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Anyone had forearm pain due to using camera?

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Or when your not shooting a lot of pictures with movement, do what I did last week touring around central and northern Calif., instead of taking my 8x10, 4x5, 5DmkII, or T2i, I took my little A640 on a NN3 and feather weight tripod, and stitched together gigapixel images.No shoulder pain, no back pain, no hiking out of breath :)







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Juli Valley said:
I just ordered a T2i a few minutes ago with the encouragement of Olga J. I might decide to sell the 40D if I like the new baby. I will certainly keep the 5D.
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If you already have a 5D the T2i is a no brainer.Your 40D will be in the classifieds very soon :) Just make sure you have very very good glass for it.Mine performs very well with my Zeiss primes, is very light even with the grip, and has the best LCD screen I've ever seen, even better than my 5DmkII.It makes using the manual focus Zeiss's a joy with its 10x live view magnification.
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Juli, Hello again! Arm pain and back pain. I switched to the RS Strap from BlackRapid which lets me immediately drop the camera to my waist and let off all tension. Even with the flash on the camera it just hangs upside down. Very secure and takes the pressure off the neck like the regular camera strap provides. Check out the website for Black Rapid and watch some of their videos to see if it answers any questions for you. Good luck on the search. Me thinks our age is a factor as well! DRAT.
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It was really hard to find one in stock yesterday. We hunted all over. Shortly after I ordered mine, they were sold out. They are selling like hotcakes. I have lots of good glass, red stripers, and I also have the 17-85 IS which is good for travel. I went ahead and bought the kit with the shorter lens.
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Canon FiveDee, Canon 4oD, Canon Gee 9, Canon S7o, Fuji Eff3o, Canon Ess Three IS.

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zsd101 said:
Tuck your elbows in when shooting - that was the advice given to me, and it helped, A LOT. Just some advice to try.
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This makes alot of sense to me. I had camera elbow about a year ago. Mine started when I was using my 10D while my 1DMk3 was in for service. I shot a couple games in portrait mode and my 10D doesn't have a grip. My elbow was definitly not tucked in.
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I had similar problems with shoulder and neck and back pain carrying 1 or 2 cameras and larger lenses with shoulder straps when hiking or shooting events.

I tried mounting the camera on a monopod and carrying that over my shoulder, tried a backpack which didn't work, and different belt systems.

My pain issues ended when I started using the Cotton Carrier (www.cottoncarrier.com)

It's a great system which allows you to park up to 3 cameras on a harness system which distributes the weight evenly across your shoulders.

I highly recommend it for event photography and for active outdoor shooting when biking/hiking.
 
Even for a one camera setup with a flash bracket on it (I use the RRS bracket) it's great as you can mount the camera to the chest harness when you're not shooting taking the weight off your arms!
 
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