Best / cheapest car mount for Epic?

[James_Mills]

I have a shoot coming up where we need to rent a car mount at last minute when already over budget. Does anyone know of the best common car mount that will hold an Epic CP2 rig sufficiently (and preferably one I could rent in Los Angeles)?

I tried searching the forum for this topic but it won't let me search for the word "car" because it's apparently too short making the phrase "car mount" very difficult to find.

Thanks, guys.

 

[Eric Santiago]

Mathews Pro or Master Kit.

I have the Pro and so far its been great for exterior and interior.

 

[James_Mills]

The Pro Kit claims to only hold 26 lbs, has that been sufficient enough for you though? Are you attaching bricks to it or just REDvolts?

Thanks a bunch, Eric.

 

[Marcos Montenegro]

Try the Digital Juice's Spyder Pod:

http://gear.digitaljuice.com/products/products.asp?pid=2497

I've done a few with Scarlet/Epics and it's solid.

 

[Peter Strietmann]

Mathews pro mount holds 40 lbs (http://www.filmtools.com/matthews-master-mount-car-system.html). I've used it on some chase scenes with my red one with no problems. Also for a very fast mount I've used a cine saddle, the large one. I would not use their ball head. And run a rod or two to the top of the camera to stabilize it.

 

[Justin Chin]

This is what I used on a feature I shot this year:
http://www.filmtools.com/filmedweigca.html

Rock solid. There are many ways to skin this cat, I would prefer to cup speed rail and mount the plate any where along the rail to capture different angles.

A quick pic:
https://www.dropbox.com/lightbox/home/Camera Uploads