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Mounting an A550 Powershot on a wheelcair arm

Ephraimh — Thu, 15 May 2014 02:48:29 GMT

I am looking for a way to mount my Canon A550 Powershot on to the arm of my wheel chair. The one I had - and lost - was a simple flat rod that I laid on the arm of the chair and strapped it around the arm. It had a ball head on it that I screwed the Canon A550 into. I think the ballhead was made by Joby. I lost the rod & the ballhead that was affixed to it.

It was a very simple inexpensive thing that served all my purposes. Any other inexpensive solution will do. The hard part, as best I can tell, is finding something that will clamp onto the arm with a minimum of difficulty. My hand strength is next to nil

Can anyone suggest any solutions?

Thank you,
Ephraim

Re: Mounting an A550 Powershot on a wheelcair arm

John_ — Thu, 15 May 2014 14:55:59 GMT

Have you looked at the mounts for action cameras like go pro, muvi by veho and Im sure there are others. They have strong camera mounts with standard tripod screw for many different applications?

Re: Mounting an A550 Powershot on a wheelcair arm

Ephraimh — Thu, 22 May 2014 17:58:40 GMT

thanks

Re: Mounting an A550 Powershot on a wheelcair arm

Vetteran — Sun, 25 May 2014 10:20:36 GMT

Gorillapod?

Re: Mounting an A550 Powershot on a wheelcair arm

John_ — Sun, 25 May 2014 21:03:25 GMT

cool idea Veteran those things will grip to most anything !

Re: Mounting an A550 Powershot on a wheelcair arm

Ephraimh — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 22:36:01 GMT

Bought a gorrilapod hybrid. that sucker is mean.

Re: Mounting an A550 Powershot on a wheelcair arm

John_ — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 23:17:47 GMT

Great !! Yes they cling to most any shape and a very sturdy

Re: Mounting an A550 Powershot on a wheelcair arm

Ephraimh — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 23:50:20 GMT

the gorillapod broke today as I was trying to hook it to my chair. it had worked every time I had used it before but I must have used as lot more force this time. I have to do a lot of work to get it to secure because of my lack of grip strength. all that pushing and twisting must have been more than it could take. the gorillapod is otherwise a great device. the arm of my chair doesn't have small enough lip on it to get the legs to wrap around it without a whole lot of work on my part.. oh well, he sighed...

Re: Mounting an A550 Powershot on a wheelcair arm

John_ — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 00:28:50 GMT

Thats to bad but it still is under warranty and may be replaceable for free...have you looked at any of the action camera mounts? Those are very strudy since they are designed for rough and tough use and usually clamp securly to the srurface they are mounted on like bicycles etc.

Re: Mounting an A550 Powershot on a wheelcair arm

Ephraimh — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 19:40:10 GMT

sometimes am a little dumb on the uptake. It still works. I fiddled with it and it's still strong enough to hold on to the arm of the chair even with two and a half legs. will look into the other suggestions. not sure if I still have the receipt; will look for it. thanks again.

note to self: turn on brain before posting ( and most anything else)

Re: Mounting an A550 Powershot on a wheelcair arm

John_ — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 20:49:15 GMT

LOL !!! Oh I've done that pre-thinking posts before !! Glad it still functions for you though. I looked some more online for wheelchair camera mounts and wow some of or a lot of them are expensive and fancy !

Re: Mounting an A550 Powershot on a wheelcair arm

Ephraimh — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 05:26:48 GMT

I went to the camera store and they replaced the Gorillapod with a new one because I had thrown away the leg pieces that broke off. Apparently the legs are supposed to "break off" if too much pressure is applied. Once they "break off" they can be snapped back together. We'll see.

Re: Mounting an A550 Powershot on a wheelcair arm

John_ — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 10:33:56 GMT

wow thats good to know, I didnt know they were designed to snap apart like that? And you got a replacement even though you threw the other pieces away...sounds like a happy ending !

Re: Mounting an A550 Powershot on a wheelcair arm

John_ — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 22:35:18 GMT

Well I took my gorillia pod and pulled a leg apart and sure enough the leg snaps right back in...go figure !