Qn on stablizing camera using camera strap


eternalSun

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Hi, just want to ask how do you all tie your camera stap to your hand to reduce camera shake. I'm asking cause I've read and heard that one way to reduce camera shake to use the camera strap. Is there any technique, way to do this? can't seem to find past topic on this. mostly what i find in search is which camera strap to buy.....
 

its not the camera strap job to reduce handshake.

there is however a method i saw on youtube not using camera strap but just a string and some tools. how it works is u step on this thing on the floor... then the string will act as a stabliser which is connected to the base plate of your camera. sorry if i did not describe well haha... i can't find the links on youtube already so can't show here.
 

The neck strap have to go over the hand a few round and give enough tension inorder get the stabilise effect. But not everyone is comfortable to do so. And the result is not consistant as well...need a lot of practice.
 

its not the camera strap job to reduce handshake.

there is however a method i saw on youtube not using camera strap but just a string and some tools. how it works is u step on this thing on the floor... then the string will act as a stabliser which is connected to the base plate of your camera. sorry if i did not describe well haha... i can't find the links on youtube already so can't show here.

you are taking about this...

http://www.instructables.com/id/String-Tripod/
http://boingboing.net/2008/02/01/howto-make-a-camera.html

however i find it a bit tiring after sometime and less effective over a long period of time.
 

If you have live view, you can push the camera away from you so that the strap is tight against the back of your neck. This will stabilise the camera.

Adjust the length of your neck strap to achieve the most comfortable position.
 

its like how u use ur rifle sling to stablize ur rifle.

Coil the strap around ur hand and secure the camera in ur arm.
the coil should be tight enough to prevent excessive arm movement.
 

i see. Guess it's not much use to use the strap to achieve less camera shake then
 

its like how u use ur rifle sling to stablize ur rifle.

Coil the strap around ur hand and secure the camera in ur arm.
the coil should be tight enough to prevent excessive arm movement.

ops didn't see your post. just randomly coil it? last time ns i only coil it around my arm so that the sling won't swing around.
 

nothing beats having your camera slap on your face.
 

One of the good techniques for stability is this:

[vid]EDsx3-FWfwk[/vid]

I use it from time to time, it works. It works better with battery grip and/or bigger cameras like D300/700
 

actually, there IS one way of using the camera strap for stability. however, this only works when using liveview, and you might want to use this sparingly :sweat:. it all works on how you get camera shake. hand-held camera shake only occurs because of the user (us) and how we're built (anatomy). we're made up of a lot of moving parts, so we try to eliminate those that most affect how we hand-hold the camera: wrist and elbow.

first, loop the strap once around your forearm while holding your camera so your wrist doesn't move too much. keep it tight but not so much that you cut off circulation :bigeyes:

bring the camera up while flexing your arm so that the strap is dangling below your elbow. adjust the strap so that it is just touching the tricep side of your arm.

extend your arm so that there is tension in the strap. this will create a tension-compression that will stabilize your arm. once extended, though, you can't use your camera's viewfinder, so switch on liveview and snap away. ;)
 

One of the good techniques for stability is this:

[vid]EDsx3-FWfwk[/vid]

I use it from time to time, it works. It works better with battery grip and/or bigger cameras like D300/700

That's really nice! i can see why it would work better for bigger camera. tried it out and it does help. thanks!
 

Hi, just want to ask how do you all tie your camera stap to your hand to reduce camera shake. I'm asking cause I've read and heard that one way to reduce camera shake to use the camera strap. Is there any technique, way to do this? can't seem to find past topic on this. mostly what i find in search is which camera strap to buy.....

i think you could POSSIBLY make the camera strap so tight that you can plaster it onto your face and use your own body as support when shooting....... but i don't think it's advisable, or that it will help much.

after all, you might end up with eyecap marks around your eye....
 

One of the good techniques for stability is this:

[vid]EDsx3-FWfwk[/vid]

I use it from time to time, it works. It works better with battery grip and/or bigger cameras like D300/700

Thks for sharing. Very interesting info though this doesn't really work for me.:)