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Bike mount

This How to make a bike camera mount tempts me, but i need something MUCH more flexible. This past weekend i took the large telephoto lens out to the baylands with the tripod in the side bag. When i wanted to get a quick photo of a green winged teal, i left the tripod in the bag and it seemed fairly steady.

The features i want are
⊗ a reasonable height off the ground,
⊗ tilt and pan
⊗ quick release (because no way am i leaving that lens mounted while i’m riding!)

It seems like it should be possible. The Quantaray – QSX 2001 UT Tripod at $20 should be a reasonable tripod to hack. Now to ponder how to mount it to the back rack.

This entry was posted on Monday, February 6th, 2006 at 11:18 am and is filed under Photography, Tools and techniques. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

One Response to “Bike mount”

  1. Paw Prints » Blog Archive » Over the past week…. says:
    2006-02-26 at 10:05 pm

    [...] On Saturday i bought a new, inexpensive, lightweight tripod, a rubber cup that you put on the end of chair legs, a pipe clamp, a “grab-it” clamp, bungee cords, and some wire ties. I think i have the bike mount i wanted. Haven’t given it a trial yet. [...]