B&W Posted October 31, 2006 Share #21 Posted October 31, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Right handed but almost blind on the right eye. So I need to bring a cloth for cleaning the LCD screen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted October 31, 2006 Posted October 31, 2006 Hi B&W, Take a look here the left-eyed photographer. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
jrc Posted October 31, 2006 Share #22 Posted October 31, 2006 Or, perhaps, epoxy a cleaning cloth to your nose. 8-) JC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurtch Posted October 31, 2006 Share #23 Posted October 31, 2006 I'm right handed, left eyed. I have always used my cameras (RF & SLRs) with my left eye. Although I am not a hunter or target shooter, the few times I have used a rifle, or bow and arrow, I instinctively shot them left handed so I could use my left eye to aim. Our middle son is also left eyed and right handed. He went pretty far in organized baseball (all-american in college, played minor league BB). He was told that is an advantage in hitting, as your dominent eye is closer to the pitcher. Best Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradreiman Posted October 31, 2006 Share #24 Posted October 31, 2006 im a left eye shooter and learned to deal witht the greasy screen on the digilux2. i don't look at the screen to often so it doesnt matter much. As far as shooting right-eyed and left eye open with the m8-i don't think you'll have much success due to the mag of the finder-unless you can deal with the two different sized views. im sure someone will disagree tho so go on...b Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_Flesher Posted November 1, 2006 Share #25 Posted November 1, 2006 I'm left-eyed... And it's no different than it was with film M's; you learn to make it work. As far as nose grease on the LCD screen, it happens all the time with my DSLR's too -- that's what shirt-tails and extra paper napkins in the pocket are for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamilsukun Posted November 1, 2006 Share #26 Posted November 1, 2006 Jarle, My left eye is stronger and I do not see it as a disadvantage to block my right with the camera. On the contrary it helps to concentrate fully. Regards, Kamil Sukun Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LADP Posted November 1, 2006 Share #27 Posted November 1, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Left eye dominant, right handed and right eye shooter. Being a motion picture DP and camera operator for just about 20 years now, I had very little choice as Mike Prevette points out. I also started shooting documentary films, where there is a great advantage to be able to keep your left eye open while shooting. I have often had to follow a subject or actor through narrow corridors and navigate various challenging terrain, and keeping my left eye open has prevented me time after time from blowing a shot, or worse, injuring myself. I found out about being left eye dominant from shooting shotguns for years. Once I fugured out my left eye dominance condition, I was able to improve my accuracy about a hundred fold with the proper solution. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptomsu Posted November 1, 2006 Share #28 Posted November 1, 2006 so better train ourselves to become right eye shooters. I tried when I did some test shots with M8 and it does not seem to difficult for me :-)) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dugby Posted November 1, 2006 Share #29 Posted November 1, 2006 It´s not a big deal, simply turn the camera on the top Yes.... and to compensate for the upside down recorded images, you could turn your computer monitor upside down ..................... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael-IIIf Posted November 1, 2006 Share #30 Posted November 1, 2006 I've been smearing the screen of my D2 for the last two years and it's coping well. I'm sure the M8 won't take offence either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spylaw4 Posted November 1, 2006 Share #31 Posted November 1, 2006 Left-handed, and is it not interesting how many contributors to this thread are similarly 'sinister'. I did however play golf right-handed and I find I can focus with either eye, but would tend to go for the right eye. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted November 1, 2006 Share #32 Posted November 1, 2006 Interesting Brian. I'm left handed but anything that requires two hands to do - hold a golf club/cricket bat, guitar etc.I do right handed. Also left eyed and favour my left foot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbretteville Posted November 1, 2006 Share #33 Posted November 1, 2006 Right handed, left footed, I've allways shot a hand gun, rifle, bow and a camera using my left eye. Recently though, I'm having to retrain my self to use my right eye for camera work as my cornea is degrading (keratoconus). The few times I been to a driving range I've found hitting the ball is easier with a leftie club than one for right handed people. Guitars, squash and tennis I'll play as a right handed. It was the same when I played ice hockey in school. I can poor wine using either hand. I've got internal wiering that is hoplessly confused. The result of a left handed mom and an ambidexterous dad I guess. - Carl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted November 1, 2006 Share #34 Posted November 1, 2006 I'm a left-eye shooter, and I have found it almost impossible to shoot with my right eye, either with an M, or with any SLR I have owned. Doesn't stop me taking pictures, and I see absolutely no reason, nor advantage, to force myself to use an eye with which I am not comfortable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertknappmd Posted November 1, 2006 Share #35 Posted November 1, 2006 left eye shooter many years ago ehn I decided to train my right eye for the job. I keep teh left one open and let the right one do the work. No problem converting! Just takes a bit of time to get used to doing things "backward." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografr Posted November 1, 2006 Share #36 Posted November 1, 2006 atheists your on your own:)) We did it all by ourselves with no help from anybody. ;-}} Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wparsonsgisnet Posted November 1, 2006 Share #37 Posted November 1, 2006 ever so slightly Off Topic: the availability of ambidexturous weapons has seen some changes to that agenda, and the training regime reflects these changesRiley I knew we should have stuck to slings and arrows. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elansprint72 Posted November 1, 2006 Share #38 Posted November 1, 2006 I do lots of sports shots with long lenses; always look thro' the finder with my right eye but keep the left open to see if someone is throwing a car or moto at me. However, I seem to take "portrait" shots 50/50. Ron's avatar indicates that for a right-eyed shooter the camera body should be out of the way of the left eye, so why do I randomly(?) get it wrong? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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