RAM make any number of clamps, arms and adapters, including a base that will screw into the bottom of your camera - I'd tend to use one of those (on the handlebars for example - similar height to a tripod anyway) rather than carry a large tripod?

Obviously you'll need to get your bike pretty close to where you want to photograph... but failing that, you can get a Gorillapod for DSLRs, or simply prop it up (using your gloves x) and use the self-timer for long exposure shots?

J x

This isn't so much gear advice...but might set your mind at ease a bit...

I've got a Nikon D40, which is essentially the same body as the D3000. I've had it a little under three years, and it's done probably ~10,000 miles on the bike with me. Most of that time it's just been thrown into a Kriega US-10 (loose, with lenses and other gubbins) either strapped to the pillion seat, or on top of whatever other luggage I've got on. It's done a fair distance in the top-box on the Ten', just tucked inside a normal shoulder bag/courier bag type thing. Oh, and it did last years HUMM in my Kriega R8 waistpack - including this little incident, where it hit the floor pretty hard (there's a nice scuff on my R8 where I rolled onto it), and has just rattled around a load of trails in the Lakes this weekend (albeit without crashing this time)

It still works.

Hi,

I retrieved some foam blocks from some old computer boxes, cut a D40 shaped hole in a 2" thick block and arranged for a thin (1"?) top and bottom sheets and bunged the lot in my tank bag. It works a treat and I've dropped the bike several times.

I've done the same for a miniDV tape camcorder and that very rarely skipped even when crashing through rocky terrain (heading for a fall, as ever :sad11: ).

Cheers,

Ian