Forum: General Photography
06-10-2018, 02:22 PM
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In the last few years, I have been developing a tremor in my right hand. It's been increasing lately and has spread into my leg as well. I have been on several medications, unsuccessfully for the last year but my neurologist switched me to a Carbidopa/Levodopa medication used for treating parkinson's disease and that is helping a lot. The tremor had reached a point where I needed to bump the ISO and shutter speed up in normal shooting to compensate for the tremoring. I suppose among us who are in their sixties and older this is more of a common issue. I also find that using a monopod with my heaviest lenses, DA*200 and especially DA*300 helps. What I am not sure of is whether I should turn SR off when using a monopod. In any case I have decided that the DA*300 will remain my largest lens and I can re-discover using my limited primes. Going too small can also be a problem. My hand tremors have also made taking videos with my iPhone more difficult too.
I would be very interested to hear back from any forum members who have any movement disorders such as parkinson's disease, essential tremors or ALS as to how they manage photography with their conditions. Photography is something I want to do more of, lot less of, due to a physical limitation.
Thank you purple hornet for starting this thread and I wish you the best in manage your condition.
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