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Filming Hunts with IPhone, Painted Arrow Mount

2.8K views 12 replies 9 participants last post by  Ram_n_arrows  
#1 ·
I’m looking into filming my hunts with my iPhone. I have a camera arm, phone mount and fluid head. However, I’ve been think about attaching my iPhone to my bow around the stabilizer mount, using the Painted Arrow mount. Has anyone done this and have a video I can watch to see how it looks? I have a newer IPhone and I’m just trying to see how much vibration will transfer to the iPhone. I know the newer go pros have the stabilization capabilities.
 
#3 ·
It doesn’t do too bad. I’m not familiar with the mount you mentioned, but I used one I made. It attached to the rear stabilizer bushing and held my phone on the right side between my quiver and riser. Unfortunately I’ve deleted the few videos I had taken while using it. On release there is a little bit of vibration and recoil, but I always seemed to catch the impact. I always record in slow motion and edit everything to normal speed except for the impact. Works great.
 
#10 ·
I hunted with the magpro last year. I ended up taking it off my bow because I made a bad shot on that deer. The video quality was poor due to the initial shock of the bow going off (filming with an iPhone 13 mini). So, I was unable to get any reference on the shot placement. Instead, all I got was footage of a goodun that will haunt me for the rest of my life.

Here are a few things I’d do different:

1. I didn’t use a lighted nock and I feel like that is crucial when filming with an iPhone as you can track it frame by frame.

2. I didn’t use slow mo though I should have.

3. You have to be cognizant of filming. If you aren’t used to filming you will quickly forget to keep your bow pointed toward the deer after the shot. I did not do that as I was so focused on watching the deer post shot.

4. The weight of your bow will change with the mount and your phone. I didn’t practice with my phone mounted to my bow. Although the weight difference isnt significant, it’s enough to throw you off.

At the end of the day it’s about having confidence in your equipment. If you change your set up just before you make that shot of a lifetime, it could cost you. So practice with your phone on your bow.

Anyone else have something like this happen to them?