Left Eye Dominant
Feb 5, 2012 11:11:27 #
I am dominantly right handed but can be ambidextrous, shoot with left eye and have learned to leave both eyes open because.......my mascara smudges when its muggy out so when my right eye is closed and I end up with a black eye! LOL
Feb 5, 2012 11:30:47 #
Feb 5, 2012 11:36:35 #
As a sports photographer I've had to train myself to shoot with both eyes. The reason is that sometimes I have to keep an eye on something happening on the other side of the camera. I always keep both eyes open so I can see more action on the field.
It's good practice to keep both eyes open when shooting. If you find that your non-viewfinder eye is dominating, close if for a moment til you're seeing with the viewfinder eye. Again, this may take some practice, but you can train your eyes. Then the left eye right eye issue won't matter anymore. And your non-viewfinder eye will be much happier.
It's good practice to keep both eyes open when shooting. If you find that your non-viewfinder eye is dominating, close if for a moment til you're seeing with the viewfinder eye. Again, this may take some practice, but you can train your eyes. Then the left eye right eye issue won't matter anymore. And your non-viewfinder eye will be much happier.
Feb 5, 2012 11:50:36 #
Thanks! i thought i had the diopter adjusted correctly but this really allowed me to zero it in.
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Feb 5, 2012 11:51:53 #
I'm right handed--left eye dominant.
In the old days of manual only focus, I used my left eye for better results.
I shoot pistol with both eyes open.
In the old days of manual only focus, I used my left eye for better results.
I shoot pistol with both eyes open.
Feb 5, 2012 11:53:43 #
yes they are and i have found myself more than once trying to see if I can cut left handed (though I am right handed) with a scissors just to "see if I can do it" It never works!
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Feb 5, 2012 12:03:14 #
I am right handed/left eye dominant. I shoot a gun right handed and i guess i have trained myself to used my right eye for this because its pretty hard to aim down a barrel with your left eye while shooting right handed. However when using my camera I naturally use my left eye. This kind of sucks because my left eye is visually weaker than my right eye. Thankful for diopters! What a mess! I keep both eyes open when photographing. I tryed to use my right eye and leave my left eye open but this gives me sort of double vision and I really can't even see much of what is in the viewfinder through my right eye. How in the world do people use there right eye and keep both open! Never had problems with the viewfinder fogging in cold weather. Thanks for the interesting thread Old Timer.
Old Timer wrote:
How many of you out there are left eye dominant, and do you find it a problem some time to see thru the view finder properly under certain conditions, especially in cold weather when your breath steams up the view finder. I do not care for live view most of the time. The only way I can use the right eye is to shut the left. Also your nose seems to be in the way.
Feb 5, 2012 12:08:04 #
Old Timer wrote:
How many of you out there are left eye dominant, and do you find it a problem some time to see thru the view finder properly under certain conditions, especially in cold weather when your breath steams up the view finder. I do not care for live view most of the time. The only way I can use the right eye is to shut the left. Also your nose seems to be in the way.
I am left eyed but right handed. It's just that my left eye has slightly better vision than my right. I don't find any real problems with using my SLR.
Feb 5, 2012 12:18:43 #
I have lost some sight in my right eye due to Macular Degeration. It took a while to get used to using my left eye, but now I just automatically do it and don't seem to have a nose problem that I ever noticed either way.
Feb 5, 2012 12:20:04 #
DK wrote:
I have lost some sight in my right eye due to Macular Degeration. It took a while to get used to using my left eye, but now I just automatically do it and don't seem to have a nose problem that I ever noticed either way.
Oops, I meant Macular Degeneration.
Feb 5, 2012 12:23:30 #
I saw a bumper sticker that said we were all born left handed until we committed our first sin. I must have started young.
Feb 5, 2012 12:47:51 #
About your breath fogging up the viewfinder, you might want to try a rubber eye piece (see hoodman.com). It completely shields the viewfinder (actually to keep sun glare out) but it should also keep the piece from fogging. Works for righties and lefties.
Feb 5, 2012 12:51:29 #
Old Timer wrote:
I shoot left hand also, but I do not have to shut my right eye when using my left, but if try use my right eye I have to shut my left. The M1 brass is hot when you are shooting left hand and it is landing on your right arm.
Left handed shooter for both my camera and the M16 and I am with you on the hot brass...had one land inside my chin strap during a live fire and could not remove it...left a real nice scar
I leave both eyes open with the camera becuase I am usually shooting sport..this way I can see and pan with the action...also hopefully I can see any stray objects flying my way and duck in time.
Feb 5, 2012 12:54:54 #
Sounds like a lot of forum-ites need rhinoplasty. That would fix the smudge problem. I, however, possess a Roman nose and often do smudge. I choose to carry a micro-cloth. Saves me big bucks on plastic surgery.
Feb 5, 2012 13:15:21 #
It was only a few years ago that I realized that I was left eye dominant (and a righty). I have no troubles fogging up my view finder--only my glasses! Lot of times I shoot without my glasses to avoid fogging them.
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