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Tentacle wrote:
I'll help you out here Emile...
THIS ISN'T ABOUT LEFT- OR RIGHT HANDEDNESS
Sorry Had to get that off my chest.
It is in fact about left- or right footedness. Why? Read on...
It has to do with body stance. The terminology comes from boarding, be it snow-, surf- or skateboarding. If you're "regular" it means you put your left foot in front on a board. If you take a stable stance to take a shot, you do the same, left foot in front. The opposite is called "goofy" among boarders, when you put your right foot in front first.
The foot you use to kick a ball with is usually your back foot. So your dominant foot dictates which leg you put in front if you take a stable stance.
If you take a regular stance, it puts your left foot in front. The rest of your body follows. Left hip, left shoulder, left arm are all ahead of your right side. This means your camera isn't directly in front of you, but it sits to your left, in relation to your upper body. Using your left eye is a much easier fit, your head doesn't have to rotate as much as you'd have to do with your right eye.
So, I'm right handed, right footed, regular stance, right eye dominant, and I put my left eye to the viewfinder. Why? Because that's the best fit. ...Show more →
Dang, so I'm actually normal. That ain't fun.
BTW - shooting whatever I shoot, including wildlife, I have no problem with viewing the scene with my right eye. Just meaning to say: for wildlife shooting, or whatever shooting, it's absolutely not necessary to use your right eye to look through the VF. And yes, I'm shooting with a massive 1D as well. My right eye sits above camera level. Granted: I might not be able to see what's going on say one meter in front of me but trust me: in Africa, where I love to shoot wildlife, you'll be running long before it gets that close
Edited on Apr 05, 2008 at 12:31 PM
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