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Old May 19, 2015, 9:16 pm
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xcalibir
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
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Originally Posted by deniah
if using phone:

-flash off (!)
-phone on vibrate so no shutter sound (depends on model)
-most shutters can be operated by external volume button ... meaning you can grip the phone as if just carrying it (rather than composing with it), and snap photo with thumb or index finger

-if you attach headset with in-line control unit, typically shutter can be tripped from there as well. so you can hold phone up as if reading from it normally, and fire shot from the mic piece
That is a really good tip about pressing the volume button. I actually didn't know that.

I will probably just bring a point and shoot and my Iphone camera. It is too much work doing anything else.
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