What do you guys know about GoPro mounts?

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury) 05/10/2020 at 15:40 • Filed to: None

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I just picked up a Hero 2 with a couple of cases, a bunch of batteries and several SD cards (including one of those WiFi ones) for $20. I don’t know why I want it, but it seemed like a good deal so I said ‘why not?’.

It looks like there are a couple of different mounting systems used by GoPro and competing cameras over the years. In my junk pile I have a motorsport suction mount for an Activeon camera, and from what I see i t appears to use the same mounting system as newer GoPro units. If that is the case, I was wondering if there exists an adapter to allow me to mount my ancient GoPro on this newer style of mount?

This is what my motorsport suction mount has. The GoPro and Activeon mounts look the same, but I don’t know if they are. It might make sense if they were, but from what I’ve seen with other tech, what appears logical as far as compatibility is concerned may not actually be.

Or should I not bother and just get a ball adapter like this (providing that it fits in my Activeon mount) :

This is a new world for me, so I’m hoping some of you out there might have some experience and could point me in the right direction.

Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 05/10/2020 at 16:36

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Are you just wondering about buckles?

As long as the camera case mount has the 2 holed tabs and can slot into to the buckles then I think it should be fine. There’s a tonne of them.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com 05/10/2020 at 17:02

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Uh, I guess so...

It looks like the device you showed will allow me to mate my cam to the car mount. I had no idea what that device was called, hence my call for help.

MM54 > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 05/10/2020 at 17:18

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One good thing they’ve done is not changed the mounted with the 6,000,000 revisions of the cameras. The thing with the two tabs and holes connects to the camera case, and also slides into the mount you pictured. One comes with the camera new but I’m sure they’re out there third party. From there, as far as I know any gopro mount will work.

Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 05/10/2020 at 19:33

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Yeah no worries. There a bunch of different ones. I have a similar sort of adjustable swivel for my helmet like your bottom picture as I opted for Mars Rover rather than chin mount.