Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/12/22

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Subject: [Leica] The Hoi Polloi
From: reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid)
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 17:42:40 -0800
References: <36F5803B-4B44-411F-99F6-0103491410E1@acm.org>

> Why do non-photographers (I don?t mean LUG members who are amateurs) 
> almost always lean backwards when taking a picture?

Because they are trying to change the framing of the shot while keeping 
their view perpendicular to the viewscreen. Or in the case of some 
people I know, because they get confused about which way to tilt the 
camera to get the framing that they want, and find it easier to tilt 
their whole body.


In reply to: Message from kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner) ([Leica] The Hoi Polloi)