Comments on: More People Use Their Right Eye than Left When Taking Photos

By: MooCow

MooCow — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:29:32 +0000

Yep, I’m with Mantis, my thumb doesn’t jump and I suspect it’s a combination of what you first did which is informed by what feels natural – i.e. which eye is dominant. I’m right-handed but left-eyed /

I’d like to get them lasered one day, so wonder if that will change things…

By: Oswaldo Mier y Teran

Oswaldo Mier y Teran — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:16:24 +0000

I use always my left eye because i can´t see with my rigth eye. I had an an accident many years ago. For me is very easy shoot with my left eye.

By: peter82

peter82 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:13:50 +0000

I’m right handed but can’t close my left eye while clicking…. I guess that forcibly closing my left eye is not a natural way of photography… Maybe I should try and practise clicking with my left eye as I’m able to close my right eye naturally. Please suggest.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:52:46 +0000

I’m a lefty and I use my left eye, but it’s not so much for the reason that I’m left handed as it is because I can’t close my left eye by itself. I suspect this is genetic, like the ability to curl your tongue. I am only able to use the right eye if I leave both eyes open. Also, as a lefty, I have no problem using the camera. Most equipment (of any kind) is right handed so I would bet most lefty’s are somewhat ambidextrous.

By: lyn

lyn — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:53:49 +0000

i use my left eye but i dont have prob useing left or right but i manly shoot with left eye. most of you sound like you are males sorry

By: 08bill

08bill — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:58:51 +0000

I shot with my left eye, I stand with my left side sideways looking at my subject I feel it gives me better balance, your body is not moving, if you shot with right eye you are up on your toes or back on you heals moving back and forth you don’t have very good balance.

By: Vincentfong

Vincentfong — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:32:48 +0000

Most of my friends are using left eye when taken the shot even they are not left handed. I think is just a habit of their own. I am a right eye shooter, i found out by using right eye is more advantage than using left eye. When I start shooting, I put the view finder on my right eye, then I open both eyes, I use my left eye to located the shooting target. I found out that, by using this technique, i can located my target much more faster and accurate specially when i using my zoom lens. But i using the left eye on viewfinder, i cannot use my right eye to located the target and have to use the viewfinder, i quite difficult for my to find the target some time. Ya, if using the left eye, my nose always touch the screen on the back, the oily nose will always leave mark on the screen, is really annoying when i want to review back the photos. So, try out by using the right eye for shooting, sure you will feel the different. (for those left eye user).

just my point of view

By: Ruby

Ruby — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:50:48 +0000

I shoot with my left eye because I am left dominant everything except my hands where I’m ambidextrous but prefer my right hand for writing.

By: stve

stve — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:05:14 +0000

i am ambi & use my left eye theres a great technique for left eyed shooters that enables me to get pictures in low light at long shutter speeds. I saw it on Joe McNallys website
http://www.joemcnally.com/blog/category/videos/
You stand with your left shoulder in front & jam the camera against the shoulder & your left hand grabs your right wrist, Works great it’s as if all my lens have VR

By: jody

jody — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:57:35 +0000

I am left eyed and it sucks with my Canon 350D because my nose is forever hitting the little button and turning the timer on! Am trying to teach myself to use my right eye, but it is not easy.