You can see the camera mount plate and mounting hardware in the above diagram. The hardware to mount the camera consists of four isolating rubber mounts and four M2 x 12mm steel bolts with nuts. The idea is to simply place the rubber mounts between the camera board and the mounting frame and then secure with the M2 bolts. I have a problem with this set-up. When the bolts are inserted the rubber mounts are under compression and the frame, bolt and camera board are all contact and the camera is not isolated by the rubber mounts. Seems a real shame as the rubber mounts are really well designed. Here's my solution....
The top bolt and nut in the above pic is the stock item. Bin them and replace with the items on the bottom row. These are M3 x 6mm nylon bolt and nut and a M2 x 6mm nylon cheese head bolt, nut and washer. The bolts are fitted, head first, into the rubber mount (middle row above).
The slotted holes in the CF camera mount plate need to be opened out a little to accept the M3 bolts.
Open the slots out at the outermost point, this lines up best with the holes in the camera board.
Insert the M2 ends of the mounts into the camera board, add a washer and secure with a M2 nylon nut.
Here's the M3 bolts inserted into the rubber mounts (head first).
Place the camera mount CF plate over the bolts and secure with M3 nylon nuts.
Here is the completed camera assembly in situ.
And above is the proof that this mount behaves far better than the original kit. The upgrade costs very little, these nuts and bolts are readily available from dealers on ebay for a couple of pounds. I have weighed the original set-up and my upgraded nylon bolt set-up and there is no difference. No brainer...
I'm going to try this but with up angle, the cheese looks m3 and bolt m2?
ReplyDeleteCheers
Ryan