Riding along in my automobile...

LWW · Aug 17, 2005

I have figured out how to make a Miata a rolling tripod.

Here you can see me with the remote shutter release in my hand.

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LWW · Aug 17, 2005

A few more pics.

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LWW · Aug 17, 2005

Zoom...

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LWW · Aug 17, 2005

zoom...

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LWW · Aug 17, 2005

ZOOM!

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JonMikal · Aug 17, 2005

wow - great motion, these are way cool! how did you mount the camera?

Chiller · Aug 17, 2005

Very cool.

LWW · Aug 17, 2005

Well luckily in a Miata anything is a tight fit.

What I did was mount my Nikon N8008s, I used it rather than the F4s because of weight, on a Bogen monopod and used the Nikon remote shutter release.

I the n adjusted the monopod for the right height and wedged it between the transmission tunnel/console and the passenger seat. I also took the seat belt and got one wrap around the monopod before buckling it. I then also undid one of the camera strap ends and wrapped it a couple times around the stylebarand reattached it.

The combination was more bump resistent than my Bogen 3221 although it took a bit to set up.

This was a trial and error run and next time I will take some pics and post them of the setup.

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Big Mike · Aug 17, 2005

That is awesome. Great idea and well done with the execution.

danalec99 · Aug 17, 2005

Beautiful!!

Xmetal · Aug 17, 2005

Excellent piece of shooting, i'm assuming you used an ND filter to get the required shutter speeds?

LWW · Aug 17, 2005

NOPE!.

Used Fuji 200 speed film and f11 aperture priority. Shutter speed(s) unknown for obvious reasons but I'm guessing 1/15 in the shaded scenes.

To get the blur the key seems to be speed obviously and the blurred items being close to the road/car. At 60 MPH you get about 6 ft of blur in that time if I'm doing the math right in my head.

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