Improving your Hand-Holding Technique

[kareen21]

Very detailed and useful technique. Great thread, thanks.

 

[The Barbarian]

Rope that connects to the tripod screw socket.
Stand on the end of the rope and pull up so it's taut.
It works pretty well.

 

[AlanKlein]

My camera says to shut off IS when using a tripod. It's suppose to be on when hand holding.

 

[MontanaDave]

when it comes to VR/IS though, check the manual. Canon, for instance, recommends using their IS II on their L glass at all times you aren't on a tripod, as they claim that it doesn't run into problems with losing sharpness, and it will help the camera focus faster. And when I was shooting the 70-200 IS II f/2.8 L, this did seem to hold. Focus was much more consistently accurate with IS turned on, even though I was usually shooting in the 1/320-1/600 range for sports.

I found the same with the Canon R7, R5 bodies and RF 70-200 F2.8, RF 800mm F/11, RF 200-800mm lenses. I leave Image Stabilization on for the sharpest images.

 

[SharonHearn]

Great post, thank you lots here for me to remember.

 

[Golem]

Great post, thank you lots here for me to remember.

BEWARE of outdated ten years old "advice blogs" concerning technology, unless perhaps you just happen to be using ten years old devices !

 

[480sparky]

BEWARE of outdated ten years old "advice blogs" concerning technology, unless perhaps you just happen to be using ten years old devices !

Yeah.... since many of those techniques were used 150 years ago, they're were useless 10 years ago.

 

[terri]

It's still helpful and informative. However, it looks like the image links have broken (lots of forum upgrades since date of post). Would you be interested in resurrecting them?

 

[480sparky]

It's still helpful and informative. However, it looks like the image links have broken (lots of forum upgrades since date of post). Would you be interested in resurrecting them?

I'd love to, but I can't find them anywhere in my albums.

 

[terri]

I'd love to, but I can't find them anywhere in my albums.

Aw, too bad - too many years ago I guess. Still a good article, and it's appreciated.

 

[480sparky]

I'll root around some old hard drives to see if I can find the originals.

 

[SharonHearn]

BEWARE of outdated ten years old "advice blogs" concerning technology, unless perhaps you just happen to be using ten years old devices !

Thank you

 

[480sparky]

I'd really like to see someone prove these techniques aren't valid instead of just claiming they useless because they're 10 years old. I'll wager if I re-posted the exact same advice today, everyone would use them.

Just remember: 50 years ago, a cars' user manual had instructions on adjusting the valves. Today, they contain a warning not to consume the contents of the battery.