Walking Sticks (Canes)

[ClaremontPhoto]

If you need the stick to stand even still ,and you need two hands for your camera, what gives?

The best solution that I can think of is stick in left hand and camera in right hand.

 

[rogue_designer]

what about adding a tripod mount on top of the walking stick?

 

[Duncan Ross]

I fancy the idea of cutting the head off a walking stick, threading it and screwing it back together so I can convert it into a monopod. Every shot will end up at the same height but I've got a shepherd's crook too so maybe....

 

[ClaremontPhoto]

Mmm. But I neeed to hold my stick so there's no room for a tripod screw.

 

[Duncan Ross]

How about a zimmer? You can bolt flashguns, brolly etc all over them! Seriously though, the old way I was taught to hold a camera steady was to put my head and right arm through the strap and arch my back a bit to hold the strap tight while holding the camera to my eye. Never tried it with a stick in the other hand though. Sounds like you already have a good solution!

 

[kully]

If just one stick will keeps the body stable, then a monopod is in order. The Manfrotto 671(?) I have extends to ~175cms so I can use it as a support while I compose and click.

I've just tried with one leg in the air - the monopod worked fine.

 

[jesse1dog]

I don't know if this is a serious thread or a spoof.
However!
I have a stick with a forked end. The idea is that you put your thumb in the fork. The stick length is about 5'. - sorry I haven't really gone metric (I think I live not even in bow and arrow country but still in the slingshot age). It would be possible to shave the end off one of the fork prongs and mount a camera bush. You can then put left thumb in the fork and still operate the camera release with your right.
Another possibility is to use a mouth release for the shutter.

 

[JohnL]

Any good strong monopod with a hand-grip that you can use as a staff would probably work too. Length can be varied to suit, but I doubt you could use it as a regular cane unless you put a female thread in some sort of handle that you could then attach cross-wise to the top.

 

[ClaremontPhoto]

Some good ideas. Thanks.