Correct way to look through the RF viewfinder?

[eric]

I usually stick my face right up against the back of the cameras but I notice, that I can see the rangefinder spot if I don't do that. If I leave a little space between my ugly face and the back of the camera, I can see a little better at the little focus square. I like it against the camera so I can steady it a little better.

What's your method?

 

[FrankS]

Eric, you could always hold the camera a bit away to focus, and then press it against your face to take the shot. I'm left-eyed, so my nose is always against the camera back. 🙂

 

[payasam]

You need to focus accurately and you need to hold the camera steady when you release the shutter. Do as Frank says. Noses don't get permanently squashed.

 

[Pherdinand]

a squinty finder like one on the contax, kiev, will force you to look correctly i.e. how it was designed to be looked through. I guess that's the only positive about these finders 😀

 

[ClaremontPhoto]

I'm trying to use right eye view and left eye open technique.

 

[ErnestoJL]

With the exception of the Contax and Kiev, which forces you to place your eye very close to the finder, all other cameras I´ve tried had slight differences in design. For any one I found a slightly different placing of my eye trying to see the RF patch.
Fortunately I´m right eyed, so for shooting my nose helps to place camera in the right position, however it´s allways a bit apart from my face. I thought if a small piece of rigid foam stuck to the back of the 👎ER case would help.
IMO every one should find the way it works for him/her.

Ernesto

 

[FrankS]

I thought if a small piece of rigid foam stuck to the back of the 👎ER case would help.

Hey, that's a way better idea than sticking the foam to your cheek to help brace the camera to your face. 😉

 

[Kat]

I can't seem to take a picture with both eyes open...

 

[GeneW]

Hey, that's a way better idea than sticking the foam to your cheek to help brace the camera to your face. 😉

Make it velcro and you'll never need a tripod 😀

Gene

 

[popitz]

I can't seem to take a picture with both eyes open...

Try it on a camera with a 1:1 viewfinder, like the Canon P, and you'd find it very easy.

 

[James Burton]

Try it on a camera with a 1:1 viewfinder, like the Canon P, and you'd find it very easy.

Jeez, I do that with my SLR.

James