RigWheels RigMount X4 Magnet Camera Mounting Platform

To answer your question, we need more information. When you say you haven't got usable footage, please describe what it looks like. We presume you are mounting this on a car. Where on the car? How smooth is the road? How fast are you going? What camera do you have? Is is a smart phone or consumer camcorder? Or a higher end camera? If a phone or consumer camcorder, the issue is most likely low end rolling shutter jello images. To avoid that you will have to go to a higher quality camera for even though they probably still have a rolling shutter, the issue is greatly lessened. Do you have a camera with it's Image Stabilization on? If so, turn it off. Most IS, when used on a tripod or mount, overreacts and it moves the image when it should not. Lastly, take a note from a former motion picture camera assistant and use ratchet safety straps and a safety rope or chain on the camera for two reasons. One, to lessen the vibration and two, save the camera should the magnetic plate fall off.

Hi Juan, If you want to attach a "ball mount" tripod head to this you could use one of our Pro ball head adapters with a set of stand-offs. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1428599-REG/rigwheels_rpp_75a_75mm_adapter_for_rigplate.html https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1428598-REG/rigwheels_rpp_100a_100mm_adapter_for_rigplate.html https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1428611-REG/rigwheels_so_14x3_4pc_3_stand_offs_4pc.html

not difficult to remove. You have to use a little muscle, but it's very secure. Be sure the vehicle you're using is steel. Honda Pilot has an aluminum hood so we switched vehicles. Different hoods vary in vibration. Worked great on a Versa without additional rigging. Suction cups are a nice option if you're not using a magnetic surface.

As will all car-mounting, it depends on how you're going to use it. This product is better for hard-mounting. For what you've described the Cloud Mount DSLR is a better option.

Hi Rory, from my experience with using ballheads for this is that unless it is a very beefy one I would not recommend it. We have used it for our A7s with a 24-70mm sigma zoom though it is not as balanced as your C100 it is also much smaller and lighter weight. What we have found out is that every pot hole every bump will cause the camera to shake and bobble with the ball head. This is because of the way every ball head was designed. A larger mass up top with the camera a thinner connecting rod to the ball base and one knob to tighten the ball unit to where you want it.After a few test runs we ended up using a standard x/y style mount, it took longer to set up and we had to move it a little further back but it was more stable. With the ball mount it was shorter and we really wanted to use it however even adding a three point tension with some straps did not prevent it from wobbling and eventually loosening up the ball and our camera dropped from the framing making the footage unusable.We absolutely love the fast setup with the magnets there is some issues with some legs not being able to touch the car body perfectly but we tied the whole thing back and it survived 50 mph for over 6 minutes.