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**ffking** · 07-28-2019, 01:55 AM

I think there are actually quite a few people like me who are right handed and left eye dominant - not that I can't use my right eye,I just naturall use my left, and seem to be better at composing with it - so a left handed camera woud be no better, just swapping one problem for another. Tnere must also be left-handed righte eyes eople in equal measure - maybe we need a poll with all the permutations (R/R, R/L. L/R. L/L, Ambi/R. Ambi/L - then the no dominant eye permutations to see whar the proportions in this community are (or amongst the hundred or so who take part, anyway). At least left eye dominance isn't as bad as when there was a lever to advance the film

pschlute · 07-28-2019, 02:42 AM - **3 Likes**

Originally posted by ffking

I think there are actually quite a few people like me who are right handed and left eye dominant

I am too. Always manage to nudge the 4-way controller with my nose

But to follow on from what a previous poster said...I use both hands to operate the camera. My right deals with shutter and twin e-dials, but my left hand: zooms; manually focusses; adjusts aperture on a manual lens; switches AF/MF ; takes the lens cap off .............

Snafu711 · 07-28-2019, 03:21 AM

Although a lefthander and left-eyed I rarely feel the need to have any device mirrored. So far I adapt well when it comes to operating devices (playing the guitar and the piano, operating a computer, cuttlery, driving a car).

All the years I enjoy photography it never occured to me that I needed a specific left-hander camera. The only things that's occationally frustrating is the button layout. I'd like to try back-button focus with my K3-ii but run in the issue that I can't as a left-eye since my cheek covers the button.

This is a specific case where I feel the disadvantage of belonging to a minority. Still not enough to demand a special left-hander camera. If you take the idea of such a camera further, you'd have to have a lefty-specific set of lenses mounted on a mirrored K mount. I wouldn't want to go there.

Sandy Hancock · 07-28-2019, 03:38 AM

Originally posted by Snafu711

The only things that's occationally frustrating is the button layout. I'd like to try back-button focus with my K3-ii but run in the issue that I can't as a left-eye since my cheek covers the button.

With patience and persistence you should be able to train yourself to use your right eye.

**Kerrowdown** · 07-28-2019, 04:18 AM - **3 Likes**

Originally posted by Paul the Sunman

Left handers are ignored

Aye and rightly so... cos they're all "Sinister" folk.

zapp · 07-28-2019, 04:49 AM

Left handed cameras will not sell. Development cost is high and any individual store would need both versions in stock. Focus and zoom are for the left hand, so you need both hands - with the right one doing the major work.

Sandy Hancock · 07-28-2019, 04:58 AM

Left handed pianos anyone?

**clackers** · 07-28-2019, 05:03 AM - **2 Likes**

It could be sold here ...

johnha · 07-28-2019, 05:25 AM - **1 Like**

Yashica famously made a left handed version of their Samurai Z half frame P&S the Z-L: Google Image Result for https://i.imgur.com/cnBQ2Hu.jpg

Groove · 07-28-2019, 05:40 AM

Like the others, I learned to shoot right handed. But this does not require the dexterity of some other things, like handwriting for example. Pressing buttons is pretty easy with either hand.

I am also left eye dominant and this can be more of a problem. It is fine on the K!, but I recall having a terrible time years ago accidentally pressing the LV with my nose on the KX.

**Serkevan** · 07-28-2019, 06:05 AM

Lefty here; I cannot fathom using my clumsy right for focusing instead of, well, gripping (and pushing a couple buttons and dials). I do put my left eye in the VF, however.

**richard0170** · 07-28-2019, 06:35 AM

10% of a small and shrinking market means no profit. Inter. esting concept but I am afraid tbe manufacturers have missed the boat. Which may not have financially viable at any time in history

Roadboat24 · 07-28-2019, 07:37 AM

Left dominate people have grown up in a right dominate world. Many I know say that even though they are left dominate, left dominate objects feel odd. I doubt a left dominate camera would sell well, regardless of possible market share. Teaching old dogs new tricks.

**Digitalis** · 07-28-2019, 07:54 AM

Originally posted by Sandy Hancock

Left handed pianos anyone?

For the record, Left handed Flutes do exist.

**robgski** · 07-28-2019, 08:50 AM

I am strongly left handed, but I shoot firearms, play baseball, and use a camera as a right-hander does. I am sure a lot of that has to do with using what was commonly available whenever I took up those interests. I also seem to be right-eye dominant, and I am sure that influenced tow of the three activities listed above.

I also have the habit of keeping both eyes open to pick up on subjects across a wider FOV, then close one eye in order to aim.

I do not feel the need for a left-handed camera.

07-28-2019, 04:18 AM - 3 Likes	#20
Kerrowdown PEG Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Highlands of Scotland... "Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand" - William Blake Photos: Gallery Posts: 57,864	Originally posted by Paul the Sunman Left handers are ignored Aye and rightly so... cos they're all "Sinister" folk. Last edited by Kerrowdown; 07-28-2019 at 04:32 AM.

07-28-2019, 05:40 AM	#25
Groove New Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 23	Lefty here Like the others, I learned to shoot right handed. But this does not require the dexterity of some other things, like handwriting for example. Pressing buttons is pretty easy with either hand. I am also left eye dominant and this can be more of a problem. It is fine on the K!, but I recall having a terrible time years ago accidentally pressing the LV with my nose on the KX.

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07-28-2019, 01:55 AM	#16
ffking Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Old South Wales Posts: 6,039	I think there are actually quite a few people like me who are right handed and left eye dominant - not that I can't use my right eye,I just naturall use my left, and seem to be better at composing with it - so a left handed camera woud be no better, just swapping one problem for another. Tnere must also be left-handed righte eyes eople in equal measure - maybe we need a poll with all the permutations (R/R, R/L. L/R. L/L, Ambi/R. Ambi/L - then the no dominant eye permutations to see whar the proportions in this community are (or amongst the hundred or so who take part, anyway). At least left eye dominance isn't as bad as when there was a lever to advance the film

07-28-2019, 02:42 AM - 3 Likes	#17
pschlute Moderator Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Surrey, UK Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,217	Originally posted by ffking I think there are actually quite a few people like me who are right handed and left eye dominant I am too. Always manage to nudge the 4-way controller with my nose But to follow on from what a previous poster said...I use both hands to operate the camera. My right deals with shutter and twin e-dials, but my left hand: zooms; manually focusses; adjusts aperture on a manual lens; switches AF/MF ; takes the lens cap off .............

07-28-2019, 03:21 AM	#18
Snafu711 Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Posts: 307	Although a lefthander and left-eyed I rarely feel the need to have any device mirrored. So far I adapt well when it comes to operating devices (playing the guitar and the piano, operating a computer, cuttlery, driving a car). All the years I enjoy photography it never occured to me that I needed a specific left-hander camera. The only things that's occationally frustrating is the button layout. I'd like to try back-button focus with my K3-ii but run in the issue that I can't as a left-eye since my cheek covers the button. This is a specific case where I feel the disadvantage of belonging to a minority. Still not enough to demand a special left-hander camera. If you take the idea of such a camera further, you'd have to have a lefty-specific set of lenses mounted on a mirrored K mount. I wouldn't want to go there.

07-28-2019, 03:38 AM	#19
Sandy Hancock Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Adelaide Hills, South Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 11,275	Originally posted by Snafu711 The only things that's occationally frustrating is the button layout. I'd like to try back-button focus with my K3-ii but run in the issue that I can't as a left-eye since my cheek covers the button. With patience and persistence you should be able to train yourself to use your right eye.

07-28-2019, 04:49 AM	#21
zapp Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 2,389	Left handed cameras will not sell. Development cost is high and any individual store would need both versions in stock. Focus and zoom are for the left hand, so you need both hands - with the right one doing the major work.

07-28-2019, 04:58 AM	#22
Sandy Hancock Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Adelaide Hills, South Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 11,275	Left handed pianos anyone?

07-28-2019, 05:03 AM - 2 Likes	#23
clackers Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Melbourne Photos: Albums Posts: 16,397	It could be sold here ...

07-28-2019, 05:25 AM - 1 Like	#24
johnha Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Lancashire, UK Photos: Albums Posts: 1,155	Yashica famously made a left handed version of their Samurai Z half frame P&S the Z-L: Google Image Result for https://i.imgur.com/cnBQ2Hu.jpg

07-28-2019, 06:05 AM	#26
Serkevan Site Supporter Join Date: May 2019 Photos: Albums Posts: 5,976	Lefty here; I cannot fathom using my clumsy right for focusing instead of, well, gripping (and pushing a couple buttons and dials). I do put my left eye in the VF, however.

07-28-2019, 06:35 AM	#27
richard0170 Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2017 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,034	10% of a small and shrinking market means no profit. Inter. esting concept but I am afraid tbe manufacturers have missed the boat. Which may not have financially viable at any time in history

07-28-2019, 07:37 AM	#28
Roadboat24 Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 490	Left dominate people have grown up in a right dominate world. Many I know say that even though they are left dominate, left dominate objects feel odd. I doubt a left dominate camera would sell well, regardless of possible market share. Teaching old dogs new tricks.

07-28-2019, 07:54 AM	#29
Digitalis Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Melbourne, Victoria Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,694	Originally posted by Sandy Hancock Left handed pianos anyone? For the record, Left handed Flutes do exist.

07-28-2019, 08:50 AM	#30
robgski Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,817	I am strongly left handed, but I shoot firearms, play baseball, and use a camera as a right-hander does. I am sure a lot of that has to do with using what was commonly available whenever I took up those interests. I also seem to be right-eye dominant, and I am sure that influenced tow of the three activities listed above. I also have the habit of keeping both eyes open to pick up on subjects across a wider FOV, then close one eye in order to aim. I do not feel the need for a left-handed camera.