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Richard_D
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 Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 11:56 am Post subject: Is anyone else left eye dominant? |
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Are you left or right eye dominant?
I'm very left dominant and find using my right eye difficult, this does have the unfortunate effect of placing my nose in such a position that it sometimes hits the control pad on y D200. At least with manual focusing I don't change focus point just as I hit the shutter... 
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Jesito
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| Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 1:32 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Richard,
I'm not left eye dominant, but due to the normal loss of sigth with age, I'm unable of focusing with my rigth eye, so I'm somewhat dominated by the need of focusing with my left eye. I always use to forget this and always start looking through the viewer by the right eye first...
No much problem with the 350D, anyway.
Best regards,
Jes.
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Flor27
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| Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 1:41 pm Post subject: |
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Even if I'm right eye dominant, my nose hit some buttons on the left of my 350D back screen... 
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Riku
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| I've been trying to learn to keep both eyes open when looking through viewfinder. Harder to focus |
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LucisPictor
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| Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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No, I am right-eye-dominant.
But what I realise is that my eyesight gets fuzzy after a long shooting session. 
I seem to have difficulties then to focus without the cam with both eyes.
Since I use a magnifying eyepiece at my 350D, my nose is a little farer away from the cam than normally.
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poilu
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| Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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I am left eye dominant and focus with left eye. No problem.
It was more a problem in the army with gun, I had to use my right eye.
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Richard_D
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| Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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I wonder whether camera designers think of nose position? Or perhaps I just have a prominent proboscis 
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Nikkors: 20mm f2.8 AIS, 24mm f2.8 AIS, 28mm f2.8 AIS, 35mm f2 AIS, 50mm f1.4 AI, 50mm f1.48AI, 50m f2 AI,
55mm f3.5 AI'd, 105mm f4 AI, 135mm f2.8 AI'd, 135mm f3.5 AI'd, 200mm f4 AI'd .
Nikon E Series: 100mm f2.8 .
Soviet Nikon Mount: Zenitar 16mm f2.8, Arsat/arax/photex 85mm T&S f2.8 .
Other: Asahi Super Takumar 55 mm f2 (M42) ,Tamron 300mm f5.6 SP, Tamron 500mm f8 SP.
DSLR: Nikon D700. 35mm SLRsNikon FE, Pentax S1a.
TLR: Rolliecord II.
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Richard_D
Joined: 21 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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| poilu wrote: | I am left eye dominant and focus with left eye. No problem.
It was more a problem in the army with gun, I had to use my right eye. |
It's a good job nobody has given me a gun - even at four yards my right eye is a good foot out ( for metric neighbours: at four metres my right eye is a good third of a metre out )...
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The interesting bit:
Nikkors: 20mm f2.8 AIS, 24mm f2.8 AIS, 28mm f2.8 AIS, 35mm f2 AIS, 50mm f1.4 AI, 50mm f1.48AI, 50m f2 AI,
55mm f3.5 AI'd, 105mm f4 AI, 135mm f2.8 AI'd, 135mm f3.5 AI'd, 200mm f4 AI'd .
Nikon E Series: 100mm f2.8 .
Soviet Nikon Mount: Zenitar 16mm f2.8, Arsat/arax/photex 85mm T&S f2.8 .
Other: Asahi Super Takumar 55 mm f2 (M42) ,Tamron 300mm f5.6 SP, Tamron 500mm f8 SP.
DSLR: Nikon D700. 35mm SLRsNikon FE, Pentax S1a.
TLR: Rolliecord II.
Sub-Minature: Pentax Auto 110, 18mm f2.8, 24mm f2.8, 50mm f2.8.
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peterqd
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| Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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| LucisPictor wrote: | | Since I use a magnifying eyepiece at my 350D, my nose is a little farer away from the cam than normally. |
I was going to suggest this. You can check the list of Nikon accessories yourself, Richard, but Canon certainly make an eyepiece magnifier and also an angled eyepiece - both would keep your nose away from the buttons. But they're not cheap! There is an older Olympus OM system eyepiece magnifier which I understand fits all makes and goes relatively cheaply on Ebay.
Have you tried using the camera upside down and firing the shutter with your left thumb? |
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Richard_D
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| Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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| peterqd wrote: | | LucisPictor wrote: | | Since I use a magnifying eyepiece at my 350D, my nose is a little farer away from the cam than normally. |
I was going to suggest this. You can check the list of Nikon accessories yourself, Richard, but Canon certainly make an eyepiece magnifier and also an angled eyepiece - both would keep your nose away from the buttons. But they're not cheap! There is an older Olympus OM system eyepiece magnifier which I understand fits all makes and goes relatively cheaply on Ebay.
Have you tried using the camera upside down and firing the shutter with your left thumb? |
thanks - It's not a problem using manual focus, and only a minor occasional issue with AF, I just sometimes manage to move the focus point from centre to the left when holding in landscape format...
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The interesting bit:
Nikkors: 20mm f2.8 AIS, 24mm f2.8 AIS, 28mm f2.8 AIS, 35mm f2 AIS, 50mm f1.4 AI, 50mm f1.48AI, 50m f2 AI,
55mm f3.5 AI'd, 105mm f4 AI, 135mm f2.8 AI'd, 135mm f3.5 AI'd, 200mm f4 AI'd .
Nikon E Series: 100mm f2.8 .
Soviet Nikon Mount: Zenitar 16mm f2.8, Arsat/arax/photex 85mm T&S f2.8 .
Other: Asahi Super Takumar 55 mm f2 (M42) ,Tamron 300mm f5.6 SP, Tamron 500mm f8 SP.
DSLR: Nikon D700. 35mm SLRsNikon FE, Pentax S1a.
TLR: Rolliecord II.
Sub-Minature: Pentax Auto 110, 18mm f2.8, 24mm f2.8, 50mm f2.8.
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Flor27
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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| peterqd wrote: | | I was going to suggest this. You can check the list of Nikon accessories yourself, Richard, but Canon certainly make an eyepiece magnifier and also an angled eyepiece - both would keep your nose away from the buttons. But they're not cheap! There is an older Olympus OM system eyepiece magnifier which I understand fits all makes and goes relatively cheaply on Ebay. |
I'm using an Olympus ME-1 1.2x eyepiece magnifier on my 350D, usefull to have a largeur view forn that tiny viewfinder... Have to hack it in some way but it works.
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Jesito
Joined: 24 Aug 2007
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| Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Richard_D wrote: | | I wonder whether camera designers think of nose position? Or perhaps I just have a prominent proboscis |
If you rely on manufacturers and tell them that, probably they will include a new addon for the cams... "The nose trimmer". 
They like to satisfy market demand...
Best regards,
Jes.
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Zooms Sigma 18-200, Tamron 35-135 and 70-210 short, 70-210 long, 28-70 CF Macro (Adaptall)
Fixed CZJ Planar 50mm 1.7, Helios 44-2, Cosinon 28mm, CZJ Sonnar 135, Industar-61, Jupiter-9, Industar-50, CZJ Pancolar 50/1.8, Tamron 24mm, Tamron 135mm, Sands Hunter 135mm, Weltblick 135mm
DSLR Canon 350D, Pentax *1stDS, SIGMA SD-9
TLR/6x6/645 YashicaMat, Mamiya 645E, Petri 6x45, Nettar
SLR Minolta X300, Fuji STX II, Praktica VLC3, Pentax P30t, Pentax SF7, EXA500, EXA 1A, Spotmatic(2), Chinon CM-4S,
Rangefinders Chinon 35EE, Konica C35 auto, Olympus 35RC, Canonet 28, Yashica Lynx, FED-2, Yashica electro 35, Argus C3, Regula Cita III, Voigtlander Vitoret LR, Welta Welti-I, Argus C4, Kodak Signette 25, Zorki-4, Bessa-R
Compact Film Konica C35V, Voigtlander Vitorets, Minox 35 ML, Canon Prima Super 105
Compact Digital Caplio GX100, Aiptek Slim 3000, Canon Powershot 520
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Orio
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| Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Jesito wrote: |
If you rely on manufacturers and tell them that, probably they will include a new addon for the cams... "The nose trimmer".
Jes. |
Or perhaps a "Nose Reduction System".
Maybe they'll market the "Nose Ninja" plugin
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trypode8
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| Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 9:37 pm Post subject: The Blind |
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I was always using my right eye before using MF Lenses. But I figured that almost all my pics were defocus on my subject... 
I am wearing glasses (terrible, I can't see cleary after one meter !) and since I tried with my left eye (which is better) my results are pretty good !
I know now why we've got two eyes : the second is a remplacement to the first one if necessary ! 
So I am officialy now a left eye dominant.
Thanks God, the focusing screen of the Pentax K10D is large and bright.
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