Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/01

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Subject: RE: [Leica] M6 improvements?
From: "Lee, Ken" <ken.lee@hbc.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 09:07:39 -0400

That is a very good point!  I too am left eyed which is probably why the
shutter release is on to most of the time, regardless of camera used.  If
the shutter is on the bottom, I am holding the camera in my left hand an it
is not comfortable for me.

Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Michael Volow [SMTP:mvolo@acpub.duke.edu]
> Sent:	Wednesday, September 30, 1998 10:10 PM
> To:	Lee, Ken
> Cc:	'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'
> Subject:	RE: [Leica] M6 improvements?
> 
> Which way  one turns the camera for vertical shooting depends somewhat
> on whether one is left-eyed or right-eyed. I view through my left 
> eye exclusively, so that the viewfinder is over my left eye and the 
> remainder of the camera body is against my forehead and the shutter is on 
> top. However, if I were right-eyed, I would hold the shutter end of the 
> camera in my right palm, and keep the view finder end of the camera on 
> top.
> 
> Michael Volow (mvolo@acpub.duke.edu)
> Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC
> 919 286 0411 Ext 6933
>