Which eye do you shoot with?

[rpt]

Left eye. I'm heavily left eye dominant but right handed. Works for cameras but not too much for that other type of shooting

Not the only good reason to stick to camera's

That is amazing. My (air) gun shooting eye is the right eye. I guess it defaults to that as I rest the butt against my right shoulder...

 

[RLPhoto]

To the OP, make this a poll. I'd like to see the stats on this.

 

[gary samples]

I'm left handed and shoot with my right eye but left eye dominant it's a more comfortable hold on the camera for me

 

[Skirball]

Wait what? I put it on live view and hold the camera out in front of me at full arms length.

 

[Runibl]

I'm right handed and use left eye when shooting with the camera.
Although always used my right eye for archery and such.

 

[G650ER]

Left. Sometimes I have my right eye open depending on what i'm shooting.

 

[SiliconVoid]

Technically both, as I do not close my other eye - but in typical posture and situation it is my right eye at the viewfinder..
=)

 

[Schruminator]

Alright, I've tacked on a poll. Good to see I'm not the only odd one that uses his left eye!

 

[applecider]

Left eye at VF. R handed

I was strongly right eye dominant and had a profession where I used monocular scopes with the right eye (now retired). Also used to use the right eye to look through the VF I've since gone mostly blind in the right eye and have of necessity become left eye dominant.

I am surprised at how many here on poll are shooting with left eyes.. maybe it is an artistic thing.

 

[Click]

Right eye.

 

[expatinasia]

Right eye.

For those that shoot with their left eye, don't your noses have a tendency to hit some of the controls?

As I shoot with my right eye, My nose just messes up the lcd screen.

 

[aroo]

This thread is so interesting -- I've always thought myself some kind of freak for using my left eye since the camera does seem to be designed for the right. Never would have expected to be in the majority on this (at the moment, the poll shows twice as many lefts as rights)! I write right handed, play most sports lefty, and can comfortably use either hand in most situations.

 

[rpt]

Shoot with left eye . . . literally.

Used to drive my grandfather crazy that I'd pull up a .22 and rock my head across it to aim (right-handed).

Good lord! And you did not hurt your neck? You must have a very supple neck.

 

[Jeremy]

I usually leave both eyes open. I was taught to shoot an M-16 this way in boot camp. You keep both eyes open so you can see what else might be coming. I guess it works well for cameras too. Though, as a left-eye photographer, I see very little from my right eye (too much camera in the way).

 

[mb66energy]

Always right eye for view finder
Always left eye open to see what (or who) is going on

Only one severe problem with this procedure:
During a solar eclipse in 1999 I used a 600mm lens WITH FILTER to observe
the sun and its corona. After the total eclipse I have remarked the dangerous
situation for my LEFT eye (open as always) after several seconds and
had a black spot for several weeks (luckily it was off center of my personal
image field!).

 

[BumpyMunky]

Right eye in VF, but both eyes open.

Right handed. Golf, baseball, tennis right handed, but hockey left handed. Mostly with both eyes open too.

 

[insanitybeard]

Unless I'm using live view, I always use my right eye. Why? Force of habit I guess, but using my left eye would just not feel natural nor balanced. And also because my vision is better in my right eye than my left.

 

[Runibl]

Right eye.

For those that shoot with their left eye, don't your noses have a tendency to hit some of the controls?

As I shoot with my right eye, My nose just messes up the lcd screen.

Generally no. But since getting my new camera, I have twice turned on live view with my nose

I'm gonna see if I can teach myself to use right eye. There are a few advantages with using the right eye, that I would love to get.

 

[TotoEC]

I shoot with my creative eye ..

 

[nda]

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