Photographer Petitions Canon for Left Handed Camera

[catfish252]

I'm really surprised in today's day and age that there aren't any left handed cameras or some type of attachment like a battery grip that places controls in a more convenient spot for lefties. The estimates of lefties runs from 6.3 to 9.2 percent, certainly a high enough number for the camera manufacturers to take notice and do something.

 

[zim]

This is it

Reminded me of the old hammerhead flash and bracket I used to have on my F1n...... Two birds with one stone put some controls on a flash handle and still get access to left side connections?

 

[beforeEos Camaras]

Ok, she's left handed and can't use her right arm/hand.

But how many of us shoot with a DSLR using only one hand?

Could you pick up your 5D3 with 300/2.8 and use it with only your right hand?

How do you zoom the lens when you're holding the camera?

And so on.

I don't mean to pick on a disabled person but I'm sorry, I just don't feel that this is a genuine issue here and that someone is just looking for clicks or 15 seconds of fame.

yes its a very genuine issue and your vary insensitive to it .
my wife is able to use a sl1 with primes and she shoots with one hand. the pancake 40 is a god send for her and soon the pancake 24 will be added your right she cant use a zoom but the combo works wonders for street and family events before that she used a t50 with a 50 1.8.

you need to grow up and open your eyes and keep your mouth shut

 

[Don Haines]

Hasselblad used to make a left handed grip for their bodies. It mounted to the bottom of the camera and was just the grip and a metal plate that fit under the camera. You could attach a remote cable to it and go that way....

You could probably do the same with some of the flash mounts......

 

[Don Haines]

Ok, she's left handed and can't use her right arm/hand.

But how many of us shoot with a DSLR using only one hand?

Could you pick up your 5D3 with 300/2.8 and use it with only your right hand?

How do you zoom the lens when you're holding the camera?

And so on.

I don't mean to pick on a disabled person but I'm sorry, I just don't feel that this is a genuine issue here and that someone is just looking for clicks or 15 seconds of fame.

yes its a very genuine issue and your vary insensitive to it .
my wife is able to use a sl1 with primes and she shoots with one hand. the pancake 40 is a god send for her and soon the pancake 24 will be added your right she cant use a zoom but the combo works wonders for street and family events before that she used a t50 with a 50 1.8.

If you only have the use of your right hand, it is easy to use a canon for zooming, let the camera dangle from the strap, change the zoom, and bring it back up to your eye and shoot. Same for changing settings.... That seemed to work yesterday.....

You can also change the zoom with your fingertips on some lenses, and to answer another question, yes, there are some of us who do it.

 

[Bundu]

The mock up as promised. All parts can be 3D printed. I did not put all the buttons and wheels in - you should get the idea. It should not be too difficult to make it work on almost any DSLR.
Maybe not the best of ideas but doable cheaply.

 

[beforeEos Camaras]

Ok, she's left handed and can't use her right arm/hand.

But how many of us shoot with a DSLR using only one hand?

Could you pick up your 5D3 with 300/2.8 and use it with only your right hand?

How do you zoom the lens when you're holding the camera?

And so on.

I don't mean to pick on a disabled person but I'm sorry, I just don't feel that this is a genuine issue here and that someone is just looking for clicks or 15 seconds of fame.

yes its a very genuine issue and your vary insensitive to it .
my wife is able to use a sl1 with primes and she shoots with one hand. the pancake 40 is a god send for her and soon the pancake 24 will be added your right she cant use a zoom but the combo works wonders for street and family events before that she used a t50 with a 50 1.8.

If you only have the use of your right hand, it is easy to use a Canon Camera. for zooming, let the camera dangle from the strap, change the zoom, and bring it back up to your eye and shoot. Same for changing settings.... That seemed to work yesterday.....

You can also change the zoom with your fingertips on some lenses, and to answer another question, yes, there are some of us who do it.

yes sir your are correct she could but that its a issue with the weight of the zooms.

the years of the use of one hand she had to get rotocup surgery and the sl1 and pancakes are extremely lite and easy on her shoulder. got to love tiny slrs =D

 

[Don Haines]

Ok, she's left handed and can't use her right arm/hand.

But how many of us shoot with a DSLR using only one hand?

Could you pick up your 5D3 with 300/2.8 and use it with only your right hand?

How do you zoom the lens when you're holding the camera?

And so on.

I don't mean to pick on a disabled person but I'm sorry, I just don't feel that this is a genuine issue here and that someone is just looking for clicks or 15 seconds of fame.

yes its a very genuine issue and your vary insensitive to it .
my wife is able to use a sl1 with primes and she shoots with one hand. the pancake 40 is a god send for her and soon the pancake 24 will be added your right she cant use a zoom but the combo works wonders for street and family events before that she used a t50 with a 50 1.8.

If you only have the use of your right hand, it is easy to use a Canon Camera. for zooming, let the camera dangle from the strap, change the zoom, and bring it back up to your eye and shoot. Same for changing settings.... That seemed to work yesterday.....

You can also change the zoom with your fingertips on some lenses, and to answer another question, yes, there are some of us who do it.

yes sir your are correct she could but that its a issue with the weight of the zooms.

the years of the use of one hand she had to get rotocup surgery and the sl1 and pancakes are extremely lite and easy on her shoulder. got to love tiny slrs =D

I'll probably get shot for saying this on a canon forum, but if small size and weight were paramount, I would pick up one of the Olympus micro 4/3 cameras.

 

[TexPhoto]

Pistol Grips are readily available, can use either hand. Many have a trigger that will focus and fire the camera, usually by plugging into the same place a cable release goes. These cost about $20.

Use it as is, or could be the base of a project to make a left grip.

 

[ecka]

Pistol Grips are readily available, can use either hand.

use it as is, or could be the base of a project to make a left grip.

This could work even for some bigger lenses with collars, like 100-400L or 300/4L .

 

[SunPulse]

Just to think outside the box, I think there are some good possibilities with some of the video support rigs. they give you a shoulder support as well as a hand grip that can be used with the left hand. The Revo SR-1000 shoulder support rig is a possibility. It's available from B&H for $79.95. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/884805-REG/revo_sr_1000_shoulder_support_rig.html
With a little work and duct tape a remote trigger can be attached to the hand grip, while the shoulder support will take most of the camera weight, as well as providing stability.

 

[canonusers0134]

LOL.

Have you ever thought about playing a piano? How about making a left handed piano for you, Mr. YAMAHA please? Even if Steinway make one for you, will that make you a better piano player?

Have you ever requested TOYOTA to make a left handed Corolla for you, since you can't change gear with right hand?

People always say left-handed person is smarter than those right-handed. What do you think?

I am right handed, with tennis elbow for many years. Since then I have to use left hand to brush my teeth as suggested by Doctor. How much difficulty is it to use a regular camera for a left-handed person, compare to use left hand to brush teeth?

LOL. ;D

 

[Bennymiata]

LOL.

Have you ever thought about playing a piano? How about making a left handed piano for you, Mr. YAMAHA please? Even if Steinway make one for you, will that make you a better piano player?

Have you ever requested TOYOTA to make a left handed Corolla for you, since you can't change gear with right hand?

People always say left-handed person is smarter than those right-handed. What do you think?

I am right handed, with tennis elbow for many years. Since then I have to use left hand to brush my teeth as suggested by Doctor. How much difficulty is it to use a regular camera for a left-handed person, compare to use left hand to brush teeth?

LOL. ;D

You can play a piano with either or both hands
Drive in Australia and you can change gears in your Corolla with your left hand.
Yes, left handed people are smarter!

My first SLR was a lefty camera. An Exacta Varex, and as Canon makes cameras for astro photography, why not make a lefty camera?
I bet there are far more left handed photographers than astro photographers.
Mind you, I bet that there a few left handed astro togs out there too!

 

[sagittariansrock]

LOL.

Have you ever thought about playing a piano? How about making a left handed piano for you, Mr. YAMAHA please? Even if Steinway make one for you, will that make you a better piano player?

Have you ever requested TOYOTA to make a left handed Corolla for you, since you can't change gear with right hand?

People always say left-handed person is smarter than those right-handed. What do you think?

I am right handed, with tennis elbow for many years. Since then I have to use left hand to brush my teeth as suggested by Doctor. How much difficulty is it to use a regular camera for a left-handed person, compare to use left hand to brush teeth?

LOL. ;D

Are you suggesting that it is possible, with some practice, for a person with complete paralysis of the right arm to use a regular dSLR camera quite easily (as I suppose it was for you to brush with your left hand)?
If so, I'd love to hear how you think she might do that.
Oh, and you might have missed the introduction of automatic transmission in cars, including the Toyota Corolla...

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi ecka.
I think this is absolutely the correct route, at least this is what I saw in my head when I started reading this post, just don't have the ability to create the artwork, nice job by the way. If I'm correct the 5DIII and 7DII both have the joystick duplicated on the battery grip so the only major control that is not dealt with on this solution is the rear scroll wheel.
How difficult would it be for one of the third party manufacturers to run with this, they have access to all the control buttons and wheels needed. The only addition I can see that might be needed is an aluminium or maybe carbon composite reinforcement for the L shape due to the torque that would be transmitted especially on some of the larger standard zooms before you get to the range equipped with a bracket. I know that there would be costs but with today's rapid prototyping technology I'm sure this could be kept quite low.
Amazing to get from problem to solution in 5 pages!

Cheers, Graham.

PS @ dilbert, thank your lucky stars that you are not disabled and be less selfish in your attitude towards us, there are a lot of us out here!

This is it

 

[Valvebounce]

Wow I think we have a friend for dilbert!

LOL.

Have you ever thought about playing a piano? How about making a left handed piano for you, Mr. YAMAHA please? Even if Steinway make one for you, will that make you a better piano player?

Have you ever requested TOYOTA to make a left handed Corolla for you, since you can't change gear with right hand?

People always say left-handed person is smarter than those right-handed. What do you think?

I am right handed, with tennis elbow for many years. Since then I have to use left hand to brush my teeth as suggested by Doctor. How much difficulty is it to use a regular camera for a left-handed person, compare to use left hand to brush teeth?

LOL. ;D

 

[scotia]

Have you ever thought about playing a piano? How about making a left handed piano for you, Mr. YAMAHA please? Even if Steinway make one for you, will that make you a better piano player?

You might learn something by looking up Paul Wittgenstein and listening to Ravel's Piano Concerto in D Major (for the left hand).

 

[AvTvM]

Fully agree. While I really like Ecka's idea with the left side battery/handgrip, a DSLR does not seem to be a good choice for left-handed operation at all. Too big, too heavy.

Mirrorless would be a much easier - and immediately available - route to go. Canon EOS M or even smaller M2 - (maybe even M3 any time soon) plus any of the EF-M lenses, including zooms is lighter and easier to handle - thanks to touchscreen.

I got a small 29 € L-bracket for my EOS-M that could be used as left side grip to hold camera, while turning zoom ring with index finger and tapping touchscreen with thumb to select/activate AF. Camera can then be set to take shot automatically as soon as focus is locked. Right hand not needed for (basic) operation.

I'll probably get shot for saying this on a canon forum, but if small size and weight were paramount, I would pick up one of the Olympus micro 4/3 cameras.

 

[ecka]

Hi ecka.
I think this is absolutely the correct route, at least this is what I saw in my head when I started reading this post, just don't have the ability to create the artwork, nice job by the way. If I'm correct the 5DIII and 7DII both have the joystick duplicated on the battery grip so the only major control that is not dealt with on this solution is the rear scroll wheel.
How difficult would it be for one of the third party manufacturers to run with this, they have access to all the control buttons and wheels needed. The only addition I can see that might be needed is an aluminium or maybe carbon composite reinforcement for the L shape due to the torque that would be transmitted especially on some of the larger standard zooms before you get to the range equipped with a bracket. I know that there would be costs but with today's rapid prototyping technology I'm sure this could be kept quite low.
Amazing to get from problem to solution in 5 pages!

Cheers, Graham.

PS @ dilbert, thank your lucky stars that you are not disabled and be less selfish in your attitude towards us, there are a lot of us out here!

This is it

Hi Graham. Everything is possible, at least in my world . We only need tools to make it happen.

 

[ecka]

Fully agree. While I really like Ecka's idea with the left side battery/handgrip, a DSLR does not seem to be a good choice for left-handed operation at all. Too big, too heavy.

Mirrorless would be a much easier - and immediately available - route to go. Canon EOS M or even smaller M2 - (maybe even M3 any time soon) plus any of the EF-M lenses, including zooms is lighter and easier to handle - thanks to touchscreen.

I got a small 29 € L-bracket for my EOS-M that could be used as left side grip to hold camera, while turning zoom ring with index finger and tapping touchscreen with thumb to select/activate AF. Camera can then be set to take shot automatically as soon as focus is locked. Right hand not needed for (basic) operation.

I'll probably get shot for saying this on a canon forum, but if small size and weight were paramount, I would pick up one of the Olympus micro 4/3 cameras.

I agree. It is really big and heavy, but the same idea should work for SL1/100D or even EOS M (yes, a battery grip for EOS M ).