Re: OT -- Handedness (was RE: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D))

2004-06-10 Thread D. Glenn Arthur Jr.
Treena asked: Rather less strange is that I like to fight Florentine -- with a sword in each hand. [...] but how do you swing from chandeliers with both hands full like that? I have an extraordinarily talented mouth. innocent look My, this thread took an interesting turn ...

Re: OT -- Handedness (was RE: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D))

2004-06-10 Thread Treena
I'm guessing probably not ;) [flutters eyelashes] Well, when I have three cameras with me, they each get to the end of the roll at about the same time, if that's what you're asking. ;-) But for anything other than cameras I probably turn in a more satisfying^H^H^H^Hactory

Re: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D)

2004-06-09 Thread Dario Bonazza
At the same time, I suppose. Dario I'm a weirdo. I use my right eye for video and my left eye for stills. Pfft. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps _

Re: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D)

2004-06-09 Thread Cotty
How did you know? At the same time, I suppose. Dario I'm a weirdo. I use my right eye for video and my left eye for stills. Pfft. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps _

RE: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D)

2004-06-08 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
Okay Steve, Did you make that up because you have met me? :-) I think I have some nice shots of the two of you, separately though. I will post it to you offline if they do not make a webpage, Cesar Panama City, Florida -Original Message- From: Steve Desjardins [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: OT -- Handedness (was RE: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D))

2004-06-07 Thread D. Glenn Arthur Jr.
Rather less strange is that I like to fight Florentine -- with a sword in each hand. I don't coordinate the two blades as well as I'd like (I'm not la Cuisinarte, alas); it's more that I like being able to change hands at will without having to transfer the sword from one hand to the

Re: OT -- Handedness (was RE: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D))

2004-06-07 Thread Treena
My, this thread took an interesting turn ... Does this mean you can - gasp - shoot with three cameras at once?! - Original Message - From: D. Glenn Arthur Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 9:16 PM Subject: Re: OT -- Handedness (was RE: Left eye

Re: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D)

2004-06-06 Thread Doug Franklin
On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 17:22:55 -0500, Treena wrote: I'm right-handed but left-eye dominant. It hasn't been terribly important with cameras, but on the shooting range it does make a pronounced difference. I really don't think camera-users notice it much, but when you're trying to sight down a

Re: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D)

2004-06-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Norm Baugher wrote: I'm left eyed dominant as well, as I found to my surprise, never even noticed it. I'm curious if it's 50/50 or is it predominately right-eyed? I'm left-eyed, mostly left-handed, more or less right-footed, and have mixed hemisphere-dominance (which means that despite what my

Re: OT -- Handedness of Things (was Re: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D))

2004-06-05 Thread graywolf
I think you probably hit the nail on the head there. D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote: As a leftie, I say it's not. Maybe it's just plain broken for everyone, right-handed or left-handed alike? -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html

Re: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D)

2004-06-04 Thread Rob Studdert
On 4 Jun 2004 at 10:06, Norm Baugher wrote: I'm left eyed dominant as well, as I found to my surprise, never even noticed it. I'm curious if it's 50/50 or is it predominately right-eyed? Norm I don't know about the norm (har) but I was very right eye/right hand dominant until I suffered lens

Re: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D)

2004-06-04 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sat, 5 Jun 2004, Rob Studdert wrote: Out of interest the following article tends to dispel the concept of eye dominance: I shoot equally badly with either eye. Kostas

Re: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D)

2004-06-04 Thread Norm Baugher
Yeah, but it still doesn't explain when the eye ~centers~ on something. Norm Rob Studdert wrote: I don't know about the norm (har) but I was very right eye/right hand dominant until I suffered lens damage a few years back which made accurate focussing impossible. The switch to the left eye was

RE: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D)

2004-06-04 Thread Malcolm Smith
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: I shoot equally badly with either eye. Hey! I resemble that remark! I know I favour my right eye, but this demands a test. What if I take better photographs with my left eye(?)another sleepless night ahead :-) Malcolm

Re: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D)

2004-06-04 Thread Bob W
Hi, Friday, June 4, 2004, 4:06:30 PM, Norm wrote: I'm left eyed dominant as well, as I found to my surprise, never even noticed it. I'm curious if it's 50/50 or is it predominately right-eyed? Norm I always used my left eye until I bought my first Leica M. It was quick and easy to start

Re: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D)

2004-06-04 Thread Paul Stenquist
I used my right eye for twenty five years until it became so far sighted that it couldn't focus. Then I learned to use my left eye, which happens to be near sighted, with my LX and 67. I sometimes had to wear a patch on my right eye or put my thumb over it to keep it closed. Then I bought the

Re: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D)

2004-06-04 Thread Treena
as with point-n-shoot viewfinders. (I had to learn to shoot left-handed, too. I'm too near-sighted in my right eye to make it work!) - Original Message - From: Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 1:30 PM Subject: Re: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D) Unless

RE: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D)

2004-06-04 Thread Trevor Bailey
Christian wrote:. what's really difficult for me is that I am right handed, but because of my left eye dominance I have to shoot rifles left handed which becomes very awkward. G'day. My mate lost his right eye to a magpie attack a few years ago. He, like me shoot Full-bore rifles in

Re: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D)

2004-06-04 Thread David Mann
On Jun 5, 2004, at 3:06 AM, Norm Baugher wrote: I'm left eyed dominant as well, as I found to my surprise, never even noticed it. I'm curious if it's 50/50 or is it predominately right-eyed? I shoot with my left eye... not for any particular reason. Sometimes if the sun is annoying me or I'm

Re: Left eye dominant (was Papa-D)

2004-06-04 Thread David Mann
On Jun 5, 2004, at 9:03 AM, Bob W wrote: What I don't get on with are cameras with important controls on the back. My nose gets in the way. The Z-1p is annoying in that regard. My nose is always hitting the exposure compensation or meter mode buttons. Cheers, - Dave