Showerthought: Old tripod trick I forgot I knew

Was digging through my grandpa's old camera bag last weekend and found a little beanbag he used to keep in there. Turns out he'd wedge it under his lens on fences or car hoods to steady shots when he forgot his tripod... Tried it myself at a park in Denver last Tuesday for some golden hour shots and it worked way better than I expected. Kept getting blurry shots of birds because I was too lazy to carry the big tripod up the trail. The beanbag trick gave me sharp enough results that I could crop in without losing detail. Anyone else got an oddball stabilization method they swear by?

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grantp287h agoMost Upvoted

That little beanbag idea is a gem, I might have to sew up my own for road trips.

rosebarnes1h ago

Wait, hold on - your grandpa just casually had a beanbag in his camera bag like it was no big deal? That's wild, I thought that was some new influencer hack or something. Makes me wonder what other secret tricks old school photographers kept to themselves.