Jim Thompson wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
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>>"Jim Thompson" wrote
>>in message news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...
>>> Back when I was video-capturing my children I had a big-ass VHS
>>> camcorder that rested on my shoulder. Manageable easily for an hour
>>> without tiring.
>>>
>>> Now I have a little Canon with swing out view screen.
>>>
>>> Gets very tiring to hold at arm's length... especially during an
>>> 8-year-old granddaughter's birthday party ;-)
>>>
>>> Is there such a thing as a "shoulder tripod" to assist with this?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> ...Jim Thompson
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>>Jim... Why are you holding at arms lengh? Would you not hold as any
>>camera? Warren
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> Moving grandchildren are hard to follow when your eye is glued to a
> viewfinder.
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> This camera has a nice flip-out LCD screen, which means the camera is
> about a foot out in front of my face. Think arm position and how that
> can ache after an hour in that position :-(
>
> ...Jim Thompson
velcro(or duct tape..) a brace to your arm..... ;-) maybe some guy wires to the top of your head!
Now,seriously,a guy with simple woodworking skills could make a shoulder stock to fit your needs.The camera tripod mount uses a 1/4-20 thread.
Hey,do you recall the shoulder rig the Predator had for his laser gun? :-)