Had a eureka moment today

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Don Kuykendall_RIP

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Well two weeks without shooting has sent me over the wall. My wife is a teacher and they are having their annual fundraiser where they choose up teams among the teachers and staff and play a softball game. I always have shot the game and was not looking forward to not being able to do it today. The problem is I can't hold up the camera because it is to heavy for my shoulder to support yet. OK, easy enough, use a tripod. still need two hand to shoot and the right (Bad) arm still needs to be raised to fire the shutter and a tripod is not really flexible enough to shoot most things. Now for the eureka moment. Monopod, hold the camera and can be moved easily to shoot a ballgame. Now for firing the shutter. I remembered that I had a wired remote somewhere so I finally found it. Hooked the remote up and use a wire tie to hold it in place to the monopod and I can now hold the monopod at waste level and fire it. Left hand zooms and supports the camera.

Will let you know how it goes.
 
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STM

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As I begam reading your post, the very first thing that came to my mind was "why not use a monopod?". Then I read about your eureka(!) moment. They are lightweight, very portable and can really save you in a pinch. Mine has this little fold down step at the bottom you can stand on to steady it further. Back when I was shooting sports for my college yearbook back in the 70's, shooting with a 300mm and 500mm (mirror) lens became quite a tiring chore after a while but a monopod saved the day. They were a brand new invention back then. Now I don't go anwhere without mine strapped to the bottom of my camera bag.
 
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