Re: [Leica] Re: Dominent bow eye & camera eye different -- is that weird?

[Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au>]

Ted, so your advice is blind yourself or wear a patch ;-0

cheers
On Friday, Apr 18, 2003, at 12:17 Australia/Melbourne, Ted Grant wrote:

> Well lads I've always been left eye dominant... the only one I see by! 
> :-)
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> There was sight there at one time but it just deteriorated and today 
> it's
> merely a very weak scene.  However, as many think seeing with only one 
> eye
> is a handicap it's far from it and for a photographer can be a great 
> asset!
> Why?
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> Well I see the world as the camera sees it, 2 dementional and if you 
> don't
> think that's an asset, let alone an advantage over all good sight two 
> eyed
> folks, you're sadly mistaken. It's a huge advantage because we don't 
> have to
> deal with the three D effect at everything you folks look at.
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> Let's say my condition unfortunately was hell when driving stock cars,
> midgets and sprints many years ago as there's many a driver who had a 
> good
> whack in the ass going into a corner because he backed off too soon 
> and I
> went charging into the corner with no fear! ;-)
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> Tom Abrahamsson's Rapidwinder was the best thing that ever happened to 
> me as
> a left eyed M shooter, sure I had purchased three Leica M motor 
> winders over
> the years and sold them all, junk equipment! Well I sold two, gave the 
> last
> one away to an unsuspecting M user, however he thought it was great. 
> :-)
>
> Dominant eye was obviously the left eye without a problem. On the 
> rifle team
> throughout high school and eventually in my armoured Regiment I held 
> the
> highest marksmanship honours for many years, yep and deadly at a 1000 
> yards!
> :-) Gotta tell you, that one eye is beauty! :-)
>
> And without question, has aided my ability to see and capture the
> photographic moments I have for over a half century as a professional
> photojournalist.
>
> There you go eh? ;-)
> ted
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Alastair

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