Which Eye?

brian1208 (e2 Member)

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22 Sep 2010 - 4:49 PM

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I've just given my wife her first, brief lesson in using an SLR and she found she could only focus using her left eye to the view-finder.

I hadn't thought of it before but I instinctively use my right eye (we are both right handed). I can use my left eye but it feels a bit odd so I wondered what is the way you do it?

Is there a general trend for left-handed vs right-handed people I wonder?

timbo

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22 Sep 2010 - 5:02 PM

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I'm left handed and left eyed but (if i ever do) play cricket i play right handed

cameracat (e2 Member)

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22 Sep 2010 - 5:21 PM

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Left eye for the viewfinder, Feels wierd using my right eye.....

Not only that if your a Nikon shooter, Using your left eye means you can train your nose to move the focus point control pad......

Look Ma no hands......

I'm right handed for most things, But in some situations the left works better.....!!!

AlanPerkins

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22 Sep 2010 - 5:25 PM

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right handed and left eye here

Overread

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22 Sep 2010 - 5:31 PM

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Whipspeed out of interest what is your right eye looking at? I tend to find if I keep mine open its getting a blurry look at the back end of a camera body

Ewanneil

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22 Sep 2010 - 6:59 PM

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Left eye for me but otherwise curiously ambidextrous. For some things I'm left handed (throwing actions) and for others (playing golf) I'm right handed. Otherwise, I can do most things equally well/badly with either hand.

I agree with Cameracat about being a left-eyed Nikon user though - your hooter does tend to move the focus point around. I haven't been able to train mine yet but I'm working on it.

GPTek (e2 Member)

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22 Sep 2010 - 7:12 PM

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Right handed, right eye but use the mouse mostly with my left hand......

spaceman

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22 Sep 2010 - 7:31 PM

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Left hand, left eye. It was a little annoying in the days of manual flm-winding because I had to take the camera away from my eye to wind on the next frame. Such is life for lefties. God hates us.