Could you please describe that a bit more completely? There are many options for putting a wrist strap on your right wrist, while holding a right-handed camera, 5D included. Where does the left hand come in to the picture? Is this some kind of sinister plot designed to confuse those of us who are dextrous?
I assume that you mean you want your left hand supporting the weight of the camera and pushing the shutter button (with the right hand free for focusing/stabilization). There's no great way to do this, but you might consider adding the battery grip to your camera. The extra shutter button on the grip is more accessible to left-handed use. In portrait orientation, you can hold the camera from above with your left index finger on the shutter button. For landscape orientation, you can cradle the camera from below with your left pinky/ring finger on the shutter. Neither of these is equivalent to the right-handed holds, but may be more comfortable for you; the battery grip adds considerable versatility.
Sorry for the delay in responding but I just got back to a computer. I typed the OP on my phone. Sorry for the lack of information.
Currently I am able to operate the camera in my right hand only with one hand operation ability to change fstops, iso and shutter speed. I would love to be able to do the same in my left hand with occassional rare need to have cameras in both hands and shooting (O.K. Corral Style)
I'm not sure if this product would help and I'm not making any claims as to 'quality' but there is an interesting 3rd party grip with two shutter buttons.
It sounds like you need a good camera strap setup rather than a left-handed camera. You'll never get good shots trying to fire off two cameras at once in a hurry; I suggest that you try experimenting with different camera strap setups so you can quickly drop one camera to the side and grab the other as needed. Having both hands on the camera in a proper grip gives you a few needed stops of image stabilization over a shaky one-handed grip.
If you just want the strap, I believe the Hakuba hand strap is supposed to be
used that way (I seem to recall reading that in the directions anyway...).
There are also some flash brackets that seem to be designed for left handed use
(they run their remote shutter stuff to the left side, etc.,), like the Alzo units
(talk about a unit with great ideas but poor execution), etc.,.
If you just want both accessible, you can do a double black rapid strap rig like this guy did:
Have you ever tried just using the camera upside down?
It sounds silly, but I just tried it (I'm right handed / left eye dominant) with a 70-200 attached and found it workable. In fact upside down in landscape mode puts the back of the camera flat against the forehead affording even more stability than in the normal orientation.
I hope we aren't the only 2 who thought that after reading that. I almost laughed up a mouthful of tea reading the sinister bit.
We lefties need to breed more so we can start complaining for lefty mass produced but niche items. Id love a lefty camera, but Id probably feel strange using it since like so many other things I've grown up doing it right handed (I cant use lefty scissors, go figure!).
cgardner wrote:
Have you ever tried just using the camera upside down?
It sounds silly, but I just tried it (I'm right handed / left eye dominant) with a 70-200 attached and found it workable. In fact upside down in landscape mode puts the back of the camera flat against the forehead affording even more stability than in the normal orientation.
You could use one of those Medium Format left hand camera grips. They were popular in the past because the manual transport winders were mostly positioned at the right side of a MF body. Mamyia, Bronica, Hasselblad sold a lot of them so it must not be too hard to find one second hand. You will have to modify it and connect it with a Canon remote since the mechanical release of the oldfashioned grips won't fit the digital release on your modern DSLR. I am lefthanded too, but I learned to work with right hand control of the camera, just like I had to with scissors and other everyday tools and ulities in the life of right hand domination Anyway have EOSfun experimenting with this solution!
Anyway have EOSfun experimenting with this solution!