A quick experiment with a Panasonic HD video camera & Picatinney quick detach

I've been thinking of trying this for a few months so this morning I decided to do it. I started by milling off the top 1/2 of a cheap Amazon Picatinney quick detach mount. I then drilled two holes to allow 8-32 screws to fit through and countersink the screw head holes. I cut a 6.5" long piece of 1/8" steel strap, drilled & tapped two holes for 8-32 screws to mount to the rail and drilled two holes near the rear to mount the camera. The rear hole was a bit larger to allow a 1/4'-20 to fit through and the front hole I tapped for 1/4"-20 and screwed in a short 1/4" long grub screw that fits into the front hole of the camera to keep it from rotating. I then mounted the camera and bent the steel strap to get the camera aligned with the scope ocular. It takes 4-5 seconds to remove or remount the camera. I then took a couple shots at 100 yards to see if the video would be usable. I accidentally left the hammer tension wheel on minimum so the shots are low and there was a mild right-to-left wind that I didn't compensate for so they're about 1" left. Now that I think about it I shot 3 pigeons this morning at about 60 yards and they didn't just fall over dead like normal which seemed weird, I had the hammer on low power and must have been hitting a few inches low.

The video was shot at 1080p/60, the max my camera will record. Here's the video using MS Picture with it shown at 60 frames per second (fps), 30 fps and 15fps.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=880lZaBqRts&feature=youtu.be



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