Comments on: How to Reduce Camera Shake – 6 Techniques

By: Taz

Taz — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:07:52 +0000

Thank you very much for the tips.
I find that a lens with image stabilisation helps if you’re like me and don’t have the sturdiest of hands.:)

By: Jim Wilmer

Jim Wilmer — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:32:15 +0000

Your 6 techniques to minimize shaking while photographing are good, as are the comments by the scores of readers. But what happens when a person has essential trremors or Parkinson’s disease and likes to take photographs?. For the Parkinson’s individual I’d say take your medicine first and give it plenty of time to begin working (30-40 minutes on an empty stomach).The same approach holds true for essential tremors (although there are far fewer drugs available). But unless you are taking wonder drugs, you will still shake. So you are stuck with using tripods and monopods or some immovable object such as big trees and fences. Even when using these objects to prop up and steady your camera, shaking can still be a problem, because you have to focus the lens sometimes (fine focus and manual focusing lens) and push butttons or turn rings. A cable can be helpful on some camera models, as well as a battery-powered, remote triggering device, but live action (i.e., moving) shots are difficult using these triggers. Probably heavier cameras are better to minimize shaking (read: more expensive, near-professional or professional), but not that much better.Ultimately pick the camera that you like and that fits your hands and eyes and use steadying platforms such as tripods.

By: Lopes

Lopes — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 02:31:04 +0000

came here to see some bum…damn

By: Dean

Dean — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:30:10 +0000

As a Postgraduate student in Art History, pre-digital, I used to take photographs of frescos etc. in
cathedrals without adequate light and prohibited from using a flash. Lugging around a tripod and even setting one up was not an option. So I carried a length of light weight chain with a 1/4″ (tripod mount) bolt that I could
quickly pull out of my pocket. attach it to the base of my camera, drop the chain, stand on it while raising the camera,elbows close to body creating enough tension that I could get some good shots at very low shutter speeds. Worked for me. Cheers

By: Mandy

Mandy — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 22:02:55 +0000

I like to wrap my right hand around the strap tight and then hold the camera, the camera just seems more secure and steady in my hand…

By: Anshuman Atre

Anshuman Atre — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:50:38 +0000

You do tend to induce a tiny shake when you *click*. What I do is, I squeeze it (like a lemon), rather than pressing it (like a ball point pen). Helps a lot.

By: Dan Atlas

Dan Atlas — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:30:58 +0000

Great for us amateurs…
I have Sony HX1 and HX100V, Sony NEX-5. Since all have tilt LCD, it is easy to stabilize by holding against the chest and holding the breath. I retrofitted the HX100V to optical zoom of 51X and still get stable pictures.

By: Leif Hurst

Leif Hurst — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 23:36:38 +0000

I’m going to try some of these methods out. I’ve had very shakey hands all of my life and now that I’m digging into the photography hobby now it’s really starting to bother me. I’ll report back if any of this works for me!

By: Susieb721

Susieb721 — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 17:06:58 +0000

Your writings are exactly what I need. I cannot sit down to a long, drawn out manual and understand what they’re talking about. I can’t get enough of your teachings! Thank you so much for the simple explanation and pictures to refer to. You are a hoot! In less than 15 minutes of reading, I now “get” aperture, shutter speed and ISO. I’ve been ‘taking pictures’ on AUTO for 5 years now, and just recently decided to become an aspiring photographer with the ability to change things up to create awesome images in Manual settings. THANK YOU!

By: Mahmood Sheikh

Mahmood Sheikh — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 11:42:18 +0000

Thanks Mr. Dykes. I’ll definitely give a try to your method too.