Way to go, Joan. Send me samples ASAP! Larry Willis Retired and proud of it
Begin forwarded message: > Resent-From: quad-list@eskimo.com > From: "Joan Anglin" <poaj...@sbcglobal.net> > Date: September 1, 2016 at 7:21:03 PM EDT > To: "'Dave Krehbiel'" <davekrehb...@earthlink.net>, "'Lori Michaelson'" > <lorilivin...@gmail.com> > Cc: "'Quad-list Post'" <quad-list@eskimo.com> > Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] QUAD-L] Camera? > > Darn it! Now you have me thinking that maybe I should get into photography > and start taking pictures of gardens and flowers etc.. A few minutes > googgleling images brought up a whole slew of ideas. It would be very easy > to rig a mouth trigger for a camera, but of course I would have to use a > automatic zooming camera to get up close. Thanks for the idea, > Greg, something to think about during these cold winter months coming. LOL > Joan > http://www.instructables.com/id/Hands-free-Camera-Mount-for-wheelchairs-bikes-wr/ > > https://shop.gopro.com/mounts-accessories > > https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1237147-REG/alzo_1145_wheelchair_camera_mount.html > > http://meru.org.uk/product/flexzi-camera-mount/ > > > > > > From: Dave Krehbiel [mailto:davekrehb...@earthlink.net] > Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2016 2:04 PM > To: 'Lori Michaelson' <lorilivin...@gmail.com> > Cc: 'Quad-list Post' <quad-list@eskimo.com> > Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] QUAD-L] Camera? > > I was considering getting a camera once. I had a bracket on my prior > wheelchair which was intended attach a tray. I figured I could rig up some > sort of a way to attach a camera, which I could aim by steering the > wheelchair and by leaning forward and backwards. And I found a device used > trigger the shutter remotely, and it looked like something which I could > attach to my wrist splints and bite on to take the picture. I never tried it. > But maybe that, or something similar, could work. Good luck. > > From: Lori Michaelson [mailto:lorilivin...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2016 9:14 PM > To: quad-list > Subject: [QUAD-L] QUAD-L] Camera? > > That is one of the things I miss the most (photography). My husband was an > avid photographer and three of the best of the best digital cameras (first a > Kodak purchased in 1998, then an Olympus... both of which were big and bulky > which were okay for him and I can't hold a camera anyway). I finally got > after him to purchase a smaller sized digital camera and he finally purchased > a Canon that he was able to keep in his T. shirt pocket. It took/takes great > videos as well. > > Anyway, my point is that I can't hold I camera at all so I always have to > have someone take photos for me which doesn't happen anymore. My life has > become one big medical problem. Further, after purchasing my first Smart > Phone when living at my sister's... that takes just as good of pictures so > family members took pictures for me using that. > > I would love to know how people with only the use of one arm and one wrist > take photos by themselves without some elaborate system. I need to be able to > drive my chair and be able to turn it (my chair and the camera) every which > way to take photos of anything when out and about by myself. > > ~Lori > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 8:59 PM, greg <g...@eskimo.com> wrote: > I had a really nice Canon EOS SLR film camera, but it got frustrating, too > heavy, film got so costly to develop, etc. But now I thought of trying a nice > digital. Not a point and shoot. I read some can be operated by Phone App. > Anyone have a setup that a C5 could use. Any ideas? > > I like the idea of a video screen back, so I don't have to hold up to my face. > Lighter than my big Canon A2, basically worthless now. > Instead of clamping to chair making it to aim. I thought monopod ballenced on > my seat. > > Thanks, Greg > > > > > -- > "Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be soothing to the mind and > heart and deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer." ~Dean > Koontz > > > > -- > "Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be soothing to the mind and > heart and deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer." ~Dean > Koontz
