You can also buy a cheap mini-tripod which costs almot nothing (most cost less than 5 $, mine was more expensive since the legs extend, and the camera mount swivels)

They usually slip into a pocket really easily, and if your camera case is large enough, it'll slip in. It saved me on many occasions, and when the legs are gathered together, a mini-tripod can even be used as a handle to hold your camera like a pistol. Sometimes that helps too.

Gaber wrote:
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>
> --There are many variations on how to stabilize the strap. You have
> to use your own cunning. Basically, what you do is loop the camera
> strap under your shoe and keep it taut, this will stabilize the
> camera almost as well as a tripod. You can loop the strap on rods,
> chairs,etc as the oportunities present.
>
> Another technique is to make a portable tripod. For this method you
> must find an appropriate bolt (or something) that will screw into
> the tripod adapter and then tie a cord to it of any length (in the
> manner of a camera strap) and use that in the same way that I
> described above. You then have a very portable tripod that rolls up
> and fits in your pocket.
>
>
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