Any suggstions for a stable portable camera mount?

Using the Church Webcasting System, YouTube, etc. Including cameras and mixers.
brad_p
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Re: Any suggstions for a stable portable camera mount?

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autryld wrote: Wed Nov 03, 2021 1:53 pm Have you considered using the device for the hard of hearing as an audio input? That's what we use. It includes the organ and all microphone inputs in the chapel. You may need the crab box to patch it to the camera or the PC depending on equipment configuration.

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Yes, it was awful for all three of our buildings. The signal is analog, and so each building had both a static in the background and some high pitched squeal. We had more success just sticking a condenser USB mic nearby and using that. The best is a direct line into the directional mic on the pulpit.
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Re: Any suggstions for a stable portable camera mount?

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Here is my camera on a mic stand setup we have been using. The mic stand has a heavy round base and is from 2 different stands so it has 3 tubes and can be extended up to 7'
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Re: Any suggstions for a stable portable camera mount?

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bradpeterson@gmail.com wrote: Sun Nov 07, 2021 1:17 pm [Yes, it was awful for all three of our buildings. The signal is analog, and so each building had both a static in the background and some high pitched squeal. We had more success just sticking a condenser USB mic nearby and using that. The best is a direct line into the directional mic on the pulpit.
It's been a while since your reply so I'm not sure if your ward is still doing webcasts. You may be getting RF interference. If you're getting static even without doing a webcast, that's a possibility. It's worked great in our building with clear audio and no static. The only problem we've had is when a member of the bishopric doesn't connect it correctly to the the crab box and I'm viewing from home , unable to assist. Another thing you can try before reporting static to the FM group is to flip the "Hum" switch on the crab box.
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Re: Any suggstions for a stable portable camera mount?

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Some great solutions in the camera mounts shown here in this thread. Another option is a "Lightstand" Much like a tripod, but is lightweight aluminum only has a single pole going up so not as nearly as obtrusive as a traditional tripod, and you can put it in the pews. It is plenty sturdy enough to support a small camera that will not be manned during operation. You can also pick up a few pound ankle weight and drape it around where the pole comes out of the base if you want to secure it a little better
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074VMTP68?re ... VD4SQGS332 $40 on Amazon. On the bigger issue.. remember, Facilities is NOT the ultimate authority on buildings. The agent bishop/stake president has ultimate authority over what happens in the building, and if something is in the best interest of the tithepayers who meet in the building they have every right to implement it. Facilities' know this, and if you listen to their language they acknowledge it "I dont recommend that.. " "That is not authorized..." but they never come out and say you cant do it. That being said, It is a very good policy to not allow things to be installed on the walls willy nilly, but in the end when it is an important utility like this that will be used EVERY week to support worship, just install it. Make it nice, and fit in with the building, but just make your case the Stake President and do it.

We have had a run-in with Facilities and we held our ground and common sense won out-- we had a strip of cream/flesh colored wall on the front of the chapel which showed up behind the person speaking at the podium in our video shot. It played havoc with the cameras auto exposure. We asked it be repainted to the color of the wood above and below it. They said they could not as the building was "historical" and they could not make any changes whatsoever. We pointed out that they had changed the color of the pews and carpet just a couple of years earlier to match what they had in supply/vendors, so they relented and painted the strip. The video of the speaker is now much better.
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Re: Any suggstions for a stable portable camera mount?

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jjohansson wrote: Thu Jun 02, 2022 7:16 am Much like a tripod, but is lightweight aluminum only has a single pole going up so not as nearly as obtrusive as a traditional tripod, and you can put it in the pews. It is plenty sturdy enough to support a small camera that will not be manned during operation. You can also pick up a few pound ankle weight and drape it around where the pole comes out of the base if you want to secure it a little better
We ended up using this, and I love it: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N7 ... UTF8&psc=1

It has the height, a 10 pound base, it's tough metal, a smaller footprint to fit within pews, it's collapsible, and goes up 8 feet to see over heads. You just have to find the right adapters to hook it into your camera, which is cheap.

The biggest downside is that it doesn't have any way to tilt like a tripod does. I've noticed in one chapel that the floors near a wall tend to have a small tilt to them, which is a bit noticeable on the broadcast.
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