Left-handed camera?
Sep 26, 2018 23:20:34 #
Cable release? Then it will still be attached should she drop the button end.
Sep 27, 2018 01:24:37 #
ToBoldlyGo
Loc: London U.K.
If the OP is still looking for ideas, what type of photos is your granddaughter interested in? It could help us with ideas.
Sep 27, 2018 02:17:38 #
alfeng wrote:
WHAT?!?
So, you consider that asking YOU how often you look at the controls on your camera is being rude?
Sheesh ...
... I guess you are the type of person who some other people might label as a "Snowflake."
Wear it with pride!
So, you consider that asking YOU how often you look at the controls on your camera is being rude?
Sheesh ...
... I guess you are the type of person who some other people might label as a "Snowflake."
Wear it with pride!
Oh, for crying out loud, quit acting like children and get back to the serious subject of this thread. Offer some helpful comments or go away.
Sep 27, 2018 08:26:48 #
Thurber Mingus wrote:
I think this is a good way to go. I have no idea how old she is, or how big her hands are, but I'll bet you can find one which will work well. I tried it with my travel camera (Canon G7X Mk II) and it seems it would be a good solution! My finger is on the shutter button...
Looking at this photo, I wonder.... (my grandson borrowed my P&S, so I can't try it out right now)...
If one were to turn a P&S upside down, the shutter release button could be pushed down (up?) with the left thumb, without having to reach across the camera.
Although the thumb is not nearly sensitive or agile as the index finger, it just could be a solution for left-handed folks who have smallish hands.
Sep 27, 2018 18:55:09 #
BHC wrote:
Oh, for crying out loud, quit acting like children and get back to the serious subject of this thread. Offer some helpful comments or go away.
Well, not-for-nothing, but your post adds less than my first two posts in this thread did ... my first post in this thread reinforced another's remark & the second offered ways in which the OP's granddaughter might be able to handle a camera while using only her left hand after I questioned whether nadelewitz's inquiry was a "real" question ...
Your "open" post prompts an "open" reply (below).
BTW. nadlelewitz apparently felt like taking his remarks "private" ...
nadelewitz wrote:
Re: What a jerk
You are an asshole. No, I am not a snowflake or any of the other things you had to say about me.
Who put the bug up your ass?
Do not respond, publicly or privately, please. I don't need to hear from you again.
You are an asshole. No, I am not a snowflake or any of the other things you had to say about me.
Who put the bug up your ass?
Do not respond, publicly or privately, please. I don't need to hear from you again.
Again, is asking if a person is asking a "real question" being rude?
Is asking how often an individual looks at the controls on his camera rude?!?
... OR, should I inquire if nadelewitz's question wasn't rudely postured?
... After all, nadelewitz's post seemed more rhetorical because of the seemingly snarky & sarcastic remarks which were embedded in the question ("How do you read info on a display....viewfinder, lcd or top of camera.....if the camera is upside-down?"), yet I took the time to provide a REAL reply to hopefully provide some ways which the OP's granddaughter might be able to shoot pictures with her left hand.
If nadelewitz isn't a "Snowflake" then he is a Troll who is not unlike others who appear to feel that insincerity within THEIR gratuitous, drive-by remarks cannot be questioned & thereby reveal them to be who they pretend not to be.
Sep 27, 2018 19:16:47 #
Morning Star wrote:
If one were to turn a P&S upside down, the shutter release button could be pushed down (up?) with the left thumb, without having to reach across the camera.
Although the thumb is not nearly sensitive or agile as the index finger, it just could be a solution for left-handed folks who have smallish hands.
Although the thumb is not nearly sensitive or agile as the index finger, it just could be a solution for left-handed folks who have smallish hands.
To quote myself from my FIRST post in this thread:
Yes, turning the camera upside down should work very well ...
… While the on-screen menus (and, the labels on the 'buttons') will be inconveniently upside down (I think that the OP's granddaughter should be able to overcome those hurdles without too much trouble), too, the shutter release can be easily actuated with an individual's LEFT THUMB.
I think that the size-and-weight an m4/3 camera would be a good choice if the OP wants to choose a camera for his granddaughter which has interchangeable lenses.
Sep 27, 2018 23:03:01 #
Sep 27, 2018 23:36:48 #
alfeng wrote:
color=gray To quote b i myself /i /b from my ... (show quote)
Well, I'm sorry if I repeated what you had already said. No, I take that back, I'm not. I had already visited this thread several times, each time starting with the post listed in the e-mail I received. And yes, sometimes I forget what I've already read - blame it on my gray hair!
As to the size and weight of an m4/3 camera, I don't know the weight of all the different models, but the m4/3 I have (Oly OM-D E-M1) would be too heavy for left-handed use. Heck, it's even too heavy for right-handed use without the help of the left hand!
Sep 28, 2018 08:26:40 #
Morning Star wrote:
Well, I'm sorry if I repeated what you had already... (show quote)
Sorry for the confusion with regard to my re-posting my earlier post ...
It was re-posted merely to demonstrate to BHC that I was on topic in my initial posts in this thread.
Sep 28, 2018 08:27:13 #
Sep 28, 2018 08:33:28 #
Morning Star wrote:
... As to the size and weight of an m4/3 camera, I don't know the weight of all the different models, but the m4/3 I have (Oly OM-D E-M1) would be too heavy for left-handed use. Heck, it's even too heavy for right-handed use without the help of the left hand!
FWIW ...
... When I elaborated in my second post in this thread my suggestion included using the right hand/wrist/arm to support the camera while using the left thumb to actuate the shutter.
One-handed shooting, particularly with one's left hand, could indeed be problematic for many of us.
Sep 28, 2018 14:33:31 #
alfeng wrote:
Sorry for the confusion with regard to my re-posting my earlier post ...
It was re-posted merely to demonstrate to BHC that I was on topic in my initial posts in this thread.
It was re-posted merely to demonstrate to BHC that I was on topic in my initial posts in this thread.
Rants aside............
"Sheesh ...
... I guess you are the type of person who some other people might label as a "Snowflake."
Wear it with pride!"
On topic?
OK, you're p...ed at me. I'm sorry about that. So start another thread and call me every name you can think of; I won't even argue with you. You can state your opinion of me without argument!
But, for now, can we get back to this topic? As I recall, we're talking about a partially disabled hand. Perhaps I missed the OP's response as to the extent of disability. If so, please point it out to me. It may make a huge difference! Thank you.
Sep 28, 2018 16:16:15 #
BHC wrote:
Rants aside............ br br "Sheesh ... b... (show quote)
???
Sorry, but it is not clear to me whether you are pointing out an OT post which was a direct reply (as is this one to you) to nadelewitz which was-and-is OT (but, so were posts made by unencumbered left handed people's remarks which ignored the OP's granddaughter's limitations which YOU apparently chose to overlook) ... n'est-çe pas? ...
... OR, if you have chosen to take extracted comments which were originally a reply to nadelewitz and mistakenly chosen to interpret them as being to you.
I did call-you-out for making your OT post which "adds less than my first two post in this thread did."
Regardless, I'm not 'p...d at' you unless nadelewitz is an alternate nom de plume which you use for additional posts in this Forum AND that is why you did-and-have not directly criticized him for his OT remarks.
Sep 28, 2018 19:09:45 #
alfeng wrote:
??? br br Sorry, but it is not clear to me whethe... (show quote)
To return to the original, the OP stated his granddaughter has "little" use of her right hand. If she has any motor control, a solution may be available. In addition, stroke victims can train parts of their bodies to accomplish certain tasks; my ex-wife was able to do so following three major strokes. That's not exactly ignoring the problem; it's confronting the problem instead of giving up. That's why I'm still hoping for a response from the OP (who is welcome to use PM if he wishes).
Oct 3, 2018 17:37:15 #
PeterBergh wrote:
How about turning the camera upside down? Obviously, this will not work on a tripod, but handheld should work.
Actually that may be a good idea on a tripod using an L bracket like this. But I have a hard enough time with two hands. I also saw a guy with a light weight body harness with an upside down J or ? shaped rig mounted on the his back that went over his head and held his camera in front of him on some sort of complex gimbal thingamajig.
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