turp77 Loc: Connecticut, Plainfield

I know there are many of you out there that have tremors and enjoy photography but getting harder to hand hold. I don’t know if this will help but thought it wouldn’t hurt telling my story. I have heavy tremors in both hands, some days better than others. I finally went to a neurologist and they started me on primidone that is used for seizures and it is also used in lower doses for tremors. I used to do watch and camera repair that I had to gave up watch repair many years ago and only working on my cameras on good days (not many of those). I had to used a monopod and tripod 90% of the time and hand held was hard (Love VR) and now I can do my watch and camera repair and very little tripod use. The tremor isn’t fully gone (just a slight shake at times) but they are still adjusting the meds, 7 months now. Hope this might help. Bruce

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

CSand Loc: Fayetteville, Georgia

So very happy for you! Praise God you could receive help!!!

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

Congratulations on your improvement. I don't have tremors, but I'm 71 and who knows what's around the corner.
Keep smiling and keep shooting.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

I've been on Carbidopa-Levodopa for 8 years - Parkinson's. I still have slight tremors, but it is very manageable.
Good luck - sounds like the medication is mostly solving the issue. That's wonderful!!
Mark

don1047 Loc: Colorado

I also have tremors and Primidone has helped me also. I was on Propranalol before and it didn't help much. My tremors aren't gone, but significant improvement.

wdross Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado

Bruce, I am glad to hear that the meds are helping to give you some of your life back. Sometimes our medical research does produce good medicines.

The other thing to think about is to some of the newer in body image stabilization (IBIS) that will help, if not totally neutralize, any remaining tremors. Olympus and Panasonic are at the top of the IBIS heap, but there are now some full frame and APS-C cameras that have it incorporated into their camera bodies. It would be worth the investigation.

cascoly Loc: seattle

I have intermittent hand tremors, and recently got rid of my DSLR & telephoto, switching to a lumix FZ-1000 which has a 25 - 400 zoom.

I've ditched the tripod for a lt-weight monopod, and added a ball head quick release ($25-30 on amazon). I only extend the monopod so it's about 18" and keep it in my camera bag and hold the camera out so my neck helps steady it even more.

this setup weighs < 3 lb; i get images that are sharp enough at 100% to be accepted at major microstock agencies - i can even bracket for HDR handheld