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The vibration isolator and camera mount/instrument mount is mounted on a modified helicopter seat and mounting post. The entire mount is attached to the post by a connecting bar which in turn holds the horizontal boom. The boom has an arm attached on one end which holds a ball joint for holding a ca

The vibration isolator and camera mount/instrument mount is mounted on a modified helicopter seat and mounting post. The entire mount is attached to the post by a connecting bar which in turn holds the horizontal boom. The boom has an arm attached on one end which holds a ball joint for holding a camera tray and handlebar for a full xyz planar movement of the camera. Between the boom and connecting bar are two opposed air springs which are positioned in a cantilevered format so that any vibration which passes from the helicopter seat to the mounting bar is absorbed by the pair of air springs. The air springs are pneumatic and comprised of an inflatable pair of doughnut shaped structures which absorb the vibration and therefore isolates and stops any transmission of vibrations to the boom. The camera is isolated from the foundation\s vibrations. The air springs also function to maintain the boom in the generally horizontal position. There are several articulations or adjustments built into this mount so that the cameraman can follow or shoot the assigned scene with very little effort in moving the eye of the camera and the various articulations allows the cameraman an almost infinite amount of angles to focus in on the particular scene. The mount itself can be adapted for use in a land vehicle or strapped onto the back of the cameraman for walking and filming the scene at the same time.

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A vibration isolator camera mount apparatus comprising: mounting means for mounting a vibration isolator camera mount; a generally vertically oriented connecting bar pivotally attached at the lower end to said mounting means; a generally horizontal boom having one end positioned near the upper end o

A vibration isolator camera mount apparatus comprising: mounting means for mounting a vibration isolator camera mount; a generally vertically oriented connecting bar pivotally attached at the lower end to said mounting means; a generally horizontal boom having one end positioned near the upper end of said connecting bar, and having means for holding a camera tray at the other end of said boom; first rubberlike inflatable air spring means and second rubberlike inflatable air spring means for interconnecting said connecting bar with said one end of said boom and for isolating vibrations transmitted from said mounting means to said boom and said camera tray; first base plate means attached at one end of said boom for securing one end of said first air spring means; second base plate means attached to said boom inwardly from said first base plate means for securing one end of said second air spring means. first bar bracket means attached to said upper end of said connecting bar for securing the other end of said first air spring means to said connecting bar; and second bar bracket means attached to said lower end of said connecting bar for securing the other end of said second air spring means to said connecting bar.