a gorilla pod would also work in some situations.
Yeah, then there are the booms---cool---you can operate them from a
sea kayak cockpit, too, I would think.

--JP
outyourbackdoor.com

Jeff Potter (of OutYourBackdoor.com) wrote:
There are several waterproof digicams out there that are meant to be
still-cams but which have powerful video modes. They cost $150-$250.

Let's see, there's the Pentax Optio series and the Olympus SW series
(I think). The Oly's are also shockproof.

http://photokayaker.fit2paddle.com/C...022/index.html

That guy's website has several good pages on kayak video-ing. He uses
the Pentax's. He also has links to various sticky-pod tripods and
such. I suppose a gorilla pod would also work in some situations.
Yeah, then there are the booms---cool---you can operate them from a
sea kayak cockpit, too, I would think.

--JP
outyourbackdoor.com

That's a rather old article.

The Pentax W30 has already replaced the W20 and Olympus has also
replaced the 720 SW with the 725, 770, 850 and my current camera, the
1030 SW.


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"Jeff Potter (of OutYourBackdoor.com)" wrote:
There are several waterproof digicams out there that are meant to be
still-cams but which have powerful video modes. They cost $150-$250.

Let's see, there's the Pentax Optio series and the Olympus SW series
(I think). The Oly's are also shockproof.

http://photokayaker.fit2paddle.com/C...022/index.html

That guy's website has several good pages on kayak video-ing. He uses
the Pentax's. He also has links to various sticky-pod tripods and
such. I suppose a gorilla pod would also work in some situations.
Yeah, then there are the booms---cool---you can operate them from a
sea kayak cockpit, too, I would think.

--JP
outyourbackdoor.com

As another alternative, you can keep the camcorder you have and buy an
EWA-Marine waterproof enclosure (more like a bag) for it. I've had mine
since the 90's for my old Sony TRV-20 and it still works (we used it
quite a bit this last summer).

EWA-Marine enclosures have a glass (or plexiglass front for where your lense
is and the rest of the bag is a stiff plastic that you can still work all
your buttons through.

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