Does anyone use wrist supports when shooting?

cutterpup · Jul 22, 2017

Hi all. Long story today but end result was I ended up using my DSLR for about three hours this afternoon that I hadn't planned on. (This was after a morning shoot) By the end my wrists were screaming, I have arthritis. So it had me wondering about whether wearing wrist supports would help.

Has anyone here worn them while shooting? If so what style?

Thanks in advance

yardcoyote · Jul 22, 2017

I don't use wrist supports but I always use an elbow brace on my right (dominant) side when I use my DSLR. Gave myself a righteous case of bursitis last summer doing garden macro-- hasn't come back since I started using the brace.

griddi · Jul 22, 2017

cutterpup said:
Hi all. Long story today but end result was I ended up using my DSLR for about three hours this afternoon that I hadn't planned on. (This was after a morning shoot) By the end my wrists were screaming, I have arthritis. So it had me wondering about whether wearing wrist supports would help.

Has anyone here worn them while shooting? If so what style?

Thanks in advance

--
Yes Cathy, "There really is a Pink-footed goose, and I have the pictures to prove it." As told to my boss after she had seen "The Big Year"

That's why I ditched my DSLR , and switched to mirror less camera's :-D.......

Griddi.....

Old Greenlander · Jul 22, 2017

cutterpup said:
Hi all. Long story today but end result was I ended up using my DSLR for about three hours this afternoon that I hadn't planned on. (This was after a morning shoot) By the end my wrists were screaming, I have arthritis. So it had me wondering about whether wearing wrist supports would help.

Has anyone here worn them while shooting? If so what style?

Thanks in advance

Liu Jianguo · Jul 22, 2017

Arthritis worsen inflammation, and inflammation linked to cancer.

I said, "why risk it?" and go with a smaller, lighter, equally competent, and perhaps far more versatile mirrorless.

griddi · Jul 22, 2017

Liu Jianguo said:
Arthritis worsen inflammation, and inflammation linked to cancer.

I said, "why risk it?" and go with a smaller, lighter, equally competent, and perhaps far more versatile mirrorless.

I gave you a +1 , because you said it well :-D.........

Griddi.......

Liu Jianguo · Jul 22, 2017

griddi said:
Liu Jianguo said:

Arthritis worsen inflammation, and inflammation linked to cancer.

I said, "why risk it?" and go with a smaller, lighter, equally competent, and perhaps far more versatile mirrorless.

Click to expand...

I gave you a +1 , because you said it well :-D.........

Griddi.......

Thank you, Griddi!!

I also +1 your answer (like always, it has the most common sense!).

griddi · Jul 22, 2017

Liu Jianguo said:
griddi said:

Liu Jianguo said:

Arthritis worsen inflammation, and inflammation linked to cancer.

I said, "why risk it?" and go with a smaller, lighter, equally competent, and perhaps far more versatile mirrorless.

Click to expand...

I gave you a +1 , because you said it well :-D.........

Griddi.......

Click to expand...

Thank you, Griddi!!

I also +1 your answer (like always, it has the most common sense!).

Liu.......Thank you !!!!!!!

Are you still posting in the toxin OFF TOPIC forum ?

Griddi......

IR1234 · Jul 22, 2017

griddi said:
cutterpup said:

Hi all. Long story today but end result was I ended up using my DSLR for about three hours this afternoon that I hadn't planned on. (This was after a morning shoot) By the end my wrists were screaming, I have arthritis. So it had me wondering about whether wearing wrist supports would help.

Has anyone here worn them while shooting? If so what style?

Thanks in advance

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griddi · Jul 23, 2017

IR1234 said:
griddi said:

cutterpup said:

Hi all. Long story today but end result was I ended up using my DSLR for about three hours this afternoon that I hadn't planned on. (This was after a morning shoot) By the end my wrists were screaming, I have arthritis. So it had me wondering about whether wearing wrist supports would help.

Has anyone here worn them while shooting? If so what style?

Thanks in advance

--
Yes Cathy, "There really is a Pink-footed goose, and I have the pictures to prove it." As told to my boss after she had seen "The Big Year"

Click to expand...

That's why I ditched my DSLR , and switched to mirror less camera's :-D.......

Griddi.....

Click to expand...

You do realize that when you hold a camera the heaviest thing is your arms? Mirrorless makes very little difference in overall weight.

Well, a DSLR is much heavier than a mirror less camera, and this heavier thing you have to lift up to take a photo :-D........

Griddi......

cutterpup · Jul 23, 2017

Since I don't know how to do multiple quotes in a reply, I am writing it this way.

Number 1, thanks to all who have replied.

2, I have no desire to switch to mirrorless

3. My arthritis, as shown by multiple blood tests, is not eliciting an inflammatory response within my body.

4. I do use a tripod with heavier lenses. I think yesterday was more wrist fatigue. I always have the neck strap on my camera wrapped once around my writ wrist to aid in support while my left hand is under the lens. My left wrist is the weaker one ever since it was the donor site for a bone graft.

Liu Jianguo · Jul 23, 2017

griddi said:
Liu Jianguo said:

griddi said:

Liu Jianguo said:

Arthritis worsen inflammation, and inflammation linked to cancer.

I said, "why risk it?" and go with a smaller, lighter, equally competent, and perhaps far more versatile mirrorless.

Click to expand...

I gave you a +1 , because you said it well :-D.........

Griddi.......

Click to expand...

Thank you, Griddi!!

I also +1 your answer (like always, it has the most common sense!).

Click to expand...

Liu.......Thank you !!!!!!!

Are you still posting in the toxin OFF TOPIC forum ?

Sadly, yes!

Like missionary in far off land, I try to make it better place--so far, without success!

Member said:
Griddi......

Liu Jianguo · Jul 23, 2017

griddi said:
IR1234 said:

griddi said:

cutterpup said:

Hi all. Long story today but end result was I ended up using my DSLR for about three hours this afternoon that I hadn't planned on. (This was after a morning shoot) By the end my wrists were screaming, I have arthritis. So it had me wondering about whether wearing wrist supports would help.

Has anyone here worn them while shooting? If so what style?

Thanks in advance

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cutterpup · Jul 23, 2017

Liu Jianguo said:
Very true. Plus, as IR1234 fails to realize, it is not the mere weight (static equilibrium), but torque (rotational equilibrium) that is the real culprit.

DSLR with lens exert much more torque than small mirrorless!

Two wrist supports exert much less torque on wallet then switching two systems out to a third

rsn48 · Jul 23, 2017

Monopod will do the trick, I use mine more than most, and mostly for the support it offers. Start using a monopod and you will not have your problem and your pics will be sharper as well.

jp4 · Jul 23, 2017

cutterpup said:
Hi all. Long story today but end result was I ended up using my DSLR for about three hours this afternoon that I hadn't planned on. (This was after a morning shoot) By the end my wrists were screaming, I have arthritis. So it had me wondering about whether wearing wrist supports would help.

Has anyone here worn them while shooting? If so what style?

Thanks in advance

I use the Canon. When you're not actually pressing the button, you can hold the rig straight down without a white knuckle grip, without bending the elbow, and without torquing the wrist too much. Much of the weight is transferred to the back of the hand.

DMKAlex · Jul 23, 2017

cutterpup said:
Hi all. Long story today but end result was I ended up using my DSLR for about three hours this afternoon that I hadn't planned on. (This was after a morning shoot) By the end my wrists were screaming, I have arthritis. So it had me wondering about whether wearing wrist supports would help.

Has anyone here worn them while shooting? If so what style?

Thanks in advance

--
Yes Cathy, "There really is a Pink-footed goose, and I have the pictures to prove it." As told to my boss after she had seen "The Big Year"

cutterpup · Jul 23, 2017

DMKAlex said:
cutterpup said:

Hi all. Long story today but end result was I ended up using my DSLR for about three hours this afternoon that I hadn't planned on. (This was after a morning shoot) By the end my wrists were screaming, I have arthritis. So it had me wondering about whether wearing wrist supports would help.

Has anyone here worn them while shooting? If so what style?

Thanks in advance

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griddi · Jul 23, 2017

Liu Jianguo said:
griddi said:

Liu Jianguo said:

griddi said:

Liu Jianguo said:

Arthritis worsen inflammation, and inflammation linked to cancer.

I said, "why risk it?" and go with a smaller, lighter, equally competent, and perhaps far more versatile mirrorless.

Click to expand...

I gave you a +1 , because you said it well :-D.........

Griddi.......

Click to expand...

Thank you, Griddi!!

I also +1 your answer (like always, it has the most common sense!).

Click to expand...

Liu.......Thank you !!!!!!!

Are you still posting in the toxin OFF TOPIC forum ?

Click to expand...

Sadly, yes!

Like missionary in far off land, I try to make it better place--so far, without success!

Liu Jianguo said:

Griddi......

Click to expand...

Well Liu, you will have no success, just to many nasty posters there with gutter language......

Griddi......

Mike_PEAT · Jul 24, 2017

When I had a torn tendon in my hand and couldn't hold a camera I used one of these which took the weight of the camera off my fingers as it healed:

But after my hand healed I stopped using it, or any wrist strap...it makes it difficult to switch from landscape to portrait orientations when I have the battery/portrait grip on my camera.

Does anyone use wrist supports when shooting?

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