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View Poll Results: Which eye(s) do you shoot with?
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Left open right closed
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38.95% |
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Right open left closed
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42.70% |
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both open
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49 |
18.35% |
06-14-2012
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#76
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film militant
clayne is offline
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: San Francisco, CA | Kuching, MY | Jakarta, ID
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Right eye. Rather not have an advance lever in my face.
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06-14-2012
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#77
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jayavant is offline
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 40
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I used to shoot SLR cameras right=eyed, but since I started using rangefinders I have gradually changed over to using my right eye. That way I am not hiding behind the camera so much. I usually keep both eyes open but shut the left when critically focussing
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06-26-2012
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#78
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Dave
lam is offline
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Ohio
Posts: 610
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Right eye, oh the freedom of the left!!
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06-26-2012
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#79
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2WK is offline
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 333
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I usually shoot right eye, but if it is quicker, or more sneaky to shoot lefty, I do that sometimes as well.
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06-26-2012
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#80
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zuiko85 is offline
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 419
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Left eye dominate, right eye open but blocked by camera/right hand.
Of course this sticks the advance lever in your right eye but nothing is perfect.
Hey! I could use an old Exakta VX, then the advance is on the left.
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06-26-2012
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#81
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Terry Christian is offline
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Memphis, TN, USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by zuiko85
Hey! I could use an old Exakta VX, then the advance is on the left.
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Even better: On my Ricoh 500, the advance is on the bottom!  |
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07-05-2012
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#82
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Texsport is offline
Join Date: Feb 2010
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The percentage of left eye dominant people in this poll is much greater than the percentage in the general population-----by a huge amount.
Does that say something about photographers?
Texsport
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07-05-2012
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#83
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BlackXList is offline
Join Date: May 2012
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Ever since this thread was first posted I've been paying much more attention to which eye I shoot with (90% SLR). I had assumed that it was my right eye, since I'm right handed, but I've come to realise that I actually use both, switching as I go.
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07-05-2012
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Texsport is offline
Join Date: Feb 2010
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The left eye is controlled by the right side of the brain, which excels at special relationships and creativity....among other visual interpretations.
Texsport
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07-05-2012
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#85
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Bobble is offline
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Wolverhampton UK
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I've always used both eyes open but used my right to take the photo, SLR's and RRF.
I guess it's whatever works for you
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10-12-2012
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#86
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emjo is offline
Join Date: Jul 2011
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A friend of mine was bird spotting (one eyed through a field scope) for a summer and got a strange eye disease from that, Since then I always try to shoot with both eyes open. Not always successful, but almost...
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12-03-2012
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#87
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dasuess is offline
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: St. Paul, MN
Age: 61
Posts: 323
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Left eye has been my master eye all my life. When I was a kid and shooting rifles with my brothers, I always wondered why I was different.
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12-04-2012
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#88
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Nikos72 is offline
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Athens, Greece
Age: 40
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Right eye shooter due to my extra long nose!  |
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12-10-2012
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#89
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Young photog
Tijmendal is offline
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Age: 22
Posts: 113
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I wish I was a left-eye shooter, but I'm not. I just recently discovered that my left eye is a little better than my right eye. Nothing too bad, but I'm afraid that in a couple years I might need contacts  My left eye is dominant though. |
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12-10-2012
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#90
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nighthawk
Chris Lange is offline
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: NY
Age: 22
Posts: 16
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I shoot left eyed, and I crook my right eye over the top plate of the camera so I can have a peek around if I want.
I'm right handed and footed though. I guess I inherited my shooting eye choice from my father.
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