Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Paul Fjelstad wrote: > > This is really basic, about the most basic technique question I can imagine: > Which eye(s) do you employ when you use your M? > Hi Paul. I'm a left eye shooter, for the reasons you mentioned - so that I can look through the viewfinder without closing the right eye, it being blocked by the back of the camera. If I try using the right eye, I have the problem of two differently magnified images, ie, normal and 0.72 or 0.85 (with M's). I am shortsighted and since I bought a diopter correction lens I've noticed its much easier to shoot right eyed. The reason is that with glasses off, the eye looking throug the viewfinder gets a clear image while the uncorrected eye still has a blurry image. The brain selects the clear image and thus it is easy to shoot right eyed. And one still gets the advantage of the 'eye out in the open' perspective of what's going on (albeit a bit blurry). I have a question also, for left eye shooters using chrome bodies. Does the reflectiveness of the chrome top cause a problem to an open right eye, versus a black body with its low reflection? Regards Rick Dykstra