Right handed. Dominant right eye which I use for the viewfinder. I am quite surprised by the number of "left eye" responses there have been. It seems that the camera controls and viewfinder are laid out to favor righties. I wonder if there is a market for a lefties' camera body...
Stan Sent from my iPad > On Dec 14, 2015, at 2:50 AM, David Parsons <[email protected]> wrote: > > Q: Are you right-handed or left-handed (or ambidextrous) > > A: Strongly left-handed > > Q: When you use a camera viewfinder, which eye do you put to the viewfinder? > > A: Right eye, because of how the camera is shaped. I'm also right > eye dominant, so it works better anyway. > >> I'm curious because I am right-handed and have always (unthinkingly) >> put the viewfinder to my right eye. However, a recent eye examination >> has discovered that I have cataracts and my right eye is significantly >> worse. With a new prescription they say they can get me to 20/25 and >> I'll need cataract surgery eventually, but I'm wondering if, in the >> meantime, I can successfully train myself to use my left eye to the >> viewfinder. > > You can train yourself to do anything if you have the desire to do it. > > You may notice that things look slightly different. For me my left > eye is slightly more red sensitive and my right eye is slightly more > green sensitive. It's not something that I notice in normal, > day-to-day life, but it is noticeable when I compare them. > >> On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: >> A little informal PDML survey... >> >> Q: Are you right-handed or left-handed (or ambidextrous) >> A: >> >> Q: When you use a camera viewfinder, which eye do you put to the viewfinder? >> A: >> >> --------------- >> I'm curious because I am right-handed and have always (unthinkingly) >> put the viewfinder to my right eye. However, a recent eye examination >> has discovered that I have cataracts and my right eye is significantly >> worse. With a new prescription they say they can get me to 20/25 and >> I'll need cataract surgery eventually, but I'm wondering if, in the >> meantime, I can successfully train myself to use my left eye to the >> viewfinder. >> >> >> -- >> Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > My Year38 365 project > http://year38.blogspot.com/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
