From the course: DSLR Video Tips: Cameras & Lenses
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Mounting the camera
- I've got this small little GoPro. - Mhmm. - Really flexible legs, so this is going to be a piece of cake. I'm just going to drop this in on the dashboard area. - Okay. - But explain what you got there. - Well, I got a giant suction cup. That's what I got here, Rich. And suction cups are very versatile things, especially for car shooting. If you go to any major car commercial set, there's going to be suction cups everywhere, for lights and cameras and other rigs that are hanging off in various ways on the car. And the thing about suction cups is that you want to be able to get sort of these industrial grade ones. I would not go on Amazon or eBay and buy these little dinky ones and trust your valuable gear to those suction cups. Even with these industrial type suction cups, like this one where I can actually mount a camera, has a regular mounting plate on it. I can adjust its angle and its tilt and all that kind of stuff. The other thing that you want to make sure, especially if you…
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