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Sharon Vaknin/CNET Three-legged tripods are the go-to accessory for steadying shots. Whether you're trying to achieve a high exposure or need to work with a shaky hand, propping your camera on a ...

Mount your camera on a standard tripod and drape a bean bag over the top-you'll achieve total stability for absolute image clarity with very slow shutter speeds. The lowly bean bag hasn’t a leg ...

This "old photographer's trick" involves connecting a cord to your camera and then looping it around your foot (or feet) for tripod-like stabilization. (It's not quite as good as the real thing ...

But not everyone is able to lug a bulky tripod around when shooting. This stabilizer folds up small enough to fit in your pocket and allows you to hand-hold your camera with shutter speeds at ...

Tripods are great but they're bulky and, unless you have a more expensive model with a reversible mount, it's impossible to get a shot from the ground. A camera bean bag is a small, portable, and ...

The best phone tripods should offer you multiple ways to prop up your camera phone, whether held in your hand, standing on its three legs, or even wrapped around a bench or piece of furniture.

Unsteady hands are the enemy of good smartphone photos, but you probably have what you need to fix them in the back of your desk drawer. In the video ...

After we mentioned that bottlecap tripod a couple days ago, a few of your wrote in with your own DIY projects, and they were all very nice and stuff but posting news is hard work and we sort of ...

Originally made popular by Custom SLR, the gliding camera strap is my favorite of these alternatives. Using the tripod mount as an anchor, the gliding camera strap gives you the comfort of an over ...

When I went travelling for the first time with my Rebel, I only had the (excellent) 50mm f/1.8 lens, which translates to a mild 85mm telephoto on my cropped sensor. You can imagine that it was ...