vincentbenoit
télémétrique argentique
Hey M3 owners, I have a 2 euro cent question for you: do you find the 0.91x viewfinder to be close enough to life-size magnification for the camera to be used with both eyes open?
Cheers
Vincent
Cheers
Vincent
FrankS
Registered User
Since I am a left-eye shooter, I would be looking at the back of the camera. Sorry, can't help you.
Yes, takes some getting used to, but yes. I should also mention that I don't do it in practice, or perhaps I should say only in practice I have done it.
You have to switch eyes Frankie.
That is why I don't do it in use though, left eyed.
That is why I don't do it in use though, left eyed.
JoeFriday
Agent Provacateur
for the little time that I had my M3 in hand before sending it off to be CLA'd, I had a problem going Two-Eyed.. but I'm sure you get used to it
it reminds me of a summer when I was in college.. I lost one of my contact lenses and couldn't afford to replace it (disposable lenses were still years from being introduced, and lenses routinely cost about $100 each).. and I didn't have glasses at the time.. so I went two full months with only one contact.. keep in mind that I can't see a damn thing without corrective eyewear.. but after a day or two, I got very used to using the corrected eye most of the time.. however, my near vision is better without glasses or contacts, so I would switch to the uncorrected eye to read
so I expect that shooting both eyes open entails using the right eye in the viewfinder as the dominant eye, and the left eye just follows the action
it reminds me of a summer when I was in college.. I lost one of my contact lenses and couldn't afford to replace it (disposable lenses were still years from being introduced, and lenses routinely cost about $100 each).. and I didn't have glasses at the time.. so I went two full months with only one contact.. keep in mind that I can't see a damn thing without corrective eyewear.. but after a day or two, I got very used to using the corrected eye most of the time.. however, my near vision is better without glasses or contacts, so I would switch to the uncorrected eye to read
so I expect that shooting both eyes open entails using the right eye in the viewfinder as the dominant eye, and the left eye just follows the action
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FrankS
Registered User
I can't switch. My right eye has uncorrectable deficiencies. Slightly off topic, I know of a woman who wears contact lenses. One corrects for distance viewing, the other for close-up.
dreilly
Chillin' in Geneva
I've just had mine a few days, as well. I've tried two eyes. No problems in term of my brain fusing the images. But, I tend to really lose the RF patch unless it's one something with high constrast. But for framing, it seems to work, and it's kind of cool, too.
Yes you can, no I don't. I do not use my 1x finders with two eyes. The S2 is good for that, and the patch looks like it is floating in 3-D. The M3 is close.
hoot
green behind the ears
Oddly enough, it works for me when I shoot the camera horizontally, but not vertically.
furcafe
Veteran
Yes, I can & do. I usually focus w/my left eye closed, but open it while framing. I often do the same thing w/lower magnification cameras (e.g., 0.72 M7, Contax IIa, etc.).
Biber
Established
I have both eyes open on my .72x M6/M4P so the M3 should be good too. 
vincentbenoit
télémétrique argentique
I've tried to shoot with both eyes open on my 0.7x Bessa, I can focus but can't frame accurately enough.Biber said:I have both eyes open on my .72x M6/M4P so the M3 should be good too.![]()
vincentbenoit
télémétrique argentique
... or makes eye contact with the subject (when shooting people up close).JoeFriday said:so I expect that shooting both eyes open entails using the right eye in the viewfinder as the dominant eye, and the left eye just follows the action
JoeFriday
Agent Provacateur
so the moral is, don't do it in NYC? 
vincentbenoit
télémétrique argentique
Huh? Sorry, didn't get it.JoeFriday said:so the moral is, don't do it in NYC?![]()
hoot
green behind the ears
I think our mutual friend is referring to accepted practice on the New York subway.
Toby
On the alert
I don't really understand the benefit if photos are 2D surely one eye is plenty. Will someone please explain? I thought the increased viewfinder magnification was to help with long lenses, at least that's my current spurious reason for wanting an R3a...
furcafe
Veteran
The benefit of using both eyes is that you can take advantage of your entire field of vision & thus see things outside of the camera's framelines/VF before they come into view of the lens.
Toby said:I don't really understand the benefit if photos are 2D surely one eye is plenty. Will someone please explain? I thought the increased viewfinder magnification was to help with long lenses, at least that's my current spurious reason for wanting an R3a...
dreilly
Chillin' in Geneva
The other benefit, from the point of view of someone who enjoyed TLR photography for the interaction it allows with the subject (face to face), is that both-eyed viewing makes you seem a little less like a sniper at a gun-sight 
jdos2
Well-known
I can, I don't.
Another vote for the Nikon rangefinders for that- the S2 was perfect.
Voigtlander sold a finder (have one!) that is nothing but a masked bright frame. One keeps both eyes open, the framelines appear to float. Nice. I don't use it much.
Another vote for the Nikon rangefinders for that- the S2 was perfect.
Voigtlander sold a finder (have one!) that is nothing but a masked bright frame. One keeps both eyes open, the framelines appear to float. Nice. I don't use it much.
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