gripping a bridge camera with a nervous condition

[themadness]

the camera doesnt have a nervous condition, i do! sometimes it is hard for me to steady my hands and find myself relying on a tripod. of course that limits my ability get shots i would like to. can someone help me out with gripping techniques? i have clumsy hands on top of that so the anti shake feature sometimes gets over ruled. thanks in advance........

[OsmosisStudios]

Left hand UNDER the camera, not on the side. I see so many people holding the lens portion of a camera (Bridge or dSLR) with their thumb and index and their hand poking straight out to the side. That's wrong: it should be under the center of mass, your elbow resting on your abdomen.

[oldwolf]

keep your elbows in tight, close to your body. if your body shakes as well then i'm not sure if this would help though hehe.

you can try leaning against something to steady yourself as well. for example if there's a pole then lean the side of your hand against the pole and press your chest up against the pole to steady yourself. this is all done while still trying to keep your elbows in tight to your body.

last but not least...lay off the caffeine? not sure of your age or anything but if you've got too much caffeine on board or anything else that helps you stay active or awake then it's going to cause the shakes.

[themadness]

i am 30, but the shakes are side effect of medications. i have tried to lean on things and that seems to help. maybe my antishake feature really isnt a feature after all...lol. my hold body does tremble at times and that makes it more annoying. i even get blurred shots from a tripod on occasion b/c of shaky hands. i might blurry photos my niche.............

[oldwolf]

how about a monopod and a cable release?

[themadness]

monopod...i dont know, i might could try it. i dont think a cable release would work on a superzoom bridge camera would it.......

[oldwolf]

depends on if they make them for your camera but it would keep your hand away from the shutter release. you can also pay attention to your shutter speed and make sure it's fast enough to not be affected by the shaking.

[themadness]

i use a nikon l110 and it doesnt have manual controls. how would i know by looking at the cam if it will take a cable release?

[oldwolf]

as much as it made my camera jealous (i'm a canon user), i looked all over the web and on nikon's website for specs.

it doesn't look like you can put a cable release on your camera.

[Nicole]

You could definitely try a tripod and using the self-timer option. That way by the time the camera takes the picture a few seconds later, you're not touching it (and you don't need any extra gear). Of course it limits you to things that aren't going to be moving out of the frame quickly, but this is a technique that I often use if I don't have my remote and I'm doing things like long exposures where the camera shake is going to be obvious.