GoPro Tripod Stand Plate

I recently purchased a GoPro video camera. These cameras come with cases and mounts designed for action sports and have no built-in tripod connection point on the camera. I'm not much of a participant in action sports these days (my sports car is getting a bit old to pull much these days) and my intended use for the camera is much more mundane so I had to make a solution for how to mount the camera for my ordinary video capture needs.

With a piece of wood from a craft store and a couple of simple hand tools I built a connection plate that fits into the same tripod I use for my DSLR.

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Step 1: Supplies and Tools

Supplies:
GoPro camera (with plastic case)
Tripod with removable plate
GoPro Flat Adhesive Mounts (if your GoPro kit didn't come with flat mounts or you've lost/used up the ones you have, you can find more here)
Light wood stock - I used 1/4" (0.6cm) thick stock
Paint and Paint Brush

I don't own many tools and I was able to complete the project with the tools listed below.
Tools:
Hand Saw
Miter Box & Saw
Sand Paper
Wood Glue
Clamp
Pencil
Ruler

JD90 says: Nov 29, 2012. 10:38 AM

There is a tripod mount, I think Green Silver aluded to it. Here is a link to it:

http://gopro.com/camera-mounts/tripod-mount/

Why they don't include one in the kit is baffling.

antibromide (author) in reply to JD90Dec 2, 2012. 8:16 PM

I was surprised that there isn't a mount point anywhere on the camera or housing but I guess that is a corner that is cut for a camera that can take high quality video and costs such a small amount.

Green Silver says: Nov 29, 2012. 8:01 AM

Cool, I just bought the GoPro tripod mount, it has the screw hole in it that regular cameras have. It's cheaper than buying the sticky pad mounts.
http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?q=gopro+tripod+mount&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=7777172974418872023&sa=X&ei=iYa3UOqSMsexhAeug4HgBw&ved=0CGwQ8wIwAQ

antibromide (author) in reply to Green SilverNov 29, 2012. 2:17 PM

I purchased the Motorcross Edition which came with the adhesive mounts which I used for the project. I think only one kit (surf edition?) doesn't come with a set of adhesive mounts. I was unaware of the mount adapter but I doubt I would have purchased it had I known about it. I'm still glad that I can just set my Go Pro down where ever now that it has a happy little stand and I don't have to remove the tripod plate from my DSLR to use the tripod with my Go Pro.