Thurber Mingus

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...

rplain1 Loc: Dayton, Oh.

Did you not read the post? Her right hand is disabled. Your's is probably not.

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

Did you read the post I was replying to? He said Nikon cameras were no good for left-handed people. I disagreed, and my point was that left-handed people don't need left-handed cameras, and it might not be economically feasible to make them just for people with disabled right hands.

alfeng Loc: Out where the West commences ...

Is this a real question?!?

Okay ...

I guess I will begin by asking "How often do YOU need to look at your camera's controls when you are taking pictures?!?"

Regardless, with auto-this-and-that, all MOST people really need to do is choose the ISO to ensure the 'shutter speed' isn't too slow and then point-and-shoot.

If necessary, if a person is shooting with the camera upside down and IF a person really needs to access-and-use the menu THEN it would simply require the individual loosen one's grip on the lens & rotate the camera ...

... If the OP's granddaughter cannot grip the lens with her right hand, she can EITHER create a platform with her right thumb-and-index-finger on which the camera can be propped OR the camera can be propped on her right forearm ...

... If-or-when she feels a need to read the menu, then she can grip the lens with her left hand and then rotate the camera while keeping her right hand/forearm underneath the camera.

BTW. IF the camera has a viewfinder "bump" then the bump can nest in the gap between the thumb-and-index-finger ...

... If the lens is relatively heavy (e.g., "vintage glass") compared to a contemporary lens, then the lens-and-camera can be balanced in a crook in the right elbow created by the forearm & upper arm.

OF COURSE, the 'safety net' of a neck strap is probably a good idea for most people, so the OP's granddaughter should probably use one, too.

mvetrano2 Loc: Commack, NY

Good idea, but her fingers are a lot smaller than yours. The upside down approach may suffice.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

Only vintage film cameras. Perhaps you could find or build a frame or bracket to hold a remote or cable release with a grip. Say adapt a flash bracket or stroboframe.

alfeng Loc: Out where the West commences ...

BTW. I guess that most point-and-shoot cameras have lenses which retract into the camera body ...

If that is the case with the camera which you bought for your granddaughter, then I recommend that you consider EPOXYing a 34mm (?) to 52mm step-up ring on the front of the "lens" ...

... YOU need to measure the diameter of the portion of the actual lens which protrudes-and-nests to ensure that the step-up ring doesn't interfere with the lens retracting back into the camera body ... so, 34mm may not be the correct size ... 52mm accessories seem to be the most easily procured, so that is why I recommend that size.

... You ALSO need to be careful that whatever adhesive you use doesn't impede the gates which typically protect the retracted lens from opening-and-closing ...

... and, after the epoxy has set, screw a 52mm hood onto the front of the lens.

chikid68 Loc: Tennesse USA

the link may have been an April fools joke but they did work out a left handed release later
https://www.the-digital-picture.com/News/News-Post.aspx?News=14288

nadelewitz Loc: Ithaca NY

Well excuse me, but yes, it was a real question. Matter of fact, your rudeness made me not even want to read your whole response.
Hava a nice day.

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

Nobody has asked this question yet, so I will. To what extend is the right hand disabled. Can she hold tethered objects? Do the shoulder, elbow and wrist function, and to what extent? Can the right hand be trained to respond to a stimulus. Sometimes, with imagination and training (and a true desire to learn), we find that some conditions are not as debilitating as they originally seemed.

alfeng Loc: Out where the West commences ...

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!

E.L.. Shapiro Loc: Ottawa, Ontario Canada

For many years I was associated with a group of my fellow Viet Nam vets, some of whom had sustained serious disabling injuries such as amputated or severely weakened limbs and/or partial paralysis. I gave classes in photography as part of my volunteer service and outfitted some of the guys with custom made rigs to assist them with steading the camera and releasing the shutter among other control functions.

In most of the cases a simple L-bracket type grip and a cable-release kinda setup facilitated holding and triggering the camera. Back in the day, most cameras were equipped with a simple threaded cable release socket somewhere on the camera- usually built right into the release button. Nowadays, you will probably need a electronic release cable. Hopefully the camera you have provided for your granddaughter has such a port or socket. On one of the rigs I simply wired the electric release cable to a small micro switch (push button- momentary contact s.p.s.t. type) that requires less strength or travel of the fingers to actuate. If you custom design the rig to the needs of the photographer, the needn't assume difficult, awkward or painful positions of their hands or wrists. The L-bracket can be placed so you granddaughter can use the hand she favors.

Neck straps help in taking up some of the weight, I have used a saxophone neck strap connected to the L-bracket to assist with handling and balance and on some, a small wooden dowel or improvised hand grip at the bottom of the rig helps balance the center of gravity.

I sincerely hope you find a solution to this issue and that you granddaughter gets to enjoy photography- it's therapeutic and brings joy. All the best!

R4Aero

I have an Olympus E-PL5, which is compact and puts out great quality pictures. The screen is touch-sensitive and most functions could be set by a left-handed person easily - including touching it as a shutter release.

PeterBergh

Turning the camera to be 90 degrees from horizontal should make it easy to read the screen. Also, if one can learn to read mirror-image text, learning to read upside-down text should, in comparison, be a piece of cake.

dllaliberte1951

I am kind of ambidextrous. I use my left hand to write or draw. Every thing else is done with my right hand. In fact I find it awkward to try to use my left hand for these other tasks.