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Originally Posted by Christine
I think the answer here is that one has to relax between shots.Late last summer I was perched on my trike for 1 hr trying to take shots of Swallows who were flying overhead.I was holding aloft a 20D plus 100-400 lens.I do have serious joint probs which do affect my shouders and hands.The pain was unbelievable in the evening.I could not even use the pc mouse for several days.So now I try to relax between shots and just hold the camera loosely on my knee.I guess this is where using a tripod comes into its own for heavier lens set ups,but most of the time this is not practical.
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Christine is right-rest inbetween shots-by using the setup for hours your hand muscle develop a strain(i call it overuse fatigue).You must rest between shots and dont forget your neck too-for you taking shots of AIR SHOWs-you can even strain your neck(causing cervical sypondlysis)-the older you get the worse will it get.Our body is a machine over use it you are going to have problems.I have advised a lot of my patients to keep warm
water with them -put some salt in the warm water and emise your hand in it and according to them the fatigue was much better but for one -he came back and told me Doc no improvement and i asked him did you imese your hand in the salt water he said NO I DRANK IT(sigh-ah
).Any how try and let me know.Regards.