On Apr 4, 2011, at 11:39 , Theodore Beilby wrote: > Most of my aircraft in flight shots were taken with my F 100 - 300 hand held. > Those of you who know me know that I have very shaky hands. Sometimes, I hang > my > monopod under the camera. I do this with the head locks loose so the monopod > is > free to swing if I want to go to portrait orientation. I do not extend the > leg, > it is just there for mass to overcome the tendency for the camera to be > moved. > It seems to help me be more steady but does get some strange looks from other > photographers. I don't know if anyone has ever used this technique before but > I > have used it this way many times.
I've tried that, but the combination of weights tires one quickly. The lightest anti-shake trick I've used was something I read long ago in some photo magazine. Buy yourself a 1/4 20 eye bolt, the shortest thread length you can find (not important, just neater) and tie eight feet of most any kind of heavyweight string to the bolt. Put the string in your pocket Mount that bolt on your camera's tripod socket. When you are ready to shoot something that needs that steadying, pull the string out of your pocket and drop it on the ground. Hold the camera a bit lower of where you usually do. Step on the string, raise the camera so there is some, but not much, tension on the string, and shoot! That little bit of tug can overcome at least some of the photographer's unsteadiness. And it weighs nothing. There are a couple in my bag all the time. Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com http://gallery.me.com/jomac -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
