Can you bend the mount the camera is on? Can I put this on the top of my tailgate and bend it so it's angled down towards the ground? Thank you.
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I bent the mount to look down to see the car behind my motor home. It would probably work.
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Yes, but the bracket is very small & very light weight & fragile.. I made a larger bracket for mine. I now am going to purchase a license frame camera.I use mine for hooking up to my boat trailer.
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Honestly this particular camera sold with this is different than my model. I am sure you can even buy a new mount and change it out. Easy to mod. Mine I could angle down with pliers
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Not if the camera is directly mounted to the plate. I mounted an additional tripod head to allow any desired camera angle.
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The mount has a build in ball joint connection, it will allow you to turn 360 degrees with out bending the arm. Best Regards,
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dangling like a bat? it should be fine. it's hard to explain but, the partial ball joint/spin/slot arrangement allows you to cover most angles. the sensor spotlights I have used recently have a similar arrangement. there are cables running through there so it's probably best to get it approximately aligned before mounting the base and then you can tweak it from there. my cameras point mostly away from the base but you can set it up to go ~90 degrees from the surface going sideways or up and down. you just have to spin the slot first if you are doing steeper angles. take a little care with the lock screw though. if you notch the ball joint you will end up with some play in that spot. dangling like a bat? it should be fine. it's hard to explain but, the partial ball joint/spin/slot arrangement allows you to cover most angles. the sensor spotlights I have used recently have a similar arrangement. there are cables running through there so it's probably best to get it approximately aligned before mounting the base and then you can tweak it from there. my cameras point mostly away from the base but you can set it up to go ~90 degrees from the surface going sideways or up and down. you just have to spin the slot first if you are doing steeper angles. take a little care with... » Read More dangling like a bat? it should be fine. it's hard to explain but, the partial ball joint/spin/slot arrangement allows you to cover most angles. the sensor spotlights I have used recently have a similar arrangement. there are cables running through there so it's probably best to get it approximately aligned before mounting the base and then you can tweak it from there. my cameras point mostly away from the base but you can set it up to go ~90 degrees from the surface going sideways or up and down. you just have to spin the slot first if you are doing steeper angles. take a little care with the lock screw though. if you notch the ball joint you will end up with some play in that spot. « Show Less
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Yes you can bend it. It is quite pliable. Just be careful and do it slowly.
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Yes... Screw hole in top of camera allows you to mount post from top. Camera is never actually upside down.
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Hi, The antenna on the camera can swivel 360 so could lay flat down if you have the space. John.
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You could. But not sharp angles. Best bet would be to to get a cable with the 90 degree bend or get a 90 degree adapter.
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I see that this camera mount already requires the camera to be mounted upside down (at least that's what's indicated in the configuration shown in the photograph). Unless you flip the mount around 180 degrees it will only flip up, not down. If you did mount it so it flipped down you'd find it's too close for a decent shot anyway (probably get a shot of your wide eyes and flared nostrils as you head over a cliff but not much more). And yes, if you flipped it either way you would have to correct the image during editing). Also be careful if flipping it down below the helmet as it will then be in the way of your vision and outside of the protection of your helmet. So if you can't see where you're going and take a tumble the camera could well come between your face and the dirt. No easy answer except to say that if the face shot is important, maybe 2 cameras would be the solution, one facing in and the other facing out.
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The camera bottom mount has a 1/4" USS stud that goes into the camera, but it also has a female 1/4" USS socket on the other side of the stud, so you could, theoretically, mount the camera on a tripod while it's still attached to the strap. Something to consider would be that now, the whole weight of the camera is concentrated on the stud, with no transfer of weight from the boss area around the stud on the bottom of the camera to whatever boss area you have on your tripod.
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Bending into a 90 degree angle is not the appropriate fix. Another comment by Nick Thomas is more correct. There should be an alternative mounting plate that came with the mount. You simply re-configure the base of the 18" flex gooseneck so that it has the vertical compatible bracket on it. If you're missing this item, email feedback@arkon.com and they'll help you out.
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not likely to be at a angle you want, it will be very tippy on the small base. If you got a piece of say 4x4 plywood and drilled a hole in it and put some feet under it you could put a bolt into the base and it would be stable with a normal camera. Not sure you want to do that much work.
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Sort of. You can position it so that the mount would be connected to the underside of an overhang, but the camera would be 90 degrees off. The camera can rotate around the base 360 degrees, and then the camera can tilt maybe 60 degrees ,so it probably will do what you want in some form or another. This isn't a big deal - I think there's a software option to spin the image, and most security video recorders have the ability to do that as well. But you'll "lose" (or gain, depending on what you are pointed at) a few pixels because the rectangle of view will be 90 degrees out of phase. So I'd say "Yes, you can" with a minor caveat.
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Can't picture what you are doing, it is designed for a standard tripod thread, but is very secure once you have the quick release attached to your car, it will hold your camera very securely regardless of what position it is in. I had the same issue as Ruchy, but was able to put it back together and Have to be careful with the spring
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Not really. It is meant for a center mount. I guess you could if you were willing to rig it creatively.
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This camera has a very cheap ball mount. It pivots around but it's not great. The camera itself works amazingly well though. You may need to position it and use some tape to keep it at the exact spot you want.
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You could install it upside down - but it is not designed to be installed upside down. There is a rubber piece that sits between the bottom plate and the camera when installed properly. If installed upside down, the metal plate would make direct contact with the camera - no rubber. Additionally, I suspect that the weight of the flash would swing the top plate open. I would not do it.