Sandbag / Beanbag
Sometimes all you need is to stabilize your kit is something malleable on which to rest your camera and lens. Mechanical devices are not required. This is where beanbags or sandbags come in. The Pod Bean Bag Camera Support even has a ¼"-20 camera mount on its top to secure your gear. Some bags, like the Kinesis Safarisack 1.4 Beanbag Camera Support come with fill, but can be emptied to lighten for storage in your pack or camera bag and filled with anything handy when needed. The Novoflex Bean Bag 8 x 8" ships empty and can be filled with rice, sand, buckwheat, candy, or anything else you can find in the field.
The BallPod is an alternative take on the traditional filled bag.
<<< you can make this - it's taking advantage of the weight to stabilize your hands.
Good idea! Thank you! I'll try to use it.
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Imagine "someone with a broken left arm and put on a cast and a shoulder sling - but a soft and flexible one" -> that would be a shoulder-carried stabilizer to make.
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You are a great specialist! I studied the resistance of materials, but I did not think about fixing the hinge, or shoulder. I deserve a deuce in the subject))
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I am just an engineer. And inertia for stabilizing movements is simple physics.
I'll look forward to seeing your invention in action.
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