How To Hold Your Camera - Pentax SP 500 Online Manual

How to hold your camera

In horizontal position
A. Hold the camera
firmly with your left
hand, and draw your arm
close to your body.
Put the camera on your left hand thumb and little finger. Turn the distance
scale ring with your thumb and index finger. When holding the camera
vertically, some people release the shutter with the thumb (Position B), while
others release it with the index finger (Position C). Position C is more desirable
for fast focusing and shooting. With the Honeywell Pentax, whether held
vertically or horizontally, you see your subject image through the taking lens,
enabling you to compose, focus and shoot with a minimum of time and effort.
In vertical position B.
Hold your camera
tightly to your forehead
with your left hand, and
draw your right arm
close to your body.
In vertical position C.
Hold your camera tightly
to your forehead with
your left hand, raise your
arm and draw your left
arm to your body.
As a general rule, your camera should be
held more firmly by the left hand which
does not release the shutter. If you hold
your camera with the right hand--the hand
which releases the shutter--it may cause
camera movement. Very often, pictures
which are not sharp are due to movement
of the camera. When you focus with the
camera held horizontally (Position A),
hold the lens barrel as illustrated in
photograph
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