which eye?

[mattias]

since you usually close the other eye (unless you shoot from the shoulder i guess), i don't think it matters if it's the leading eye or not. i use my left eye with still cameras, because it's my leading eye and it "feels better" since i usually stand with my left foot forward, but i use my right eye on most movie cameras because of ergonomics.

/matt

[redrice]

this is an offshoot of the still camera post, that ran and ran...


i'm now the proud owner of an old Zeiss 1950s SLR, but i need to get a dioptric (sp?) eye piece fitted to be able to use it properly. since my eyes have very different prescriptions, i need to choose ONE eye to work with using that camera.

so which eye should i choose?

and is this just a question of ergonomics, or is it more important than that?

so i'm curious to know: when you shoot stills or super 8:

1. do you always have the same eye to the viewfinder?
2. if so, which eye is it, and why?

a friend told me a while ago that for every person one eye is the 'leading' eye, and the other just follows. i forget the details, but it made me thing that the leading eye was the one a cinematographer should use. however, the simple test he gave me to work out which was my lead eye didn't produce conclusive results when i did it. so i'm back at square one on that one...

any advice, anecdotes, or extravagant theories to help me get my head around this would be very welcome!

TIA:

peter

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