A camera platform for installing a camera in the inside of an automobile
is designed in such a manner that even when a camera is rotated to
capture rearward images, the camera does not interfere with a room
mirror. Since the shaft of a rotation portion is divided into a rotation
shaft and a ball shaft, an arm part of the camera platform is rotated
without the necessity of rotating the camera main body in the vicinity of
the room mirror, so that it becomes possible to carry out rearward image
capturing operations. Moreover, since the rotation shaft of the arm part
is designed to be offset from the camera attaching center line by 20 mm,
it becomes possible to prevent a cable extending from above the camera
from contacting with an arm attachment part of a mount, even when the
camera is rotated.