Left eye dominant?

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Just curious but how many of you are left-eye dominant and thus use that eye to look through the viewfinder?

I find most other photographers I know use their right eye but I always use my left.

With my Canon bodies this causes a very particular problem with the control dial and SET button on the back in that I'm prone to prodding them with my nose! :D

I thus can't use the SET button for anything and have to disable it. Nudging the control dial happens less frequently but does happen. When using Aperture priority and using the dial to control exposure compensation I find myself locking the dial all the time then unlocking it when I need to change and locking it again afterward. Full manual mode becomes a real pain as you're using the wheel more often and results in me using Av more often.

Anyone else here left-eye dominant and have any similar issues?
 
I am, I have astigmatism in my right eye, which I only even noticed due to photography when I started shooting I was using my right eye but everything was blurry. I got used to it and it doesn't bother me now.
 
Yeah another leftie here. Love the feature on the E-M5 and other m43 bodies where it senses when you put your eye to the viewfinder and disables the touchscreen, otherwise I'd always be mashing focus points with my nose.
 
Slightly related but how do left handed people manage given that all cameras are effectively designed for right handed?
 
ajf said:
Slightly related but how do left handed people manage given that all cameras are effectively designed for right handed?
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Just because we're left handed doesn't make our right hand a useless stump! How do you right handers change gear with your left hand?

Operating a camera isn't that difficult. I and most other lefties I know are pretty ambi-dextrous too.
 
ajf said:
Slightly related but how do left handed people manage given that all cameras are effectively designed for right handed?
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The same way that they play games consoles etc I imagine - without difficulty.

On something small like a camera or games controller it's all about muscle memory. They're no way near as complicated as a golf swing etc.
 
I just had a look through my camera and I'm left-eye dominant. I don't think it's caused me any problems, as I've only just noticed!

One thing that may be happening because of it though, is the dioptre keeps moving and I kept wondering last week if my eyes were going funny, or if I had a smudge on the viewfinder that I couldn't get rid of. Turns out it was the dioptre, and I've only just realised now that it must be because I use my left eye.
 
I'm sitting here at work trying to remember.

To be honest I've never ever thought about it and now people are looking at me weirdly because I'm sitting here winking with each eye and looking confused and a bit special in general.

Thanks for that :p
 
ajf said:
Slightly related but how do left handed people manage given that all cameras are effectively designed for right handed?
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No issues here. I've had to do it from when I started using cameras aged 8 or 9. There's nowhere near the level of dexterity required compared to writing.

I'm left-hand dominant for many, but not all things. For example, I feel far more comfortable using a mouse in my right hand - possibly from needing to, given the shape of many mice. Given a symmetrical example, I'll still use my right hand - muscle memory probably features, as said above.
 
julianhj said:
No issues here. I've had to do it from when I started using cameras aged 8 or 9. There's nowhere near the level of dexterity required compared to writing.

I'm left-hand dominant for many, but not all things. For example, I feel far more comfortable using a mouse in my right hand - possibly from needing to, given the shape of many mice. Given a symmetrical example, I'll still use my right hand - muscle memory probably features, as said above.
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Im the same with a mouse, I can use a symmetrical mouse with my left though, and do on my laptop sometimes. Keep the buttons set for right handed though.

I also hold cutlery like a right hander.
 
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