gilpen123
Gil
Both but over arm is more comfortable for me which leads to another question, do you focus horizontal then compose and shoot vertical?
verticals: under-arm or over-arm?
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Darshan
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I focus vertical...
Rayt
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Over arm. And I focus and find exposure first and then compose.
gilpen123
Gil
That's what I do as well.
andredossantos
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Underarm always. Just feels better to me. Never really thought about this before. Is there a right or wrong way?
paulfish4570
Veteran
Underarm, click with thumb.
Pablito
coco frío
Well, when I shoot verticals I hold the camera so when I look thru the viewfinder the short ends of the frame are at the top and at the bottom and the long ends are on the sides. This approach works with 6x6 cameras as well.
SolaresLarrave
My M5s need red dots!
Over, always and with any camera i happen to have at the moment. it irks me when i see some1 shooting underarm. looks clumsy to me.
i agree, hwvr, that over- is a bit, how to say... forceful? inconsiderate perhaps? That's why i shoot verts alone. 🙂
i agree, hwvr, that over- is a bit, how to say... forceful? inconsiderate perhaps? That's why i shoot verts alone. 🙂
pvdhaar
Peter
In general I shoot overarm..
Unless there's a flash on board. Then where I want the shadows to fall dictates how I hold the camera.
Unless there's a flash on board. Then where I want the shadows to fall dictates how I hold the camera.
When I got my M2 in 1967 this became an issue because I'm left-eyed, so I tried various ways and settled on shutter button low so as to keep from obscuring the VF with my left hand. It also makes it possible to keep both elbows in tight for more steadiness.
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Pirate
Guitar playing Fotografer
Typically, Overarm for the SLR's, Underarm for the Rangefinders. I usually wear a hat and just turn it around when I start to shoot.
ChrisPlatt
Thread Killer
Suggest you consult Abigail Van Buren.
Chris
Chris
Luddite Frank
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Depends on the camera and the circumstances...
If I'm shooting my Leica III, I nearly always have my Nikon Varifocal finder on it, and am using that to frame the shot... given that additional displacement of the camera body to the side (when held vertically), and my big schnozz, I probably wind-up shooting over-arm most of the time, so that my nose doesn't keep the camera body too far from my face/eye.
I'm right-eyed too, which also plays-in to that...
If I were left-eyed, I would probably tend to shoot under-arm, again, keeping the camera body away from my big nose...
( Come to think of it, this would go for all my eye-level finder cameras...)
I usually focus in the horizontal (relying mostly on vertical lines in the shot for RF sighting), then frame and shoot vertical... I'm not fast.
If the shot has more horizontal lines than vertical, I might focus holding camera vertical, even if I will take the shot in horizontal... depends on what makes focus easiest. Again, I'm not fast about it...
These days, if I'm shooting the Leica, I'm going for "art" or historical record, so I will take more time with the shot; I've consigned most of my casual snapshots to my "antique" digi-cam: a Canon G-1 Powershot.
Regards,
Luddite Frank
If I'm shooting my Leica III, I nearly always have my Nikon Varifocal finder on it, and am using that to frame the shot... given that additional displacement of the camera body to the side (when held vertically), and my big schnozz, I probably wind-up shooting over-arm most of the time, so that my nose doesn't keep the camera body too far from my face/eye.
I'm right-eyed too, which also plays-in to that...
If I were left-eyed, I would probably tend to shoot under-arm, again, keeping the camera body away from my big nose...
( Come to think of it, this would go for all my eye-level finder cameras...)
I usually focus in the horizontal (relying mostly on vertical lines in the shot for RF sighting), then frame and shoot vertical... I'm not fast.
If the shot has more horizontal lines than vertical, I might focus holding camera vertical, even if I will take the shot in horizontal... depends on what makes focus easiest. Again, I'm not fast about it...
These days, if I'm shooting the Leica, I'm going for "art" or historical record, so I will take more time with the shot; I've consigned most of my casual snapshots to my "antique" digi-cam: a Canon G-1 Powershot.
Regards,
Luddite Frank
The Meaness
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I use my left eye, always arm under, shutter button down.
skibeerr
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Depends, slr overarm, Fuji gw and GSW underarm because of convenient second release,
Leica depends, GX680 just the one hand p&s style.
Leica depends, GX680 just the one hand p&s style.
uhligfd
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For me it depends on where i want the lens: further to right or left, and that changes the perspective a bit in tight quarters ....
AND on the comfort of my nose: if underarm my nose hits the camera body, if overarm, it does not (right eyed shots).
So : Whatever helps the composition/view and feels comfortable.
AND on the comfort of my nose: if underarm my nose hits the camera body, if overarm, it does not (right eyed shots).
So : Whatever helps the composition/view and feels comfortable.
ktran
Established
Under, clicking with thumb, like in the period-correct Leica IIIc manual 🙂
Chris101
summicronia
I voted under, but actually it's both, as I use both hands:
jbh
Member
Right arm under with the camera body pasted on my forehead.
Mister E
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I shoot underarm except with my Ikons because I'd their goofy metering pattern. Looks like this |__ and should look like this __|. Since I can't focus with an RF overarm without blocking the finder I get irritated shooting the Ikon vertical. I always shot overarm with an SLR.
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