DIY Exilim Camera Mount

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Well I just couldn't wait any loner for our US distributor to get the Eagle Vision camera mounts in stock, so over the weekend I made one of my own. By using some ABS plastic pipe and fittings and a piece of 1/8 thick aluminum as the materials, a small lathe and a drill press here's what I came up with and I didn't need to glue anything to the camera. The camera is solid. For all practical purposes, the tube is one piece. The adjustments are the 3 thumb screws, the 1/4-20 Soc Hd Cap Screw is all that is holding the camera on the mount. After getting the materials together it took about 5 hours to fab the parts. The cross-sectional view shows how it was made.







 
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Michael - Thank you

Crutch - I used 1-1/2" and 2" ABS plastic pipe and 2, 1-1/2 coupler and an end cap. Machined to fit the scope and the overall length is about 5.4 inches long from front of camera.

Scotty - check out the video to see the how well it records - I don't have but maybe 1 hour messing with the setup, so I don't know how much it could improve.

Krasiml - Really nice job - I didn't have the guts to attempt to thread the parts with that fine of a thread - what is the thread?
Also nice job with the anodize. And I like the thumb screws. I made the rear part of my tube tight enough that it only required 1 set of screws to make the adjustment.

Did you need to bond the ring to the camera? The ZR-1100 has a programmable ring that spins that can do different funtions and I didn't want to bond the ring to the camera. Your is slimmer and I like that about yours

Here's the first video I took thru the scope with the new mount and a couple of photos;







 
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