Two Eyed Tony
Mar 20, 2015 10:53:54 #
A while back I read an article about keeping both eyes open when using the viewfinder (not the live view screen) I have been experimenting with this method and find it quite liberating, especially for BIF or sport action photography. I admit is does take some getting used to but the results are fantastic. The right eye looks through the viewfinder and the left eye remains open to see the overall. What I have found is that I pay attention to the left (overall) eye to follow the action but am conscious of the simulated overlayed viewfinder to keep composition. I am able to predict and follow action much better than just the old one eye view.
Does anyone else use or have tried this method?
Does anyone else use or have tried this method?
Mar 21, 2015 06:53:59 #
Donkas1946
Loc: Southern NH
Yes I use thisnquite a bit photographing baseball and softball. I keep both eyes open and right eye in the viewfinder.. That way I can keep the batter in the viewfinder for composition and with the left eye seeing everything I know when the pitch is coming so I get that ball on the bat photo because I am ready for it. Hope this helps.
Mar 21, 2015 09:32:33 #
big-guy wrote:
A while back I read an article about keeping both ... (show quote)
I use this method all the time. I believe I learned to do this having read an article about one eye not having to refocus as it would if you shut one eye.
Mar 21, 2015 09:57:00 #
big-guy wrote:
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Does anyone else use or have tried this method?
Does anyone else use or have tried this method?
Some years ago, I gave it a fair try, but this method is not for me. If I don't think about it, I automatically put the viewfinder in front of my left eye.
I tried my right eye, consistently for about six weeks, then gave up! Too much thinking, too hard to see. Back to using my left eye and being happy as a clam doing so.
Mar 21, 2015 10:00:51 #
I keep both eyes open when I shoot motorcycle races, and try to glance over the camera to see who's coming. Sometimes I wish I had a spotter helping me.
My friend is really good at shooting clay birds with his shotgun and he recommends keeping both eyes open when aiming. He was awarded a nifty patch for hitting fifty in a row, so it must work. :thumbup:
My friend is really good at shooting clay birds with his shotgun and he recommends keeping both eyes open when aiming. He was awarded a nifty patch for hitting fifty in a row, so it must work. :thumbup:
Mar 21, 2015 10:09:01 #
I tried this several years ago shooting my grandsons baseball games. Took a couple of games to get accustomed to using my right eye for the viewfinder but this way it's much easier to be aware of everything and shift to un-expected action. Use it all the time now.
Ken
Ken
Mar 21, 2015 12:32:39 #
amfoto1
Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA
A lot of my shooting is sports/action, so I use the "two-eyed" method much of the time.
I also keep an eye on the reflection in the LCD screen, which makes for a useful "rear view mirror" and has allowed me to avoid being run over a few times!
One thing I really miss about using rangefinder cameras in the past is that many of them have a viewfinder that shows more than just the image area.... which also is nice to be able to know what's just outside your image area, that you might want to back up a little to include. Few DSLRs do anything like that.
I also keep an eye on the reflection in the LCD screen, which makes for a useful "rear view mirror" and has allowed me to avoid being run over a few times!
One thing I really miss about using rangefinder cameras in the past is that many of them have a viewfinder that shows more than just the image area.... which also is nice to be able to know what's just outside your image area, that you might want to back up a little to include. Few DSLRs do anything like that.
Mar 21, 2015 18:09:55 #
I use the technique especially when shooting football from the sidelines. I still get hit now and then but I have managed to avoid it on occasion. it also lets me follow the QB to see what he plans to do.
Mar 21, 2015 19:57:22 #
Always have done thisÂ… perhaps a function of my eyesight: near-sighted in one eye; far-sighted in the otherÂ….
Mar 22, 2015 00:18:34 #
I've used the two eye method for years, same as shooting a rifle. Learned the 2eye method at Photo school in the '70s.
Mar 23, 2015 13:42:10 #
Kewl, with so many using it maybe we should start a club or something. LOL :-P
Mar 23, 2015 14:54:03 #
Mar 23, 2015 16:30:45 #
I used to do that in the old days when I was stuck with viewfinders, just because I hated waiting for my vision to come back in the closed eye. LCDs solved all that.
This is on my list of why I hate viewfinders.
This is on my list of why I hate viewfinders.
Mar 23, 2015 16:59:29 #
big-guy wrote:
Does anyone else use or have tried this method?
I find myself doing it more when I'm using a camcorder, but it does have advantages for still photography.
I've never seen anyone using a P&S with only one eye looking at the LCD. :D
Mar 23, 2015 17:00:51 #
n3eg wrote:
...I hated waiting for my vision to come back in the closed eye.
Right, especially when I'm taking noon pictures of the sun. I can't see a thing! :D
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