On Sun, 03 Feb 2002 22:10:54 GMT, "Erik J. Barzeski" wrote:

[...]
>The problem I have with the other cameras is that they only have one
>point for balance: your hand as you hold it there, away from your
>shoulder.
>
>If you prefer to think of your eye (in the eyepiece) as another point
>of contact and balance, that can be applied to all the cameras. A
>camera that touches your shoulder - even if 10% of its weight is on
>your shoulder and 90% is in your hands - is logically more easily
>balanced than one on which 100% of the weight rests at the single
>balance point.
>
>Or am I wrong? :P

I don't know many people who hold a camera in one hand only,
without using the other hand to help steady/direct the camera.
In addition, side-handles, belt-pods, and shoulder-braces are available...