Mounting a video camera on your scope.

clivej

I was thinking of making up something like this to mount a video camera onto my scope.



Would a video camera take the recoil of a 308 or I'm I hopping for too much??

You thoughts and ideas please.

bunny shooter

Way too much time on your hands

ormondprop

dont know anything about them but came across it online

http://www.bushnell.com/products/scopes/riflescopes/videoscope/737000V/

http://www.brdr-vestergaard.dk/data/images/jagtudstyr/videomounted.jpg

kowloon

Find out what kind of cameras skydivers and the like use, I'd say they're a tad more robust than your average home video job.

Unless of course you already have the camera.

johngalway

Clive,

Cabelas have a dedicated video camera mount I believe, check their site out.

ATB,

John

rrpc

clivej wrote: »

Would a video camera take the recoil of a 308 or I'm I hopping for too much??

You thoughts and ideas please.

Yes you're hopping far too much

meathshooter

clivej wrote: »

I was thinking of making up something like this to mount a video camera onto my scope.



Would a video camera take the recoil of a 308 or I'm I hopping for too much??

You thoughts and ideas please.

have a look at these http://www2.oregonscientific.com/cat-Outdoor-sub-Action-Cams-prod-ATC3K-with-a-4-Gig-SD-Card-and-4-Lithium-AA-Batteries.html http://www.sctltd.co.uk/acatalog/Helmet_HEAD_CAM_DVR.html
http://www.actioncameras.co.uk/ they would do the job

ivanthehunter

I'm afraid that bunnyS is right! Wat too much free time:rolleyes:

Anyway Clive, i would think that you'd rather see the cross-hairs hovering over the target prior to the kill! If that the case than a rear mounted scope-camera adapter is required. Most of the larger terrestrial spotting scopes used today come with a bracket that allow the user to mount a camera to the rear of the eye-piece. I own one which was made by Celestron. Have a look on line and see what you come up with.

Regards Ivan.

PS. I have found that a parallax adjustable scope is require to achieve a sharp picture.

Traumadoc

You would probably be better too get a "bullet" camera and attach it to your firearm with some tape.

http://www.dogcamsport.co.uk/

foxshooter243

I know some of the video makers in the states tried fitting cameras to their rifles to record killshots, however the trouble was that the cameras they used being standard units, wouldnt record much due to the recoil of the rifle jumping off the shot and causing disturbance in the filming, a savvy cameraman who was also a shooter gave them much better results, however camera technology may have moved on since.....:)

Slug chucker

Think as far as I can remember that this scope was the business in the recording of an image department, but I can’t open up the link where I currently am (can't open any links to anything firearm related).
http://www.elcansportingoptics.com
Wasn't cheap as I recall.
I think trying to mount a video camera on a scope on anything except a rifle shooting on its ballistic point blank range might be a bit of a waste of time if you’re trying to record the bullet strike and being able to see it.
There's also the problem of the internal alignment of the imaging tube in relation to the base where the tripod adaptor is located. They are not usually dead on (they don't need to be as tripods are adjustable and compensation is easily achieved)
One last maybe possibly unseen issue, if the camcorder has a bit of weight to it the recoil may act in the opposite direction to the reversed scope mount ring causing it to dig into your rifle scope tube or even bending it due to law of the lever (wouldn’t care if it was a cheapo scope but unlikely if it’s on a .308)
But all the same it's good fun to mess with things like this, give it a blast and see what happens.
Cheers,
Slug Chucker