DSLR HELMET CAM


Decided to make a helmet cam for our Canon 7D, that would fit any other DSLR camera.
A friend of mine wanted to shoot a v-clip with lots of POV shots.. So after a bit of internet research we decided to go about it like this.. have the camera at eye level, on the side of the helmet.. It is the best angle we could come up with while mounting it on the helmet.

We used a small magic arm usually used for supporting small lcd monitors or light panels.. drilled and screwed onto the top side of the helmet..

Also used a JOBY ballhead that was really cool, cause it is really handy with its various roatation axis'

To support the JOBY ballhead i had to place an aluminum piece like the one u can see, which is bendable and drillable pretty easily.. I drilled a couple of holes on the front side and one on the rear to support the aluminum piece, and used 10mm hexagon screws and bolts.. It was nice and steady so all i needed was an extra hole where the JOBY is mounted and used a 3/8' screw to mount it.

Now all that was left was to make some sort of counterweight mechanism so that the operator wouldnt have to brake his neck each time he wore the helmet cam.. Pretty simple...drilled 2 more holes..on the other side of the camera and on the rear..Used long 10mm heaxagon screws and bolts to support weights like the ones u can see here..

An that's all!

Took us about 1hour to build..and works fine..