Hasta La Gadget!

You are left-handed. You use a DSLR camera. Do you consider it easier to a) just use your right index finger to fire the shutter and adjust the dials – after all, you’re used to living in a right-handed world by now – or b) screw an aluminum strip to the camera, flip it upside-down and try to fire it with your left pinky?

If your answer is “b” then you are either a masochist or somebody who favors the political over the practical. You are also in luck, as inveterate camera-hacker bertus52×11 has posted a how-to over at Instructables. The hook lets you support the camera with your left thumb whilst firing the shutter with the little finger.

Granted, this hack is meant for righties who may want to show their right hand in a picture, so they won’t have to deal with adjusting settings. Unless you use full-auto, then you left-handers will probably end up twisting off a finger using this method.

For limited or emergency use, we like this inventive solution. What really rocks, though, is bertus52×11’s plaid coffee-cup lens hood. Go “check” it out.

Take photographs with just your left hand [Instructables]