May I suggest a cheap, light-weight tripod with a hook to hang a weight onto - a daypack, a large water bottle, a carrier bag with some stones in, etc? It will give access to ALL of a cameras features, unlike the string and breath control techniques. After all, you paid for them.:(

Just found this, which explains it perfectly! http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...raveller-32905

Just found this thread - sad to read about the vulgarity of some :( (never a mod around when you need one!)

Here is a light weight and relatively cheap solution which has not, as yet, been mentioned.
The Gorillapod

weighs very little and clamps on just about anything it can get its legs around. (:nono:smutty comments please)

Here is a full review i did on this
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...slr-zoom-33868

gorillapods
 

we all had a laugh at work when we saw the gorillapod in a photomag, not because its no good, on the contrary, its a top idea, but because of what its made of!

i can imagine it now, some guy is beavering away at work mulling over his tripod problem and suddenly, eureka! its been staring (and squirting) him in the face all the time!
do you realise this segmented tube is the stuff you get on lathes to pump coolant onto the cutting tool?

Cromwell Industrial Tools UK: Kennedy Industrial : TUBE SEGMENT GREY 2x5.1/2"x1/4" BORE : KEN-447-1210K

i bet the factory had a few lengths go 'walkabout' while it was being developed!
well done that man, many a homer has been made with stuff liberated from work

I have no doubt that that is how it started that or a rubik's snake... the actual commercial version is a bit better then the lathe tube (and the zoom version is much bigger too).. But yeah.. thinking ou tof the box made some one rich!

Tripod type thingie!
 

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Fits on most screens too!

Just another idea................

Fill a small plastic bag with rice. Make it feel like those bean bags you played with at school....I am 50 and still remember, so you should. Tie a knot in the neck to keep the rice in.

I then put the plastic bag in a small fabric bag.

The bag can sit on posts, rocks, fences, any uneven surface and you can use the self timer to take pics of yourself or anything else.

When you get desparate...eat the rice.

Everything you carry must have at least 2 uses...it is the bikers rule.

Steve