Using Car Mounts?

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DVX100Shooter

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Those of you that have used car mounts for your cameras what do you put in front of the lens to protect it from bugs or whatever else that is flying through the air? I take it that most shots requiring these type shots are not at a fast speed but you can still get stuff on the lens or protective filter.
 
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lexan.. home depot sells little 5x6 sheets for $3. They are not as optically pure as optical flats, but are alot cheaper, and you shouldnt be able to tell the difference. You can also buy a cheap ebay UV filter for stunt stunt etc.
 
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If your concerned about damage to the lens AND interested in keeping the lens clean then try a "rain deflector". Its basically a over sized piece of round glass spinning at high speed in front of the cameras lens. It not only used for rain. Just about anything that would have hit the lens and stuck is instead wisked away without trouble. They are available for rent or you could make your own pretty easily.

-Brett Erskine
 
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I could have use something like that on my ENG camera with all the rain, tornadoes and floods we just got hit with earlier this week.
 
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yeah spinners are cool.. expensive but cool. one of those things I wanted to make ages ago but just never really would use... although it rains alot in Vancouver.
 
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A screw-on clear glass filter is the first choice. It will be the best optically.
Plexiglas is pretty darn clean at the thin sizes. The thinner the better. 1/8" is, i believe the thinnest.
I've done 'hostess tray' door mounts and used plexi at the window frame to block out wind noise. Worked fine. You need to black out any space between the lens and the plexi to stop stray reflections.
Cokin filters are plastic and do quite well, although they aren't off the shelf plexi.
 
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