Drift HD Ghost helmet mounting angle question

[Vo0DO0]

Hey guys, first non intro post.

I, from feedback off you guys, have decided on the Drift HD Ghost, but have a problem or 2.

First problem is that Ill be getting a new helmet soon and will need to buy another mount, nothing serious but is possibly amplified by the next problem/issue/question....

Can the Drift Ghost "swivel" on the mounting bracket that connects to flat/curved/goggle mounts?

To elaborate, If I mount it poorly and its looking down at my tank, can I tilt it upwards for a good shot? This is then made worse with buying a new helmet as I may need 4 to get it right lol and I stuff up installations ALOT ... I just whacked a new exhaust on, I'm literally amazed I didn't brake anything... except for 3 fairing clips... had spares though

hope you can help, only a quick problem but at least the answer is out there then, a brief search yielded nothing

 

[thunderous71]

The default mounting brackets are just slots the camera slots into. Saying the the camera can rotate in the slot and the camera head can rotate also. But no tilt. I'm surprised no one had made an after market part that does it.

You can get the big old clamp styles like the go pro but you might as well get a go pro if you want the telly tubby look

 

[Vo0DO0]

The default mounting brackets are just slots the camera slots into. Saying the the camera can rotate in the slot and the camera head can rotate also. But no tilt. I'm surprised no one had made an after market part that does it.

You can get the big old clamp styles like the go pro but you might as well get a go pro if you want the telly tubby look

Thanks for the reply mate, Yeh one advantage for the drift is the sleekness of it on a helmet.

But now I'm confused.. I don't think I was clear enough and im not sure what you are saying it can do hahahaha:

...Saying the the camera can rotate in the slot and the camera head can rotate also. But no tilt....

OK so I know lens can rotate, and your saying the camera can rotate in the slot as well? ( I believe this is what I want) but it can't tilt, which I assume would give the same effect as the lens turning anyway.

The "rotate in slot" you mentioned, if its what I am after I could theoretically stick a mount on my wall, and with that mount there permanently I could theoretically video the roof one day and the floor the next yeh?

sorry to be a pain

 

[TheMotoXP]

If I understand your question correctly, the camera can rotate via the connector on a Y axis (up and down) and the lens can rotate in a circle so that your camera does not have to be perfectly level to get the correct shot. The mount, however does not allow you to tilt the drift on the X axis (left and right) so if your camera is slightly looking more towards the right or left side of the road, no you cannot fix this unless you change where the mount is attached to the helmet. Does that answer your question?

 

[Vo0DO0]

If I understand your question correctly, the camera can rotate via the connector on a Y axis (up and down) and the lens can rotate in a circle so that your camera does not have to be perfectly level to get the correct shot. The mount, however does not allow you to tilt the drift on the X axis (left and right) so if your camera is slightly looking more towards the right or left side of the road, no you cannot fix this unless you change where the mount is attached to the helmet. Does that answer your question?

SWEET that's what I was hoping. Thanks to both of you

 

[O8ride]

Lots of vloggers have done helmet cam setups for their particular camera on youtube, and although they may not answer the question you look for directly, you will find the answer in there to the precise question you are asking.

For the Drift HD (rather than Ghost - don't have one so it may be different) you need to set the camera tilt each time before you set off, but you are able to rotate the lens anytime (safety considerations to take account of if riding, and you can't see the picture or how good the change in rotation is until you take off your helmet or the camera).

The issue I think you are grappling with is changing the tilt rather than lens while moving: unfortunately the tilt needs to be locked before you mount the camera, otherwise it will just move around independently while riding.

 

[Vo0DO0]

The issue I think you are grappling with is changing the tilt rather than lens while moving: unfortunately the tilt needs to be locked before you mount the camera, otherwise it will just move around independently while riding.

nah I don't wanna do it while riding, was just worried that the camera couldn't change how far up or down (when mounted on the side of a helmet) it was pointing. Giving me issues with different riding styles and bikes. but all good now

 

[ariderslife]

Hey guys, first non intro post.

I, from feedback off you guys, have decided on the Drift HD Ghost, but have a problem or 2.

First problem is that Ill be getting a new helmet soon and will need to buy another mount, nothing serious but is possibly amplified by the next problem/issue/question....

Can the Drift Ghost "swivel" on the mounting bracket that connects to flat/curved/goggle mounts?

To elaborate, If I mount it poorly and its looking down at my tank, can I tilt it upwards for a good shot? This is then made worse with buying a new helmet as I may need 4 to get it right lol and I stuff up installations ALOT ... I just whacked a new exhaust on, I'm literally amazed I didn't brake anything... except for 3 fairing clips... had spares though

hope you can help, only a quick problem but at least the answer is out there then, a brief search yielded nothing

Yep, it can be rotated 360* once its mounted, it depends on how tight you put the screw in, once u got the right angle, you can then adjust the Lense and make sure that is correct.

So yes what you are talking about can be done with ease.

_ owned drift Cameras before

 

[janx101]

with a bit of care you can adjust the basic gear fine .. however there are basic limitations

with standard flat or curved plates only you can get 2 axis movement... well 3 'when you turn your head' ... but 2 as far as the mount itself is concerned... so if you farkle the installation of the plate too bad its best maybe to remove it (hair dryer and gentle pressure) then replace the 3M tape .. with another piece of 3M tape (the other brands work but i trust 3M the best!)... or do what i also did and buy a bag of 5 flat or curved mounts (well both really) .. and now i have more places i can fairly quickly mount the camera!

with the addition of say a handlebar type mount you can add a 3rd axis of mount movement... with the suction cup mount .. still 3 axis basically from mount .. but being able to fiddle with positions a lot more...

i ended up 'modifying' part of a go pro mount... part of a drift handlebar mount .. and got a curved sticky pad (gopro) to a drift mount plate .. sticking up on top of helmet... viewtopic.php?f=15&t=4730

there is a few different versions of online adapter mounts now... but i wanted to do it right 'now' with what i had...

what would be awesome if drift came up with a little rubberised widget like gopro has for damping and shaking in the clip bit while its in the plate bit... :roll: ... its not so much an issue with my helmet rig .... but its annoying with the fairing mounted plates.... most of the time wind pressure provides enough resistance to give a steady view... when you hit a big enough bump though it rattles and shakes a little...

i might be just being picky... i just hate the thought of a future vid with 'the moment' being rooted up by a pothole and shaky vision :|

 

[Shirou]

Don't forget that any non-gopro camera has a standard thread camera mount so you can fix your sport camera with any standard camera mount. You can get a good number of suction cup, rollbar, handlebar, monopods and rotating mounts from ebay and you can also make your own as long as it ends with the standard thread (1/8 inch iirc).
When you get cheap mounts from ebay, make sure you buy at least 2 of each in case one comes broken or with missing parts and don't forget to secure your camera with a failsafe line so if your mount breaks or comes off, you won't lose your expensive camera.
I mounted my camera with a suction cup a couple of times on a place on the fairing that had a sticker going across, the mount was very hard to remove by hand the moment I placed it but after some minutes, air slowly got into the suction cup going trough the little space between the sticker and the fairing. While riding the mount got off and the camera ended up hanging from the line. When your camera isn't in sight (rear pointing, fairing, swingarm, boots) you can easily lose it and don't notice for hours.

Whatever camera mount you get from ebay, don't get any with this mounting head, it's the worse, just a few seconds on your bike and the head will loosen and your camera will point anywhere. I got a tripod with that head and even stationary it's worthless.