Which eye do you use?

[Ron Klutts]

When you hold a DSLR up to your eye, do you use the left or right eye?

I'm a right eye guy, as it always seemed too awkward to have my right hand that far to the left of my face. Also I can keep my left eye open and follow the action outside of the viewfinder and see something else to shoot.

Ron

[Thomas von Hassel]

Right eye to the viewfinder. But mostly because i can't close my right eye independently ;)

/thomas

[Rik Jones]

Never really thought of that before. I shoot with my right eye, but wonder if it has anything to do with which hand you are or not. The reason I say that is in the Marines, as a left hander I had the option to shoot left handed and use my left eye, but I always preferred to shoot right handed and use my right eye.

Sort of similar in the sense of having your right hand cross your face or remain off to the side. I am sure there is some psychological study on this somewhere.

[Ron Klutts]

Or maybe it's the dominant eye thing that causes people to cross the right hand over the face. Why have the right eye blocked by the hand if I can use the right eye for the view finder and then have the left available to still look around?

[Rik Jones]

So you are suggesting that Camera design has influenced this? I still have to bank on the gun thing. That has been around for eons. The shutter/trigger finger is on the right cheek, like the stock on a gun. I think it would be Lefties that would have the desire to shoot from the left eye more. However, as to my response to your point, they don't develop a "Left-handed" camera in the SLR space. For something like a Mamiya however, that could employ either eye I suppose.

[Ron Klutts]

I wasn't suggesting that camera design influenced it, but now that you mention it I'd say so. It just seemed to be the only way to fit my face comfortably up against the eyepiece was to use the right eye. I saw a pic of someone using their left eye and it got me thinking how many people do it and why.

Ron

[Rik Jones]

its all so very kookie! :-)

[Shawn King]

Right.

[Ron Klutts]

Good, another righty! Do you ever open the left eye to see what's happening around you as you shoot?

[Shawn King]

Always!

[John]

so automatic I never really thought about it till now but yeah, right eye. Which brings up another similar subject, How come they dont' make(or do they) Left handed camera's???? Not just for lefties, but would come in handy for taking photos when your riding on a motorcycle so you don't have to take your right hand off the throttle

[Jesse]

left eye!

[Jeff Lafrenz]

I am a right eye shooter. Never gave it much thought before. I also rotate my camera for portrait shots so that my shutter release is toward the ground and not the sky.