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From: Paul Furman on 11 Apr 2010 14:07
Peabody wrote:
> Seymore says...
>
> > Just out of interest, I don't know much about your
> > condition. Do you have fully functional use on your
> > left hand? How much functionality do you have in your
> > right hand, etc?
>
> Yes, the left hand is normal, and the right hand works fine
> so long as I'm doing something which requires the right hand
> to be moving. But when I try to grasp something and hold it
> still, or move it slowly and deliberately, the tremor
> starts. So, for example, I can write pretty well, type
> ok, and even play piano, but I can't solder, or get a
> screwdriver into the slot of a screw, or putt very well.
> Or, hold the camera steady and deliberately press the
> shutter.
>
> I do use a P&S, and the IS helps some, but to operate a DSLR
> I would really want a better solution. Most of what
> I've done with the P&S has involved a tripod and timer.
> I've learned to accomodate on a lot of things, and in this
> case it's just a question of finding a method that works.
> It's not a big deal really, just a question of thinking out
> of the box a bit - provided, of course, the camera doesn't
> hobble the effort right out of the box, such as the Pentax
> K-X, which has no external release port at all, and even
> there a mechanical solution would be possible.
>
> I think I could support the camera with the butt of the
> right hand without a tremor, and even change the dials
> and buttons ok on that side. But I just need some other
> mechanism to press the shutter. It could be something like
> a foot switch, or something the left hand could do, or, as I
> said in the first message, something I could chomp down on.
>
> If the external shutter control is electronic, and if it has
> seperate contacts for half-press and full-press, then I know
> it can be done - it's just a question of functional design
> and implementation.

How about an infrared remote taped to the front of the camera so that it
points at the sensor and can be triggered by the left hand?

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Paul Furman
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