Focus
Jul 22, 2018 08:05:25 #
Chadp
Loc: Virginia Beach
Left. I am left eye dominate. But also because It feels unnatural for me to only close my left eye.
Jul 22, 2018 08:06:03 #
Dave327 wrote:
I’m right handed and use my left eye - never really thought about it. Just the most natural. I also slalom skied with my left foot forward. In water skiing they termed that “goofy foot”. I’ve been in construction 50 years and I can cut paint trim with my left or right hand and hammer with my left when I have to. I guess it’s what the individual feels most natural doing, unless you have a vision impedement in one eye. I also wear glasses and never take them off to look thru the view finder.
Actually "Goofy Foot" for a right hander would be right foot forward, as most right handers balance best on their left foot. Don't ask me why, but it's true. Anyway, I'd bet that your left eye is your dominant eye. I too am mostly right handed and left eye dominant. Because of this, some things just come more natural left handed. Anyway, to answer the original question, I use my left eye in the viewfinder and I'd bet that the vast majority of us use our dominant eye for the viewfinder, which ever eye or which ever handed they might actually be. Good luck and good shooting to all.
Jul 22, 2018 08:16:03 #
Dave327 wrote:
I’m right handed and use my left eye - never really thought about it. Just the most natural. I also slalom skied with my left foot forward. In water skiing they termed that “goofy foot”. I’ve been in construction 50 years and I can cut paint trim with my left or right hand and hammer with my left when I have to. I guess it’s what the individual feels most natural doing, unless you have a vision impedement in one eye. I also wear glasses and never take them off to look thru the view finder.
Same here mate. But I can’t hit a baseball left handed. That might have been a matter of training because I can play phone ping pong with my left or right now
Jul 22, 2018 08:25:38 #
Normally a person will use their dominant eye. In my case I am right handed, and left eye dominant.
Jul 22, 2018 08:35:46 #
Jul 22, 2018 08:53:58 #
kfoo wrote:
Which eye do you use to focus and why, just wondering?
Always used right eye, am right handed and focused with my right eye, developed cataracts and learned to focus with my left eye, cataract surgery removed cataracts and went back to right eye.
Jul 22, 2018 09:05:52 #
tomad
Loc: North Carolina
toxdoc42 wrote:
Look at a subject about 20 meters away with your hand up. Close on eye and then the other. The eye which when closed makes your thumb move is your dominant eye. Generally, that eye has the best vision.
I did this and my left eye is dominant according to this test, yet I've naturally always used my right eye when looking through a camera viewfinder. Am I missing something, i.e., would using my dominant eye change anything in my photography? I adjust the viewfinder diopter setting for my eye so there should be no vision problem/difference using my non-dominant eye. Also when using a monocular, microscope, or telescope I've always instinctively used my right eye. Maybe because of habit, but it seems unnatural to use my left eye.
Jul 22, 2018 09:14:35 #
Left hand writing, left eye focusing. I wish I could use my right eye for focusing and in my shooting hobby, but it has proved to be practically impossible. Left eye focusing means you have nowhere to put your nose, and this hampers my view through the finder, and causes off-center use of the finder, which results in focus problems. If any hogs have a similar problem, I would appreciate knowing how they have addressed it. Thanks, Mercer
Jul 22, 2018 10:13:03 #
I'm right-handed, but use my left eye. However, I'm trying to switch to using my right eye because when I use my left my nose sometimes touches the directional pad and changes my focus point. Anyone else have that problem?
Jul 22, 2018 10:25:27 #
I use live view and leave both eyes open. I am right handed and left eye dominate.
Jul 22, 2018 10:36:41 #
PlymouthWoodworker wrote:
I'm right-handed, but use my left eye. However, I'm trying to switch to using my right eye because when I use my left my nose sometimes touches the directional pad and changes my focus point. Anyone else have that problem?
I had that and other issues with mine... but added a Hoodman eye cup to my camera. Clips & locks on firmly and keeps my face back away from the camera screen and buttons.
https://shop.hoodmanusa.com/category-s/130.htm
Jul 22, 2018 10:41:34 #
olemikey
Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida
My old friend "Blind Lemon Chitlin" used to say - "I can't see it, but it sure does feel nice"!
Jul 22, 2018 11:02:05 #
Jul 22, 2018 11:12:10 #
i had the same issue. my parents worked on me to make me right handed...i am also ambidextrous...
E.L.. Shapiro wrote:
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Jul 22, 2018 11:18:13 #
kfoo wrote:
Which eye do you use to focus and why, just wondering?
left eye, always have
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