Pics from my chest harness

[Junker]

During a break from writing an essay, I quickly put together a chest harness for my camera. It's pretty damn soy, very rudimentary, but it works. I found a really small shirt, and cut a hole in the upper chest part. The camera strap is synched up around my neck, and the camera's lens sticks out the hole in the shirt. I ran a remote trigger down my sleeve.

Triggering with my left hand


Discovered that it is safer trigger with it in my mouth.








Glad I had a filter on the lens...


It's hardly noticeable...

[Trackhead]

You should walk into an airport with that thing, you know, just to get some pictures.

[Junker]

You should walk into an airport with that thing, you know, just to get some pictures.

I'd have to admit, the 6 frames per second of security taking me out would be cool.

[chaka]

very cool Junker, I really like the perspective.

[Natedogg]

Awesome!

[pechelman]

that rocks

now go skiing and do something stupid

[Junker]

very cool Junker, I really like the perspective.

This setup has a lot of potential for cool POV shots. I found my system needs a lot of work. The camera is not very secure, so it likes to rotate. A lot of the pictures were very tilted. I'm thinking about cutting up an old wetsuit and using part of it to hold the camera. I may glue some grippy rubber to the inside, and sew on some buckles and strap.

[chaka]

I'm thinking about cutting up an old wetsuit and using part of it to hold the camera. I may glue some grippy rubber to the inside, and sew on some buckles and strap.

go for shiny black and don't forget the gimp ball

[bklyn]

HA!

[grizzle6]

That's badass. Love the MacGyver action...

[kidwoo]

You got a pic of the harness?

[pechelman]

You got a pic of the harness?

i read it that it was just the neck strap and a tighty whitey small t-shirt

seems that other than that maybe just add a strap running around your sternum, like an HR monitor?

[CS]

Nice.

I rode Thunder Mountain out in Utah with my camera strapped to my chest. I'll have to see if I can't dig up some pics.

And yeah, holding on and braking and triggering the camera all at the same time was definitely the crux.

[SuperChief]

I saw a dude this summer who mounted his video camera in a chest pack with the lense poking out, It corrected the camera angle so it didn't point down while he was on the bike and it allowed for a nicer camera than the typical helmet cam set-up. I think he used the harness straps to angle the camera out the top of the bag for the proper point of view.

I also remember Lonnie Ball used to ski with a home made chest pack camera holder that used a rubber can koozie to cover the lens, it was all on elastic so he could just pull it out and shoot. Kinda reminds me of a binocular harness.

Lonnie's was kind of like this...

[Junker]

You got a pic of the harness?

Pechelman pretty much summed it up. I had a bungy wrapped aroung my chest just below the camera. It's a start.

Nice.

I rode Thunder Mountain out in Utah with my camera strapped to my chest. I'll have to see if I can't dig up some pics.

And yeah, holding on and braking and triggering the camera all at the same time was definitely the crux.

Love to see some action shots.

Lonnie's was kind of like this...

Hmm. I'm going to see if I can find my Cummerbund from prom...

[pechelman]

Hmm. I'm going to see if I can find my Cummerbund from prom...

Best use of an otherwise worthless peice of clothing!

cant wait for more pics
those were rad