Camera mount & protective lens

Mount revision

Mk1, 2 & 3 camera mounts - the most recent today intending to take the camera view to driver eye line:

My Mini 0801 camera is not quite lined up in its case & looks slightly more left, its also wide angle meaning the mount has to be above it to avoid coming into view. It's mount is really designed to fix to a car front windscreen, hence the angle on my bracket. Taking this for a breif test run showed the camera position is good - but the length of the bracket now introduces vibration and camera shake:

I bevelled the edges on the main straights to try and reduce shake - not tested as yet:

Update - Some camera shake with the longer mk3 bracket, so I added some strengthening, intentionally not flat with the original plate to stabilise it & took the final bend to horizontal:

Lens adaptor mount

I have a couple of U/V and Polarising lenses, which will also protect the camera a little from on-coming road debris. I have a lens mounting kit designed for a go-pro; the lens adaptor modified on dads lathe and mounted in an modified plastic video tape box which in turn will be attached to the camera:

First try with the box lid proof of concept:

This version from the box back leaves enough surrounding platstic with slots to attach a strap around the camera. This is bonding overnight before some more tests:

Update - The mount works fine but I never used the waterproof box or lens cover. I just chanced the camera outside and so far it survived.

Update - Re worked the mount from 5mm aluminium to reduce vibration