Shutter button stabbing.

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Hi I need some help. How can i stop myself stabbing at the shutter button .
I seem to rush things and get to many soft pics.
Thanks Ray.:bang:
 
Cant really help you with you rushing to take photos, apart from think before you press it down, and for the love of god dont use a knife to stab the shutter button :lol:
 
towershot said:
Start with the back of you're finger and roll it across the shutter slowly.;)
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Total :agree: smooth roll (roll like your rolling a wheel, smoothly ) from the front to the back takes practice, till it comes second nature :thumbs:

I get excited and stab occasionally result 90% of the time Poo pic
 
This may sound daft, but do a search on google for "target shooting breathing techniques".
It's a very similar thing, squeezing the trigger (shutter), holding the shot afterwards, correct breathing and so on.

A lot of it is just down to practice, if you really do train yourself to do something it becomes automatic.

cheers
 
Bill Roberts said:
This may sound daft, but do a search on google for "target shooting breathing techniques".
It's a very similar thing, squeezing the trigger (shutter), holding the shot afterwards, correct breathing and so on.

A lot of it is just down to practice, if you really do train yourself to do something it becomes automatic.

cheers
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Funny old thing that's exactly how we're taught...lol

"Use The Marksmanship Principles and you won't go wrong"

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In my early days I had an ensign selfix 16-20
This had an upward facing pin in the centre of the shutter button. This was to remind you that you had not wound the film on.

If you jabbed you took an instant blood sample. :bonk:
You soon learnt not to do that.

But I agree marksman shooting style is the best. Done properly it does not slow you down but helps with your anticipation.
 
Bill Roberts said:
This may sound daft, but do a search on google for "target shooting breathing techniques".
It's a very similar thing, squeezing the trigger (shutter), holding the shot afterwards, correct breathing and so on.

A lot of it is just down to practice, if you really do train yourself to do something it becomes automatic.

cheers
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Having done a lot of target shooting over the year, I use this technique without thinking about it. It works very well.
 
Thank's, i will give that a go.Funny thing is i never used to have any brob's when i shot with Canon or even when i changed over to the D3.it just seems to be a nasty habbit i'v got into and can't get out off.

Ray
 
Bill Roberts said:
This may sound daft, but do a search on google for "target shooting breathing techniques".
It's a very similar thing, squeezing the trigger (shutter), holding the shot afterwards, correct breathing and so on.

A lot of it is just down to practice, if you really do train yourself to do something it becomes automatic.

cheers
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Excellent advice Bill, it also helps if you are fit, because your heart rate will be slow. If you aim to press the shutter release at the end of breathing out, then that is probably the steadiest time, and keep your eye on the target (sorry, subject :)), after you have taken the image, because you are more likely to avoid snatching that way.
 
Three good breaths. On the last one exhale 3/4 split second pause then gently squeeze the trigger. If you take too long, breathe then try again. All about slowing the heart down.

Great advice given to me by my dear old Dad who was a range instructor and Navy champion. Gawd bless him.
 
If you can't break the habit, why not set up the camera to fire bursts. The first image might suffer from stab-induced camera shake, but the second (or third) shouldn't.
 
StewartR said:
If you can't break the habit, why not set up the camera to fire bursts. The first image might suffer from stab-induced camera shake, but the second (or third) shouldn't.
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I used this technique with my camera and it does work surprisingly well.
 
squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze

just like firing a gun

dont you use a soft touch to get the focus...auto focus that is

remember the shutter speed is independent of your finger pressure
 
andy700 said:
Excellent advice Bill, it also helps if you are fit, because your heart rate will be slow. If you aim to press the shutter release at the end of breathing out, then that is probably the steadiest time, and keep your eye on the target (sorry, subject :)), after you have taken the image, because you are more likely to avoid snatching that way.
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I'm with breathing out and then squeezing. It kinda concentrates the mind down into focusing on the comp for me and aids my steadiness.
Interestingly when we start to hold our breath our heart beats also slow considerably to conserve oxygen, its an emergency response, useful init.
Try it. ....you don't need to be fit or anything. It lasts quite some time too I found.
 
StewartR said:
If you can't break the habit, why not set up the camera to fire bursts.
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This is exactly what I was going to say. Mine is set up like this and you soon learn to be gentle and just fire one frame. It also enables you to shoot more than one frame when you need to, without having to change any settings.
 
andy700 said:
it also helps if you are fit, because your heart rate will be slow
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Obviously there is a link between fitness and heart rate, but I don't know how much improvement one can make with how much effort. I suspect a lot of it is genetic. My resting heart rate is 47 and I'm not fit at all. (But I can hold a camera very steady!)
 
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