Has anyone experience this?

rustynail925 · 01-11-2010, 02:24 AM

Last two weeks ago i went w/ my relatives to my uncle's farm and i took about more or less 500 pics in a day. In that evening I notice that my right eye is aching and it felt dizzy. Maybe i spent to long looking at the viewfinder.. I also experience this last week and it sucks. Has anyone experience that? what techniques/ methods can be used to avoid the situation again?

wlachan · 01-11-2010, 02:35 AM

I have noticed long ago that my left eye often seem OOF afterward because I "squeezed" it too hard when my right eye was looking through the vf, but my right eye never had any issue. However, I remember there was a famous press photographer in hk had one eye blinded after shooting for so many years, according to his own word.

rustynail925 · 01-11-2010, 03:04 AM

Originally posted by wlachan

However, I remember there was a famous press photographer in hk had one eye blinded after shooting for so many years, according to his own word.

Whow thats pretty scary.. Thx for the heads up..
Right now i sometimes use my left eye to look in the VF.

Reportage · 01-11-2010, 07:43 AM

shoot with both eyes open...took me years to break the habit of shooting with one eye closed.

rustynail925 · 01-11-2010, 07:58 AM

Yeah what a good timing. A few minutes ago I was scanning some movies on my WDTV and stumbled on the movie Midnight Meat Train and saw he had both his eyes open. Im gonna try that next time and see if it works out.

Ratmagiclady · 01-11-2010, 08:32 AM

You might also consider an eye exam: your eye might actually be straining over a little astigmatism without you even realizing it: perhaps even pushing the viewfinder against your face too hard, which could add up after a long day's shooting. The pain might actually be the muscles which focus your eye. (Keeping both eyes open most of the time while shooting is not only good for your awareness of what's going on around you, it'll also probably give some relief.)

I had a little teeny such astigmatism for a very long time, since I was quite young: my eyesight was actually excellent, but I'd still find myself blinking a a whole lot by the end of a given day: because the 'focusing muscles' were working so hard. It was only in recent years I've actually gotten the right prescription. Now I wear these glasses to keep my eyes rested, and push them out of the way to shoot. If I don't wear them, they get tired in a hurry cause of other health issues.

You might just have a similar little eye problem that's just too small to notice most of the time, such that you only notice after a long day's shooting.

Come to think of it, could your diopter setting have gotten moved accidentally? It could even be that simple.

**Lowell Goudge** · 01-11-2010, 08:47 AM

Originally posted by Ratmagiclady

You might also consider an eye exam: your eye might actually be straining over a little astigmatism without you even realizing it: perhaps even pushing the viewfinder against your face too hard, which could add up after a long day's shooting. The pain might actually be the muscles which focus your eye. (Keeping both eyes open most of the time while shooting is not only good for your awareness of what's going on around you, it'll also probably give some relief.)

I had a little teeny such astigmatism for a very long time, since I was quite young: my eyesight was actually excellent, but I'd still find myself blinking a a whole lot by the end of a given day: because the 'focusing muscles' were working so hard. It was only in recent years I've actually gotten the right prescription. Now I wear these glasses to keep my eyes rested, and push them out of the way to shoot. If I don't wear them, they get tired in a hurry cause of other health issues.

You might just have a similar little eye problem that's just too small to notice most of the time, such that you only notice after a long day's shooting.

Come to think of it, could your diopter setting have gotten moved accidentally? It could even be that simple.

I would agree

I have worn glasses for years, and I find as my perscription drifts I get headaches around my eyes. This could also suggest that your diopter is not correctly set on your camera and you are straining to focus

Pentaxor · 01-11-2010, 08:48 AM

Originally posted by rustynail925

Last two weeks ago i went w/ my relatives to my uncle's farm and i took about more or less 500 pics in a day. In that evening I notice that my right eye is aching and it felt dizzy. Maybe i spent to long looking at the viewfinder.. I also experience this last week and it sucks. Has anyone experience that? what techniques/ methods can be used to avoid the situation again?

techniques? use your left eye !

seriously, I had experienced this. possibilities vary but one of the most common causes is eye fatigue. one is dry eyes (forgot the medical term for it) but can be solved by using some eye drops.

rustynail925 · 01-11-2010, 08:50 AM

Originally posted by Ratmagiclady

You might also consider an eye exam: your eye might actually be straining over a little astigmatism without you even realizing it: perhaps even pushing the viewfinder against your face too hard, which could add up after a long day's shooting. The pain might actually be the muscles which focus your eye. (Keeping both eyes open most of the time while shooting is not only good for your awareness of what's going on around you, it'll also probably give some relief.)

I had a little teeny such astigmatism for a very long time, since I was quite young: my eyesight was actually excellent, but I'd still find myself blinking a a whole lot by the end of a given day: because the 'focusing muscles' were working so hard. It was only in recent years I've actually gotten the right prescription. Now I wear these glasses to keep my eyes rested, and push them out of the way to shoot. If I don't wear them, they get tired in a hurry cause of other health issues.

You might just have a similar little eye problem that's just too small to notice most of the time, such that you only notice after a long day's shooting.

Come to think of it, could your diopter setting have gotten moved accidentally? It could even be that simple.

I do have eyeglasses b4 but dont wear them now.
I guess I close my other eye way to much just to have a clearer view in the VF and I do push my eye too much in the VF. Thx for the advice

attack11 · 01-11-2010, 08:53 AM

Originally posted by rustynail925

Last two weeks ago i went w/ my relatives to my uncle's farm and i took about more or less 500 pics in a day. In that evening I notice that my right eye is aching and it felt dizzy. Maybe i spent to long looking at the viewfinder.. I also experience this last week and it sucks. Has anyone experience that? what techniques/ methods can be used to avoid the situation again?

don't close your other eye. takes practice, but it's how you're supposed to look through microscopes, etc.

**Ahab** · 01-11-2010, 08:55 AM

Originally posted by Reportage

shoot with both eyes open...took me years to break the habit of shooting with one eye closed.

This is true and also pertains to shooting a firearm.

MRRiley · 01-11-2010, 09:06 AM

You need to go get an eye exam....

I sometimes shoot a couple of thousand shots in a day at the race track and have never experienced something like that. I do shoot with both eyes open but doubt that has anything to do with it (unless its a muscle issue maybe).

Mike

Clicker · 01-11-2010, 09:13 AM

On a serious note go have your eyes fully checked by either an optometrist or ophthalmologist, eye symptoms are sometimes the indicator to something wrong with your brain.

rustynail925 · 01-11-2010, 11:56 AM

Originally posted by MRRiley

I sometimes shoot a couple of thousand shots in a day at the race track and have never experienced something like that. I do shoot with both eyes open but doubt that has anything to do with it (unless its a muscle issue maybe).

Mike

Which eye do you use in the vf?

I tried earlier both eyes open and cant see the vf well when using the right eye, Im seeing double.. The left eye is ok

atupdate · 01-11-2010, 12:16 PM

Originally posted by rustynail925

Which eye do you use in the vf?

I tried earlier both eyes open and cant see the vf well when using the right eye, Im seeing double.. The left eye is ok

This probably means that you are left eye dominate. I am and I use my left eye to focus and leave my right eye open.

Tim

01-11-2010, 02:24 AM	#1
rustynail925 Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Philippines Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,551	Has anyone experience this? Last two weeks ago i went w/ my relatives to my uncle's farm and i took about more or less 500 pics in a day. In that evening I notice that my right eye is aching and it felt dizzy. Maybe i spent to long looking at the viewfinder.. I also experience this last week and it sucks. Has anyone experience that? what techniques/ methods can be used to avoid the situation again?

01-11-2010, 09:13 AM	#13
Clicker Veteran Member Join Date: May 2008 Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,241	taking shots like this may have induced the headache? On a serious note go have your eyes fully checked by either an optometrist or ophthalmologist, eye symptoms are sometimes the indicator to something wrong with your brain.

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01-11-2010, 02:35 AM	#2
wlachan Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Canada Photos: Albums Posts: 2,625	I have noticed long ago that my left eye often seem OOF afterward because I "squeezed" it too hard when my right eye was looking through the vf, but my right eye never had any issue. However, I remember there was a famous press photographer in hk had one eye blinded after shooting for so many years, according to his own word.

01-11-2010, 03:04 AM	#3
rustynail925 Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Philippines Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,551 Original Poster	Originally posted by wlachan However, I remember there was a famous press photographer in hk had one eye blinded after shooting for so many years, according to his own word. Whow thats pretty scary.. Thx for the heads up.. Right now i sometimes use my left eye to look in the VF.

01-11-2010, 07:43 AM	#4
Reportage Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Photos: Gallery Posts: 739	shoot with both eyes open...took me years to break the habit of shooting with one eye closed.

01-11-2010, 07:58 AM	#5
rustynail925 Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Philippines Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,551 Original Poster	Yeah what a good timing. A few minutes ago I was scanning some movies on my WDTV and stumbled on the movie Midnight Meat Train and saw he had both his eyes open. Im gonna try that next time and see if it works out.

01-11-2010, 08:32 AM	#6
Ratmagiclady Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: GA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 13,563	You might also consider an eye exam: your eye might actually be straining over a little astigmatism without you even realizing it: perhaps even pushing the viewfinder against your face too hard, which could add up after a long day's shooting. The pain might actually be the muscles which focus your eye. (Keeping both eyes open most of the time while shooting is not only good for your awareness of what's going on around you, it'll also probably give some relief.) I had a little teeny such astigmatism for a very long time, since I was quite young: my eyesight was actually excellent, but I'd still find myself blinking a a whole lot by the end of a given day: because the 'focusing muscles' were working so hard. It was only in recent years I've actually gotten the right prescription. Now I wear these glasses to keep my eyes rested, and push them out of the way to shoot. If I don't wear them, they get tired in a hurry cause of other health issues. You might just have a similar little eye problem that's just too small to notice most of the time, such that you only notice after a long day's shooting. Come to think of it, could your diopter setting have gotten moved accidentally? It could even be that simple.

01-11-2010, 08:47 AM	#7
Lowell Goudge Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Toronto Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 17,888	Originally posted by Ratmagiclady You might also consider an eye exam: your eye might actually be straining over a little astigmatism without you even realizing it: perhaps even pushing the viewfinder against your face too hard, which could add up after a long day's shooting. The pain might actually be the muscles which focus your eye. (Keeping both eyes open most of the time while shooting is not only good for your awareness of what's going on around you, it'll also probably give some relief.) I had a little teeny such astigmatism for a very long time, since I was quite young: my eyesight was actually excellent, but I'd still find myself blinking a a whole lot by the end of a given day: because the 'focusing muscles' were working so hard. It was only in recent years I've actually gotten the right prescription. Now I wear these glasses to keep my eyes rested, and push them out of the way to shoot. If I don't wear them, they get tired in a hurry cause of other health issues. You might just have a similar little eye problem that's just too small to notice most of the time, such that you only notice after a long day's shooting. Come to think of it, could your diopter setting have gotten moved accidentally? It could even be that simple. I would agree I have worn glasses for years, and I find as my perscription drifts I get headaches around my eyes. This could also suggest that your diopter is not correctly set on your camera and you are straining to focus

01-11-2010, 08:48 AM	#8
Pentaxor Veteran Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,513	Originally posted by rustynail925 Last two weeks ago i went w/ my relatives to my uncle's farm and i took about more or less 500 pics in a day. In that evening I notice that my right eye is aching and it felt dizzy. Maybe i spent to long looking at the viewfinder.. I also experience this last week and it sucks. Has anyone experience that? what techniques/ methods can be used to avoid the situation again? techniques? use your left eye ! seriously, I had experienced this. possibilities vary but one of the most common causes is eye fatigue. one is dry eyes (forgot the medical term for it) but can be solved by using some eye drops.

01-11-2010, 08:50 AM	#9
rustynail925 Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Philippines Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,551 Original Poster	Originally posted by Ratmagiclady You might also consider an eye exam: your eye might actually be straining over a little astigmatism without you even realizing it: perhaps even pushing the viewfinder against your face too hard, which could add up after a long day's shooting. The pain might actually be the muscles which focus your eye. (Keeping both eyes open most of the time while shooting is not only good for your awareness of what's going on around you, it'll also probably give some relief.) I had a little teeny such astigmatism for a very long time, since I was quite young: my eyesight was actually excellent, but I'd still find myself blinking a a whole lot by the end of a given day: because the 'focusing muscles' were working so hard. It was only in recent years I've actually gotten the right prescription. Now I wear these glasses to keep my eyes rested, and push them out of the way to shoot. If I don't wear them, they get tired in a hurry cause of other health issues. You might just have a similar little eye problem that's just too small to notice most of the time, such that you only notice after a long day's shooting. Come to think of it, could your diopter setting have gotten moved accidentally? It could even be that simple. I do have eyeglasses b4 but dont wear them now. I guess I close my other eye way to much just to have a clearer view in the VF and I do push my eye too much in the VF. Thx for the advice

01-11-2010, 08:53 AM	#10
attack11 Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ottawa, ON - Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 658	Originally posted by rustynail925 Last two weeks ago i went w/ my relatives to my uncle's farm and i took about more or less 500 pics in a day. In that evening I notice that my right eye is aching and it felt dizzy. Maybe i spent to long looking at the viewfinder.. I also experience this last week and it sucks. Has anyone experience that? what techniques/ methods can be used to avoid the situation again? don't close your other eye. takes practice, but it's how you're supposed to look through microscopes, etc.

01-11-2010, 08:55 AM	#11
Ahab Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Arnold, Md. Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 762	Originally posted by Reportage shoot with both eyes open...took me years to break the habit of shooting with one eye closed. This is true and also pertains to shooting a firearm.

01-11-2010, 09:06 AM	#12
MRRiley Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sterling, VA, USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,275	You need to go get an eye exam.... I sometimes shoot a couple of thousand shots in a day at the race track and have never experienced something like that. I do shoot with both eyes open but doubt that has anything to do with it (unless its a muscle issue maybe). Mike

01-11-2010, 11:56 AM	#14
rustynail925 Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Philippines Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,551 Original Poster	Originally posted by MRRiley I sometimes shoot a couple of thousand shots in a day at the race track and have never experienced something like that. I do shoot with both eyes open but doubt that has anything to do with it (unless its a muscle issue maybe). Mike Which eye do you use in the vf? I tried earlier both eyes open and cant see the vf well when using the right eye, Im seeing double.. The left eye is ok

01-11-2010, 12:16 PM	#15
atupdate Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Dayton, OH Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,724	Originally posted by rustynail925 Which eye do you use in the vf? I tried earlier both eyes open and cant see the vf well when using the right eye, Im seeing double.. The left eye is ok This probably means that you are left eye dominate. I am and I use my left eye to focus and leave my right eye open. Tim