Like most of you, I was eager to rip the box apart to play with my new camera. During that process I almost destroyed the box and its mount.
Fortunately, I slowed myself down and saved the box.
Today, I was able to modify the base of that GoPro box to a functional dolly.
Base mount with wheels - a functional dolly
HOW TO MAKE A DOLLY:
Items required:
1. four (4) sliding screen door wheels
2. four (4) screws
3. drill and drill bit
4. measuring tool
5. grease pen
Installation:
Step 1: Measure and drill four holes at the corner of the plate. Make sure they are exactly equal from both sides. This is very important and you will find out why in the next few steps.
Step 2: Screw on each wheel at each corner (Fig 2)
Figure 2: Wheel connected to the GoPro base plate.
Step 3: Mount the camera after all four wheels mounted
Figure 3: All wheels mounted
HOW TO OPERATE
Panning effect:
Slide the dolly parallel to the subject (Fig 4)
Figure 4: Wheels are parallel to the camera
Zoom in and out effects:
Push or pull the camera toward or away from the subject (Fig 5)
Figure 5: The wheels are turned perpendicular to the camera.
Figure 1: GoPro mounted on the front fender of the Heritage Springer Motorcycle
To further expand the capability of the GoPro camera mount, I use components of Ram Mounts system. (see fig 2 below)
Figure 2: RAM Suction Cup with GoPro mounted
Through testing, I found that RAM Suction Cup Mount is much better for vibration and high moving vehicles. Recently, I mounted the RAM Suction Cup to the front fender of my motorcycle with the camera attached to capture the video above while moving at 30MPH.
I just recently purchased a GoPro HD Hero wearable digital video camera. Instead of writing about how awesome this camera is, let me show you what this thing can do.
